 | Samuel Parkes Cadman - 1916 - 634 pages
...were agreed upon and taught the doctrines of Locke, the father of English Rationalism, that "Reason is natural revelation, whereby the eternal Father...which reason vouches the truth of by the testimony and proof it gives that they come from God. So that he that takes away reason to make way for revelation,... | |
 | Samuel Gring Hefelbower - 1918 - 204 pages
...and Reason and Their Distinct Province." We shall let Locke speak for himself. He defines reason as "natural revelation, whereby the eternal Father of...mankind that portion of truth which he has laid within reach of their natural faculties; revelation is natural reason enlarged by a new set of discoveries,... | |
 | George Cross - 1918 - 232 pages
...I quote his own words setting forth his views of the relation of this revelation to reason: Reason is natural revelation, whereby the eternal Father...light and Fountain of all knowledge communicates to all mankind that portion of truth which he has laid within reach of their natural faculties; revelation... | |
 | David Graham - 1919 - 184 pages
...of Faith, which can have no authority against the plain and clear dictates of Reason. . . . " Reason is natural Revelation whereby the Eternal Father of...immediately, which Reason vouches the truth of, by the testimonies and proofs it gives that they came from God. So that he that takes away Reason to make... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1921 - 660 pages
...natural regton, it was principally, ifnot wholly, moral truth, which IIP had in his view : " Reason it natural revelation, whereby the eternal Father of...to mankind that portion of truth which he has laid wiihin the reach of their natural faculties Revelation is natural reason, enlarged by a new set of... | |
 | John Locke - 1928 - 436 pages
...receive no evidence from our passions or interests, so it should receive no tincture from them. Reason is natural revelation, whereby the eternal father...revelation is natural reason enlarged by a new set of dis16 coveries communicated by God immediately, which reason vouches the truth of, by the testimony... | |
 | S. L. Greenslade - 1975 - 660 pages
...on the Human Understanding (1690).^ Reason is natural revelation, whereby the eternal Father oflight and fountain of all knowledge, communicates to mankind...truth of, by the testimony and proofs it gives that ' Essays and Reviews (1860), p. 257. ' Histoire de la Philosophic, vol. II, part I, p. 300. ' IV, 19,... | |
 | Ieuan Ellis - 1980 - 360 pages
...religion as the fruit of an intellectual process. Reason was natural revelation; special revelation was natural reason enlarged by a new set of discoveries communicated by God immediately, the truth of which was vouched for by reason, by the testimony and proofs given. "So that he that takes... | |
 | Owen Chadwick - 1987 - 292 pages
...is natural Revelation, whereby the eternal Father ofjight and fountain of all knowledge communicated to mankind that portion of truth which He has laid within the reach of their natural faculties'. In the design of the universe Berkeley discerned a standing and continuous revelation. The idea of... | |
 | 216 pages
...miss (i. iv. 9). Locke's definition of Reason is in itself decisive of the dispute. "Reason," he says, "is Natural Revelation, whereby the Eternal Father...portion of Truth which He has laid within the reach of our Natural Faculties" (iv. xix. 4). Nay, so impressed is Locke with the lofty prerogatives of the... | |
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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... 
