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Ralph Cudworth Quotes

We have all a propensity to grasp at forbidden fruit Picture Quote #1

Now all the knowledge and wisdom that is in creatures, whether angels or men, is nothing else but a participation of that one eternal, immutable and increased wisdom of God Picture Quote #1

Christ came not to possess our brains with some cold opinions, that send down a freezing and benumbing influence into our hearts. Christ was a master of the life, not of the school; and he is the best Christian whose heart beats with the purest pulse towards heaven, not he whose head spins the finest cobweb Picture Quote #1

Now all the knowledge and wisdom that is in creatures, whether angels or men, is nothing else but a participation of that one eternal, immutable and increased wisdom of God Picture Quote #1

Knowledge is not a passion from without the mind, but an active exertion of the inward strength, vigor and power of the mind, displaying itself from within Picture Quote #1

Sense is a line, the mind is a circle. Sense is like a line which is the flux of a point running out from itself, but intellect like a circle that keeps within itself Picture Quote #1

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The true knowledge or science which exists nowhere but in the mind itself, has no other entity at all besides intelligibility; and therefore whatsoever is clearly intelligible, is absolutely true Picture Quote #1

Now, we deny not, but that politicians may sometimes abuse religion, and make it serve for the promoting of their own private interests and designs; which yet they could not do so well neither, were the thing itself a mere cheat and figment of their own, and had no reality at all in nature, nor anything solid at the bottom of it Picture Quote #1

Things are sullen, and will be as they are, whatever we think them or wish them to be Picture Quote #1

True zeal is an ignis lambeus, a soft and gentle flame, that will not scorch one’s hand Picture Quote #1

Some who are far from atheists, may make themselves merry with that conceit of thousands of spirits dancing at once upon a needle’s point Picture Quote #1

Truth and love are two of the most powerful things in the world; and when they both go together they cannot easily be withstood Picture Quote #1

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The golden beams of truth and the silken cords of love, twisted together, will draw men on with a sweet violence, whether they will or not Picture Quote #1

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We have all a propensity to grasp at forbidden fruit (Ralph Cudworth Quotes) Now all the knowledge and wisdom that is in creatures, whether angels or men, is nothing else but a participation of that one eternal, immutable and increased wisdom of God (Ralph Cudworth Quotes) Christ came not to possess our brains with some cold opinions, that send down a freezing and benumbing influence into our hearts. Christ was a master of the life, not of the school; and he is the best Christian whose heart beats with the purest pulse towards heaven, not he whose head spins the finest cobweb. (Ralph Cudworth Quotes) Now all the knowledge and wisdom that is in creatures, whether angels or men, is nothing else but a participation of that one eternal, immutable and increased wisdom of God. (Ralph Cudworth Quotes) Knowledge is not a passion from without the mind, but an active exertion of the inward strength, vigor and power of the mind, displaying itself from within (Ralph Cudworth Quotes) Sense is a line, the mind is a circle. Sense is like a line which is the flux of a point running out from itself, but intellect like a circle that keeps within itself (Ralph Cudworth Quotes) The true knowledge or science which exists nowhere but in the mind itself, has no other entity at all besides intelligibility; and therefore whatsoever is clearly intelligible, is absolutely true (Ralph Cudworth Quotes) Now, we deny not, but that politicians may sometimes abuse religion, and make it serve for the promoting of their own private interests and designs; which yet they could not do so well neither, were the thing itself a mere cheat and figment of their own, and had no reality at all in nature, nor anything solid at the bottom of it (Ralph Cudworth Quotes) Things are sullen, and will be as they are, whatever we think them or wish them to be (Ralph Cudworth Quotes) True zeal is an ignis lambeus, a soft and gentle flame, that will not scorch one’s hand (Ralph Cudworth Quotes) Some who are far from atheists, may make themselves merry with that conceit of thousands of spirits dancing at once upon a needle’s point (Ralph Cudworth Quotes) Truth and love are two of the most powerful things in the world; and when they both go together they cannot easily be withstood (Ralph Cudworth Quotes) The golden beams of truth and the silken cords of love, twisted together, will draw men on with a sweet violence, whether they will or not (Ralph Cudworth Quotes)