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... understanding of their acts . Man is conspicuous , according to Hooker , by seeking perfection through knowledge of things external to himself . Or , as we might put it , one of man's highest faculties is his gift for disinterested ...
... understanding of their acts . Man is conspicuous , according to Hooker , by seeking perfection through knowledge of things external to himself . Or , as we might put it , one of man's highest faculties is his gift for disinterested ...
Page 67
... understanding in close relation to the fall of man . The natural thirst for knowledge and wisdom still survives , but the soul's instruments had been impaired and often shirk the labour by which knowledge is obtained . • The understanding ...
... understanding in close relation to the fall of man . The natural thirst for knowledge and wisdom still survives , but the soul's instruments had been impaired and often shirk the labour by which knowledge is obtained . • The understanding ...
Page 68
... understanding , ever more had it infected his will . For though it was possible to make a wrong choice through an error of judgment , it wa also possible for the will to be so corrupt as to go against the evidence of the understanding ...
... understanding , ever more had it infected his will . For though it was possible to make a wrong choice through an error of judgment , it wa also possible for the will to be so corrupt as to go against the evidence of the understanding ...
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