 | Alexander Pope - 1963 - 884 Seiten
...Nature led. All-seeing in thy mists, we want no guide, Mother of Arrogance, and Source of Pride! . 470 We nobly take the high Priori Road, And reason downward, till we doubt of God : them how all Civil Duties may be extinguish'd, in that one doctrine of divine Hereditary Right. And... | |
 | John E. Sitter - 1971 - 146 Seiten
...agnostic clerk, "prompt to impose, and fond to dogmatize," celebrates the glories of the new logic: "We nobly take the high Priori Road, And reason downward, till we doubt of God: Make Nature still incroach upon his plan; And shove him off as far as e'er we can: Thrust some Mechanic... | |
 | Alan. J. Friedman, Carol C. Donley - 1989 - 244 Seiten
...rational protest against unbalanced reliance on mechanics at the expense of religion and common sense. We nobly take the high Priori Road, And reason downward till we doubt of God . . . Thrust some Mechanic Cause into his place; Or bind in Matter, or diffuse in Space. Or, at one... | |
 | Ulrich Broich - 1990 - 252 Seiten
...speculation. An example is the following passage, in which the 'Anti-Philosophy' of dullness is depicted: We nobly take the high Priori Road, And reason downward, till we doubt of God: Make Nature still incroach upon his plan; And shove him off as far as e'er we can: Thrust some Mechanic... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1998 - 260 Seiten
...slow, On plain experience lay foundations low, By common sense to common knowledge bred, And last, to nature's cause through nature led. All-seeing in...no guide, Mother of arrogance, and source of pride! 470 We nobly take the high priori road, And reason downward, till we doubt of God: Make nature still... | |
 | Scott D. Evans - 1999 - 180 Seiten
...by the trend, as Pope indicates when he concludes the Dunciad, having the sons of Dulness declare: We nobly take the high Priori Road, And reason downward, till we doubt of God: Make Nature still incroach upon his plan; And shove him off as far as e'er we can: Thrust some Mechanic... | |
 | James Noggle - 2001 - 288 Seiten
...Experience lay foundations low, By common sense to common knowledge bred, And last, to Nature's Cause thro' Nature led. All-seeing in thy mists, we want no guide,...Priori Road, And reason downward, till we doubt of God ... (465-72) He does not want to "doubt of God," according to his announced agenda. His reasonings... | |
 | Colin Wells - 2002 - 276 Seiten
...Experience lay foundations low, By common sense to common knowledge bred, And last, to Nature's Cause thro' Nature led. All-seeing in thy mists, we want no guide,...Priori Road, And reason downward, till we doubt of God.30 The initial problem associated with Clarke's a priori demonstration is that, if the human conception... | |
 | Paul A. Olson - 2002 - 398 Seiten
...Experience lay foundations low, By common sense to common knowledge bred, And lasr, to Nature's Cause thro' Nature led. Allseeing in thy mists, we want no guide, Mother of Arrogance and Source of Pride! [ie Outness] We nobly take the high Priori Road And reason downward, till we doubt of God: Make Nature... | |
 | Pat Rogers - 2007
...in particular the errors attendant on dictating a priori grounds for belief in God (lines 469-86): All-seeing in thy mists, we want no guide, Mother...Priori Road, And reason downward, till we doubt of God: Make Nature still incroach upon his plan; And shove him off as far as e'er we can: Thrust some Mechanic... | |
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Let others creep by timid steps, and slow, On plain Experience lay foundations low, By common sense to common knowledge bred, And last, to Nature's Cause through Nature led. All-seeing in thy mists, we want no guide, Mother of Arrogance, and Source of... 
