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Page 102
... consider that the heavens , the earth , colors , shapes , sounds , and all other external things , are nothing but illusions and dreams by which this evil genius has laid traps for my credulity . I shall consider myself as having no ...
... consider that the heavens , the earth , colors , shapes , sounds , and all other external things , are nothing but illusions and dreams by which this evil genius has laid traps for my credulity . I shall consider myself as having no ...
Page 103
... consider that I possess no senses . I imagine that body , figure , extension , motion , and place are but the fictions of my mind . What , then , can be esteemed as true ? Perhaps noth- ing at all , unless that there is nothing in the ...
... consider that I possess no senses . I imagine that body , figure , extension , motion , and place are but the fictions of my mind . What , then , can be esteemed as true ? Perhaps noth- ing at all , unless that there is nothing in the ...
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... consider and to admire and to adore the beauty of His light . Faith teaches us that supreme felicity of the life to come consists in this contemplation of the Divine Majesty . Even so we continue to learn by experience that a similar ...
... consider and to admire and to adore the beauty of His light . Faith teaches us that supreme felicity of the life to come consists in this contemplation of the Divine Majesty . Even so we continue to learn by experience that a similar ...
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