Quotes by Joseph Glanvill

Joseph Glanvill

And for mathematical science, he that doubts their certainty hath need of a dose of hellebore.

Doubt

Math

Needs

And the will therein lieth, which dieth not. Who knoweth the mysteries of the will, with its vigor? For God is but a great will pervading all things by nature of its intentness, Man doth not yield himself to the angels, nor unto death utterly, save only through the weakness of his feeble will.

Angel

Men

Yield

How the purer spirit is united to his clod, is a knot too hard for fallen humanity to untie.

Humanity

Knots

Spirit

It is the great beauty of true religion that it shall be universal, and a departure in any instance from universality is a corruption of religion itself.

Corruption

Departure

Religion

It may not be impossible, but that our Faculties may be so construed, as always to deceive us in the things we judge most certain and assured.

Hype

Judging

May

Justice is but the distributing to everything according to the requirements of its nature.

Justice

Requirements

Man doth not yield him to the angels, nor unto death utterly, save only through the weakness of his feeble will.

Angel

Men

Yield

Some pretences daunt and discourage us, while others raise us to a brisk assurance.

Assurance

Discouraging

Raises

That though we are certain of many things, yet that Certainty is no absolute Infallibility, there still remains the possibility of our being mistaken in all matters of humane Belief and Inquiry.

Belief

Inquiry

Matter

The belief of our Reason is an Exercise of Faith, and Faith is an Act of Reason.

Belief

Exercise

Reason

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Quotes by Joseph Glanvill

Joseph Glanvill

And for mathematical science, he that doubts their certainty hath need of a dose of hellebore.

And the will therein lieth, which dieth not. Who knoweth the mysteries of the will, with its vigor? For God is but a great will pervading all things by nature of its intentness, Man doth not yield himself to the angels, nor unto death utterly, save only through the weakness of his feeble will.

How the purer spirit is united to his clod, is a knot too hard for fallen humanity to untie.

It is the great beauty of true religion that it shall be universal, and a departure in any instance from universality is a corruption of religion itself.

It may not be impossible, but that our Faculties may be so construed, as always to deceive us in the things we judge most certain and assured.

Justice is but the distributing to everything according to the requirements of its nature.

Man doth not yield him to the angels, nor unto death utterly, save only through the weakness of his feeble will.

Some pretences daunt and discourage us, while others raise us to a brisk assurance.

That though we are certain of many things, yet that Certainty is no absolute Infallibility, there still remains the possibility of our being mistaken in all matters of humane Belief and Inquiry.

The belief of our Reason is an Exercise of Faith, and Faith is an Act of Reason.

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