"The belief of our Reason is an Exercise……" — Joseph Glanvill

The belief of our Reason is an Exercise of Faith, and Faith… - Joseph Glanvill

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

— Joseph Glanvill

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12 Quotes by Joseph Glanvill

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What's impossible to all humanity may be possible to the metaphysics and physiology of angels.
We cannot conceive how the Foetus is form'd in the Womb, nor as much as how a Plant springs from…
And the will therein lieth, which dieth not. Who knoweth the mysteries of the will, with its vigor? For God…
And for mathematical science, he that doubts their certainty hath need of a dose of hellebore.
It may not be impossible, but that our Faculties may be so construed, as always to deceive us in the…
That though we are certain of many things, yet that Certainty is no absolute Infallibility, there still remains the possibility…
The union of a sect within itself is a pitiful charity; it's no concord of Christians, but a conspiracy against Christ;…
Man doth not yield him to the angels, nor unto death utterly, save only through the weakness of his feeble…
To converse at the distance of the Indes by means of sympathetic contrivances may be as natural to future times…
Obstinacy in opinions holds the dogmatist in the chains of error, without hope of emancipation.
That though we are certain ofmany things, yet that Certainty is no absolute Infallibility, there still remainsthe possibility of our…

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More Act Quotes

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Under conditions of tyranny it is far easier to act than to think. — Hannah Arendt
It is in the very nature of things human that every act that has once made its appearance and has… — Hannah Arendt
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. — Aristotle
Quality is not an act, it is a habit. — Aristotle
Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence,… — Aristotle
Thou wilt find rest from vain fancies if thou doest every act in life as though it were thy last. — Aristotle
Storytelling is fine as long as you can encourage people to act on the stories. — Karen Armstrong
Music is the social act of communication among people, a gesture of friendship, the strongest there is. — Malcolm Arnold
Criticize the act, not the person. — Mary Kay Ash
We like to engage in a normal publishing effort, which is to act in a responsible manner and make sure… — Julian Assange
Gardening is not a rational act. — Margaret Atwood
All works of art are commissioned in the sense that no artist can create one by a simple act of… — Wystan Hugh Auden

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