 | John Locke - 1824 - 518 pages
...which with some men has the same authority, and is as confidently relied on as either faith or reason ; I mean enthusiasm : which laying by reason, would...them for a foundation both of opinion and conduct. fy 4. Reason is natural revelation, whereby the eternal father of light, and fountain re^fo"ion. of... | |
 | Jared Sparks - Theology - 1826 - 420 pages
...with some men has the same authority, and is as confidently relied on, as either faith or reason ; I mean enthusiasm ; which, laying by reason, would...them for a foundation both of opinion and conduct. Reason is natural revelation, whereby the eternal Father of light, and fountain of all knowledge, communicates... | |
 | John Locke - 1828 - 422 pages
...J . . , .,, °, ,, thusiasm. authority, and is as confidently relied on as either faith or reason ; I mean enthusiasm : which, laying by reason, would...them for a foundation both of opinion and conduct. § 5. Immediate revelation being a much easier way for men to establish their opinions, and regulate... | |
 | John Locke - Knowledge, Theory of - 1828 - 432 pages
...i • i -,i, u it thusiasm. authority, and is as confidently relied on as either faith or reason ; I mean enthusiasm : which, laying by reason, would...them for a foundation both of opinion and conduct. § 4. Reason is natural revelation, where- Reason and by the eternal Father of light, and foun- revelation,... | |
 | John Locke - Knowledge, Theory of - 1828 - 602 pages
...with some men, has the same authority, and is as confidently relied on, as either faith or reason : I mean enthusiasm. Which, laying by reason, would...them for a foundation both of opinion and conduct. § 4. Reason and revelation. — Reason is natural revelation, whereby the eternal Father of light,... | |
 | John Locke - 1831 - 458 pages
...consider a third ground of assent, which with some men has the same authority as either faith or reason, I mean enthusiasm ; which, laying by reason, would...them for a foundation both of opinion and conduct. Immediate revelation being a much easier way for men to establish their opinions, and regulate their... | |
 | English literature - 1831 - 536 pages
...consider a third ground of assent, which with some men has the same authority as either faith or reason, I mean enthusiasm ; which, laying by reason, would...them for a foundation both of opinion and conduct. Immediate revelation being a much easier way for men to establish their opinions, and regulate their... | |
 | James Flamank - 1833 - 436 pages
...; " it takes away," as Locke observes, " both reason and revelation ; and substitutes in their room the ungrounded fancies of a man's own brain, and assumes...them for a foundation both of opinion and conduct." It is a bane to society, to good manners, to virtue, to religion ; it disorders worldly engagements,... | |
 | John Locke - 1849 - 588 pages
...with some men, has the same authority, and is as confidently relied on, as either faith or reason : I mean enthusiasm : which, laying^ by reason, would...them for a foundation both of opinion and conduct. 4. Reason and revelation. — Reason is natural revelation, whereby the eternal Father of light, and... | |
 | John Locke - 1853 - 588 pages
...with some men, has the same authority and is as confidently relied on, as either faith or reason : I mean enthusiasm : which, laying by reason, would set up revelation without it; whereby in eft'ect it takes away both reason .and revelation, and substitutes in the room of it the ungrounded... | |
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I mean enthusiasm : which, laying^ by reason, would set up revelation without it; whereby in effect it takes away both reason and revelation, and substitutes in the room of it the ungrounded fancies of a man's own brain, and assumes them for a foundation... 
