 | Tom Streeter - 2006 - 458 pages
...said, his testimony in a court of justice cannot be relied on, reject it then, and be the stigma on him. Constraint may make him worse by making him a...fix him obstinately in his errors, but will not cure them.*41 When Thomas Jefferson entered college at age 17, he would find an influence that would both... | |
 | James D. Bratt - 2005 - 320 pages
...Jefferson's Notes on the State of Virginia, "Query XVII: Religion" (Philadelphia: Prichard and Hall. 1788): "Reason and free inquiry are the only effectual agents against error. Give a loose to them, they will support the true religion, by bringing every false one to their tribunal, to the test of... | |
 | John Clayton - 2006 - 408 pages
...Jefferson's estimate would be the religious option that is highest in rationality. 'Reason and free enquiry are the only effectual agents against error. Give a loose to them, they will support the true religion, by bringing every false one to their tribunal, to the test of... | |
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Reason and free inquiry are the only effectual agents against error. Give a loose to them, they will support the true religion by bringing every false one to their tribunal, to the test of their investigation. 
