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... Perhaps this decision of the author , proceeding from his habit of previous reflection , and from his devotion to the cause of truth , gives to his writings that peculiar spirit which dis- tinguishes them . His works intended for ...
... Perhaps this decision of the author , proceeding from his habit of previous reflection , and from his devotion to the cause of truth , gives to his writings that peculiar spirit which dis- tinguishes them . His works intended for ...
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... perhaps , he might consider any alteration to be an improvement , and any change a change for the better . Although he acquired this early reputation at the Univer- sity , yet he was often heard to express his regret that his father had ...
... perhaps , he might consider any alteration to be an improvement , and any change a change for the better . Although he acquired this early reputation at the Univer- sity , yet he was often heard to express his regret that his father had ...
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... Perhaps too much stress has been laid upon some accidental expressions , or ra- ther , that the regrets expressed by Locke ought to have been understood by Le Clerc to apply to the plan of education then generally pursued at English ...
... Perhaps too much stress has been laid upon some accidental expressions , or ra- ther , that the regrets expressed by Locke ought to have been understood by Le Clerc to apply to the plan of education then generally pursued at English ...
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... expression to the French of Voiture , al- though perhaps not so finished and refined as that of the French author . His letters on Toleration , and his replies to the Bishop of Worcester , show his force of -1664 . ] HIS COLLEGE LIFE .
... expression to the French of Voiture , al- though perhaps not so finished and refined as that of the French author . His letters on Toleration , and his replies to the Bishop of Worcester , show his force of -1664 . ] HIS COLLEGE LIFE .
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... perhaps , too de- cidedly towards the side of authority . Great concessions are made in order to avoid the danger of civil discord , and for the sake of religious peace , which the author feared might be endangered by the zealots of the ...
... perhaps , too de- cidedly towards the side of authority . Great concessions are made in order to avoid the danger of civil discord , and for the sake of religious peace , which the author feared might be endangered by the zealots of the ...
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Page 323 - The hour is coming, in the which all that are in the grave shall hear his voice, and shall come forth ; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life, and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation...
Page 450 - AN ACT DECLARING THE RIGHTS AND LIBERTIES OF THE SUBJECT, AND SETTLING THE SUCCESSION OF THE CROWN.
Page 320 - The children of this world marry, and are given in marriage: but they which shall be accounted worthy to obtain that world, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage: neither can they die any more: for they are equal unto the angels ; and are the children of God, being the children of the resurrection.
Page 175 - I were not extremely sensible of them, and did not lay hold on this opportunity to testify to the world how much I am obliged to be, and how much I am, MY LORD, Your lordship's most humble and most obedient servant, JOHN LOCKE.
Page 396 - The faculty which God has given man to supply the want of clear and certain knowledge, in cases where that cannot be had, is judgment : whereby the mind takes its ideas to agree or disagree ; or, which is the same, any proposition to be true or false, without perceiving a demonstrative evidence in the proofs.
Page 33 - ... what objects our understandings were, or were not, fitted to deal with.
Page 123 - To choose, is to will one thing before. another; and to will, is to bend our souls to the having or doing of that which they see to be good: Goodness is seen with the eye of the Understanding; and the light of that eye is Reason : so that two principal fountains there are of Human Action, Knowledge, and Will; which Will in things tending towards any end is termed Choice. Concerning Knowledge; 'Behold...
Page 369 - ... it being no more impossible to conceive that God should annex such ideas to such motions, with which they have no similitude, than that he should annex the idea of pain to the motion of a piece of steel dividing our flesh, with which that idea hath no resemblance.
Page 322 - Then cometh the end, when he shall have delivered up the kingdom to God, even the Father ; when he shall have put down all rule, and all authority, and power. For he must reign, till he hath put all enemies under his feet. The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death.
Page 218 - Gates, and for not thinking that I made a long stay there. I hope we shall meet again in due time, and then I should be glad to have your judgment upon some of my mystical fancies. The Son of man, Dan. vii. I take to be the same with the Word of God upon the White Horse in Heaven, Apoc. xix. and him to be the same with the Man Child, Apoc. xii. for both are to rule the nations with a rod of iron ; but whence are you certain that the Ancient of Days is Christ? Does Christ anywhere sit upon the throne?