 I think it may not be amiss to take notice, that however faith be opposed to reason, faith is nothing but a firm assent of the mind : which if it be regulated, as is our duty, cannot be afforded to any thing but upon good reason ; and so cannot be opposite...  An Essay Concerning Human Understanding - Page 137by John Locke - 1823Full view - About this book
 | John Locke - 1722 - 640 pages
...thing but upon good Reafon; and fo cannot beoppofite to it. He that believes, without having any Reafon for believing* may be in love with his own Fancies ; but neither feeks Truth as he ought, nor pays the Obedience due to his Maker, who would have him ufe thofe discerning... | |
 | 1746 - 532 pages
...having *' any Reafon for his believing, may be in Love with his own «' Fancies ; but neither feeks Truth as he ought, nor pays *' the Obedience due to his Maker, who would have him " ufe thofe difcerning Faculties he has given him to keep <* him out of Miitake and Error. He that... | |
 | John Wynne - 1752 - 280 pages
...but \ipon good Reafin, and fo cannot be oppofite to it. He that believes without hiving any Reafon for Believing, may be in love with his own fancies ; but neither feeks Truth as he ought, nor pays the Obedience due to his Maker, who would have him ufe thofe difcerning... | |
 | John Gilbert Cooper - 1757 - 420 pages
..." having any Reafon for his believing, " may be in Love with his own Fancies ; " but neither feeks Truth as he ought, " nor pays the Obedience due to his " Maker, who would have him ufe thofe N 4 'c difcerning " difcerning Faculties he has given him " to keep him out of Miftake and... | |
 | J. JOHNSON - 1801 - 374 pages
...any thing but upon good reason ; and so cannot be opposite to it. He that believes, without having any reason for believing, may be in love with his...faculties he has given him, to keep him out of mistake and errour. He that does not this to the best of his power, however he sometimes lights on truth, is in... | |
 | John Locke - 1801 - 334 pages
...but upon good reafon, and fo cannot be oppolite to it. He that believes, without having any reafon for believing, may be in love with his own fancies, but neither feeks truth as he ought, nor pays the obedience due to his Maker, who would have him ufe thofe difcejning... | |
 | John Locke - 1801 - 950 pages
...but upon good reafon, and fo cannot be oppofite to it. He that believes, without having any reafon for believing, may be in love with his own fancies, but neither fceks truth as he ought, nor pays the obedience clue to his Maker, who w.ould have him ufe thofe difceniing... | |
 | 1870 - 624 pages
...Chillingworth, such a favourite opprobrium of all religious enthusiasts : ' He that believes, without having ' any reason for believing, may be in love with his...discerning faculties He has given him to keep him out of mis' take and error.'* On the contrary, Faith in a religious sense is with Dr. Newman ' superior in... | |
 | 1807 - 350 pages
...pardoned for following it up with a passage from the immortal Locke. ' He that believes without having any reason for believing, may be in love with his...he ought, nor pays the obedience due to his maker, who'would have him use those discerning faculties he has given him to keep him out of error and mistake.... | |
 | John Locke - 1816 - 1048 pages
...any thing but upon good reason ; and so cannot be opposite to it. He that believes, without having any reason for believing, may be in love with his own fancies ; but neither seeks trutli as he ought, nor pays the obedience due to his Maker, who would have him use those discerning... | |
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