A History of English Literature: The Middle Ages and the Renascence (650-1660)Macmillan, 1964 - 1469 pages |
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... reason , and every supreme reason . law of reason is a law of God . As for the Bible , it reveals the supernatural truths which man could not have discovered by reason alone . It is an additional but not the only light . Hooker deems ...
... reason , and every supreme reason . law of reason is a law of God . As for the Bible , it reveals the supernatural truths which man could not have discovered by reason alone . It is an additional but not the only light . Hooker deems ...
Page 361
... reason plainly reflected in existing societies , since they evidently obey a law , he defends them against the attempts which were being made to disturb and confound them . He clearly illustrates the conservatism of the Anglican ...
... reason plainly reflected in existing societies , since they evidently obey a law , he defends them against the attempts which were being made to disturb and confound them . He clearly illustrates the conservatism of the Anglican ...
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... reason , he has no hope of learning by it the things of greatest moment to him . His appetite for faith is great . Far from rejecting religion because it demands concessions from reason , he would have it yet more exacting : As for ...
... reason , he has no hope of learning by it the things of greatest moment to him . His appetite for faith is great . Far from rejecting religion because it demands concessions from reason , he would have it yet more exacting : As for ...
Contents
ANGLOSAXON LITERATURE 6501066 | 55 |
THE PREROMANTIC PERIOD 177098 | 98 |
BOOK III | 199 |
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