 | Alexandre Rodolphe Vinet - 1850 - 450 pages
...method illusion !" And thus, " If our bark sink, 'tis only to a deeper sea." " Belief," says Emerson, " consists in accepting the affirmations of the soul ; unbelief in denying them." Pretty comprehensive this ; but whose soul ? My soul, your soul, any soul — what we affirm is the... | |
 | Alexandre Rodolphe Vinet - 1850 - 578 pages
...method illusion !" And thus, " If our bark sink, 'tis only to a deeper sea." " Belief," says Emerson, " consists in accepting the affirmations of the soul ; unbelief in denying them. " Pretty comprehensive this ; but whose soul ? My soul, your soul, any soul — what we affirm is the... | |
 | Andrew Jackson Davis - 1855 - 452 pages
...will find him a firm believer in the fundamental principles of the Universe. We find him saying that " Belief consists in accepting the affirmations of the...unbelief, in denying them. Some minds are incapable of skepticism. The doubts they profess fo entertain are rather a civility or accommodation to the common... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1857 - 300 pages
...terror, to make things plain to him; and has he not a right to insist on being convinced in his own way ? When he is convinced, he will be worth the pains....affirmations of the soul; unbelief, in denying them. Som<; minds are incapable of skepticism. The doubts they profess to entertain are rather a civility... | |
 | Edward Royall Tyler, William Lathrop Kingsley, George Park Fisher, Timothy Dwight - 1866 - 784 pages
...Christian, and employs the language of the Bible to enforce his logic. " Belief," says Mr. Emerson, " consists in accepting the affirmations of the soul ; unbelief in denying them." Hence every man's belief is his truth, and belief is "constitutional ; " sin is a " defect," but not... | |
 | Andrew Jackson Davis - 1868 - 500 pages
...will find him a firm believer in the fundamental principles of the Universe. We find him saying that " Belief consists in accepting the affirmations of the...unbelief, in denying them. Some minds are incapable of skepticism. The doubts they profess to entertain are rather a civility or accommodation to the common... | |
 | Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, Anna Lydia Ward - 1882 - 926 pages
...you do, You'll be damn'd if you don't. lib. LOBENZO Dow Chain (Definition of g. SOCRATES. 2(1 BELIEF. Belief consists in accepting the affirmations of the soul; unbelief, in denying them. a. EMEKSON — Montaigne. The practical effect of a belief is the real test of its soundness. b. FHOUDE—... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1883 - 290 pages
...terror to make things plain to Mm ; and has he not a right to insist on being convinced in his own way? When he is convinced, he will be worth the pains....unbelief, in denying them. Some minds are incapable of skepticism. The doubts they profess to entertain are rather a civility or accommodation to the common... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1883 - 658 pages
...to make things plain to him ; and has lie not a right to insist on being convinced in his own way ? When he is convinced, he will be worth the pains....unbelief, in denying them. Some minds are incapable of skepticism. The doubts they profess to entertain are rather a civility or accommodation to the common... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1876 - 252 pages
...terror, to make things plain to him; and has he not a right to insist on being convinced in his own way ? When he is convinced, he will be worth the pains. Belief consists in accepting ihc affirmations of the soul; unbelief, in denying them. Some minds are incapable of scepticism. The... | |
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The doubts they profess to entertain are rather a civility or accommodation to the common discourse of their company. They may well give themselves leave to speculate, for they are secure of a return. Once admitted to the heaven of thought, they see no... 
