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" ... them, as it would be for the ' heart ' to demand of the 'reason ' a feeling of all propositions that she demonstrates before accepting them. "
Pascal - Page 189
by John Tulloch - 1878 - 205 pages
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The Journal of sacred literature, ed. by J. Kitto. [Continued as ..., Volume 3

John Kitto - Bible - 1849 - 432 pages
...as absurd for the reason to demand of the heart proofs of its first principles before assenting to them, as it would be for the heart to demand of the reason a feeling of all propositions which it demonstrates.' Thus clearly did Pascal distinguish between the provinces of intuition and...
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The Journal of Sacred Literature

Bible - 1849 - 424 pages
...as absurd for the reason to demand of the heart proofs of its first principles before assenting to them, as it would be for the heart to demand of the reason a feeling of all propositions which it demonstrates.' Thus clearly did Pascal distinguish between the provinces of intuition and...
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The Thoughts, Letters and Opuscules of Blaise Pascal

Blaise Pascal - 1859 - 562 pages
...the Stoies ; curiosity, libido sciendi, which made the Dogmatic philosophers. willing to consent to them, as it would be for the heart to demand of the reason a feeling of all the propositions that it demonstrates in order to be willing to receive them. This impotency ought...
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The British Quarterly Review, Volume 12

Henry Allon - Christianity - 1850 - 632 pages
...as absurd for the reason to demand of the heart proofs of its first principles before assenting to them, as it would be for the heart to demand of the reason a feeling of all propositions which she demonstrates. This weakness, therefore, should only serve to humble reason, which would constitute...
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Worthies of Science

John Stoughton - Scientists - 1879 - 358 pages
...absurd for the ' reason ' to demand of the ' heart ' proofs of its first principles before assorting them, as it would be for the ' heart ' to demand of...as if reason were alone capable of instructing us." 1 Here comes out Pascal's theory of belief : it rests on the heart, not on the intellect alone. He...
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The Harvard Theological Review, Volume 9

Electronic journals - 1916 - 502 pages
...ridiculous for the reason to demand of the heart proofs of its first principles in order to consent to them, as it would be for the heart to demand of the reason a feeling of all the propositions that it demonstrates in order to be willing to receive them. This impotence ought...
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The Harvard Theological Review, Volume 9

Electronic journals - 1916 - 570 pages
...ridiculous for the reason to demand of the heart proofs of its first principles in order to consent to them, as it would be for the heart to demand of the reason a feeling of all the propositions that it demonstrates in order to be willing to receive them. This impotence ought...
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History of Philosophy: Descartes to Leibniz

Frederick Charles Copleston - Philosophy - 1957 - 384 pages
...reason to demand of the heart proofs of its first principles before it (reason) is willing to assent to them as it would be for the heart to demand of the reason our intuition of all the propositions which the latter 1 De I'art de persuader, p. 194. 1 It should...
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A History of Philosophy, Volume 1

Frederick Copleston - Philosophy - 1999 - 388 pages
...reason to demand of the heart proofs of its first principles before it (reason) is willing to assent to them as it would be for the heart to demand of the reason our intuition of all the propositions which the latter 1 De I'art de persuader, p. 194. ยป It should...
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