| Renn Dickson Hampden - 1837 - 652 páginas
...which all improvements are " made ; by thoughtful men's tracing on obscure hints, " as it were, dropped us by nature accidentally, or which " seem to come...should contain many Truths as yet " undiscovered."' Now, whether with Butler we apply the term Discovery, or not, to the results of an increased acquaintance... | |
| Joseph Butler, Samuel Hallifax - 1838 - 632 páginas
...which all improvements are made ; by thoughtful men's tracing on obscure hints, as it were, dropped us by nature accidentally, or which seem to come into...mankind, should contain many truths as yet undiscovered. For, all the same phenomena, and the same faculties of investigation, from which such great discoveries... | |
| Joseph Butler (bp. of Durham.) - 1838 - 616 páginas
...thoughtful men tracing on obscure hints, as it were dropped us by nature accidentally, or which seemed to come into our minds by chance. Nor is it at all incredible, that a book, which has been so l^ng in the possession of mankind, should contain many truths as yet undiscovered. For, all the same... | |
| Joseph Butler - 1843 - 358 páginas
...in which all improvements are made ; by thoughtful men tracing on obscure hints, as it were, dropped us by nature accidentally, or which seem to come into...mankind, should contain many truths as yet undiscovered. For, all the same phenomena, and the same faculties of investigation, from which such great discoveries... | |
| John Henry Newman - 1843 - 372 páginas
...Catholic theology, and what remains ? Polemics, explanations, out obscure hints, as it were, dropped us by nature accidentally, or which seem to come into...mankind, should contain many truths as yet undiscovered ; for all the same phenomena, and the same faculties of investigation, from which such great discoveries... | |
| Joseph Butler, Samuel Halifax - 1844 - 414 páginas
...which all improvements are made; by thoughtful men's tracing on obscure hints, as it were, dropped us by nature accidentally, or which seem to come into...mankind, should contain many truths as yet undiscovered. For, all the same phenomena, and the same faculties of investigation, from which such great discoveries... | |
| 1850 - 642 páginas
...says, rashly to suppose that we have arrived at the true meaning of the whole of that book. " It is not at all incredible that a book which has been so long...possession of mankind should contain many truths as yet »ndiscerned. For all the same phenomena and the same faculties of investigation, from which such great... | |
| 1907 - 848 páginas
...and progress in theology gained. "Nor is it at all incredible," adds the bold, yet cautious Bishop, "that a book which has been so long in the possession...mankind should contain many truths as yet undiscovered." But patience and humility are needed for this work, as well as sincerity and earnestness. No doubt... | |
| 1850 - 836 páginas
...century and a half since ten ministers of a neighbor'" It is not at all incredible," says Bishop Butler, "that a book which has been so long in the possession of mankind, should contain many truths ns yet undiscovered. For all the same phenomena and the еame faculties of investigation, from which... | |
| 1844 - 766 páginas
...direction which I mean in the following passage : — " Nor is it at all incredible that a book (of nature) which has been so long in the possession of mankind should contain many truths as yet undiscovered ; for all the same phenomena, and the same faculties of investigation, from which such great discoveries... | |
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