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John 18. 37. | John 18. 37. | ||
"For this cause came I into the World, that I should bear witness unto the truth." | "For this cause came I into the World, that I should bear witness unto the truth." | ||
How precious & invaluable is truth! The love of it is a characteristic of the noblest minds. The pursuit of it is the labor of philosophy. The possession of it constitutes the highest felicity of Man; and the practice of it the perfection of his nature. | (((How precious & invaluable is truth! The love of it is a characteristic of the noblest minds. The pursuit of it is the labor of philosophy. The possession of it constitutes the highest felicity of Man; and the practice of it the perfection of his nature.))) | ||
If, as an ancient Philosopher supposed, we can know nothing with certainty, but that nothing can be certainly known; if as a more daring | If, as an ancient Philosopher supposed, we can know nothing with certainty, but that nothing can be certainly known; if as a more daring (((& erratic))) modern [[scepter?]] maintained, "every inquiry in philosophy ought to begin with doubt, nothing being taken for granted; & nothing believed without proof:" Truth must indeed lie, not only very deep & abstruse," but absolutely "beyond the reach of human capacity." As all proof derives its certainty from self-evident truths, which, in the nature of things, are themselves incapable of proof; if we are to begin all our inquiries in doubt, it is | ||
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Latest revision as of 07:37, 26 March 2020
John 18. 37. "For this cause came I into the World, that I should bear witness unto the truth." (((How precious & invaluable is truth! The love of it is a characteristic of the noblest minds. The pursuit of it is the labor of philosophy. The possession of it constitutes the highest felicity of Man; and the practice of it the perfection of his nature.))) If, as an ancient Philosopher supposed, we can know nothing with certainty, but that nothing can be certainly known; if as a more daring (((& erratic))) modern scepter? maintained, "every inquiry in philosophy ought to begin with doubt, nothing being taken for granted; & nothing believed without proof:" Truth must indeed lie, not only very deep & abstruse," but absolutely "beyond the reach of human capacity." As all proof derives its certainty from self-evident truths, which, in the nature of things, are themselves incapable of proof; if we are to begin all our inquiries in doubt, it is
transcription note: words enclosed in triple parentheses are crossed out