If a man denied himself all specious arguments, and all artifices of dialectic subtlety, he must renounce the hopes of a present triumph ; for the light of absolute truth, on moral or on spiritual themes, is too dazzling to be sustained by the diseased... The Works of Thomas De Quincey - Página 469por Thomas De Quincey - 1877Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
| 1842 - 850 páginas
...specious arguments, and all artifices of dialectic subtlety, he must renounce the hopes of a preient triumph ; for the light of absolute truth on moral...dazzling to be sustained by the diseased optics of those hahituated to darkness. And hence we explain not only the many gross delusions of the fathers, their... | |
| 1842 - 1128 páginas
...is excessive to use those arguments which will tell, at the moment, upon the crowd of bystanders, in preference to those which will approve themselves...upon popular conceits in science that have long since been exploded, — but also their occasional unchristian tempers. To contend with an unprincipled and... | |
| 1842 - 1552 páginas
...arguments, and all artifices of dialectic subtlety, he must renounce the hopes of a present trinmph ; for the light of absolute truth on moral or on spiritual...upon popular conceits in science that have long since heen exploded, but also their occasional unchristian tempers. To contend with an unprincipled and malicious... | |
| Edward FitzGerald - 1852 - 172 páginas
...by-standers, in preference to those which will approve themselves ultimately to enlightened disciples. If a man denied himself all specious arguments and...the diseased optics of those habituated to darkness, &c. Blackwood, 49. " Such are the folios of Schoolmen and Theologians. Let us preserve them in our... | |
| Thomas De Quincey - 1856 - 360 páginas
...advantages anticipate a higher civilization ? Most unquestionably some of the fathers were the elite of their own age, but not in advance of their age....fantastic etymologies, or upon popular conceits in Bcience that have long since exploded, but also their occasional unchristian tempers. To contend with... | |
| Thomas De Quincey - 1858 - 370 páginas
...baffle and confound the unprincipled opponent, rather than such as would satisfy the earnest inquirer. If a man denied himself all specious arguments, and...optics of those habituated to darkness. And hence I explain not only the many gross delusions of the fathers, their sophisms, their errors of fact and... | |
| Thomas De Quincey - 1863 - 390 páginas
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| Thomas De Quincey - 1863 - 372 páginas
...baffle and confound the unprincipled opponent, rather than such as would satisfy the earnest inquirer. If a man denied himself all specious arguments, and...optics of those habituated to darkness. And hence I explain not only the many gross delusions of the fathers, their sophisms, their errors of fact and... | |
| Francis Jacox - 1873 - 516 páginas
...sensibilities,—scorn being too naturally met by retorted scorn. And then again, the light of absolute truth is " too dazzling to be sustained by the diseased optics of those habituated to darkness." Pilato interroganti de vcritate, Christus non respondit, which is Englished by Bishop Taylor, " When... | |
| Edward FitzGerald - 1887 - 544 páginas
...by-standers, in preference to those which will approve themselves ultimately to enlightened disciples. If a man denied himself all specious arguments and...the diseased optics of those habituated to darkness, &c. Blaekwood, 49. " Such are the folios of Schoolmen and Theologians. Let us preserve them in our... | |
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