 Reason is natural revelation, whereby the eternal Father of light, and fountain of all knowledge, communicates to mankind that portion of truth which he has laid within the reach of their natural faculties. Revelation is natural reason enlarged by a new...  The Works of John Locke - Page 149by John Locke - 1823Full view - About this book
 | Henry Brougham Baron Brougham and Vaux - 1843 - 342 pages
...reason and faith from each other. " Reason is natural revelation, whereby the eternal Father of light communicates to mankind that portion of truth which...testimony and proofs it gives that they come from God." Faith, according to the same author, is the assent to any proposition coming directly from God in the... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1843 - 632 pages
...had in his view ; " Reason is natural revelation, whereby the eternal Father of Light, and fountain of all knowledge, communicates to mankind that portion...natural reason, enlarged by a new set of discoveries, By some philosophers, the meaning of the word has been of late restricted still farther ; to the power... | |
 | 1846 - 818 pages
...heaven. " Reason," he says, " is natural revelation, whereby the eternal Father of light, and Fountain of all knowledge, communicates to mankind that portion...by the testimony and proofs it gives that they come 1 Essay concerning Human Understanding, Book IV. Uh. II. § 12. 1846.] Opinions of Locke, Baxter, Berkeley... | |
 | Theodore Parker - 1846 - 418 pages
...his Sons. BOOK II. " Reason is natural Revelation, whereby the eternal Father of Light, ami Fountain of .all Knowledge, communicates to mankind that portion...of, by the testimony and proofs it gives that they cqme from God, So that he that takes away Reason, to make way for Revelation, puts out the light of... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1847 - 666 pages
...questions of arrangement and classification, of little comparative moment to the points at issue.* communicated by God immediately, which reason vouches the truth of, by the It-minion}' and proof* it gives that they come from God. 80 that he who takes away reason to make wny... | |
 | Adam Sedgwick - 1850 - 786 pages
...reason and faith from each other. " Reason is natural revelation, whereby the eternal Father of light communicates to mankind that portion of truth which...vouches the truth of, by the testimony and proofs it give that they come from God." Faith, according to the same author, is the assent to any proposition,... | |
 | Adam Sedgwick - 1850 - 786 pages
...reason and faith from each other. " Reason is natural revelation, whereby the eternal Father of light communicates to mankind that portion of truth which...enlarged by a new set of discoveries communicated by CioU immediately ; which reason vouches the truth of, by the testimony and proofs it give that they... | |
 | James Bryce - 1852 - 630 pages
...deference begins to the assertions of its superior Guide. Mr. Locke, therefore, most justly observes, that revelation is natural reason enlarged by a new set...proofs it gives that they come from God. So that he who takes away reason to make way for revelation, puts out the light of both, and does muchwhat the... | |
 | John Locke, James Augustus St. John - 1854 - 576 pages
...and Revelation. — Reason is natural revelation, •whereby the eternal Father of light and fountain of all knowledge, communicates to mankind that portion...discoveries communicated by God immediately, which reason vouchee the truth of, by the testimony and proofs it gives that they come from God. So that he that... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1854 - 450 pages
...fountain of all knowledge, communicatet to mankind that portion of truth which he has laid within tin; reach of their natural faculties. Revelation is natural...which reason vouches the truth of. by the testimony aml proofs it gives that they come. from God. So that he who takes away Reason to make way for Revelation,... | |
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