An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding, fol. 348
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- aith and Rea)oi
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- his proccedins. This at ledst is certain, that he must be accountable for
- erhacever Miltakes he runs into: Whereas he thar mates ule of the Liohe
- and Faculties GOD has siven him, and lectes sincerely to discover
- Truch, by chole HTeps and Aeities he has, may have chis latisfaction in
- doins his Duty as a rational Cleature, thar though he Mould miss FrutH
- herillnot mils the Revare st it. For ho gorerns his Aent righe, and
- places it as he Bould, irho in dris cale or matter Wrharloerer, belieres or
- disbelieres, accordins as Redton directs him. Fle rhat does othervile.
- and ereater Probabilier. Belc Ance Reaton and Faith are by Tome Men
- transoresses asainst his omn Ligu, alid misuses the Faculties erhich vere
- siven himto no other etsch, bul iosalch and Follon the clearer Fvidence.
- oppoled, re illso consider them in che Followins Chapter.
- H AP. SiVIII.
- O) Faich aud Reason, aud cheir distinct Provinces.
- 5. F. H F has BCCM abOrO MCWH, I. THaL We are OF necesity isnorant.
- and vant Rnoledse ofal Ports, nhere e ant Ideas. 2. TIat
- re areionorant, ond ant rational Rnoiv ledge, ihere e Want Proots.
- 3. Ttiat Wre rane general Hnomledge and Cerraint, 25 Far aS We WanE
- elear and determined specitick Ideas. 4. That ve wane Probabilier eo
- direct our assent in marters where re have neither Hnomledse ot our
- orrn, nor Teltimonr et ocler Men to bortom our Realon uxon.
- Prom these thines thus premised, I chinle ve may come to lay
- down thie meatures and boundaries berween Faith and Reason; the ane
- trhiereot, mar possibly have been the cause, il noc of creat Dilorders, yet
- at least of creat Disputes; and perhaps Miltabes in the Worid. Por till ic
- Berelolved horr lar we are to be quided by Rcalon, and how tar by Faith,
- e Mall in vain dispute, and endeavour to convince onc anotlier in Mat-
- ters of Relision.
- 5. 2. Y And everr Sect, 25 Par as Reason will help them, matze use oF ie
- Gladr; andehere it Pailsthem, ther ery out, Tis matter of Faith, and
- above Reason. And I do nor sec ho they can ever be convincedby any
- erhomakies use oFthe same plea, Without settins down Arict boundaries
- Betreen Faith and Reason; Whichi oughe to be ehe tirse point cstablictied
- in all Ouestions, Where Faith has any china +0 d0.
- Reason theretore here, as contradistinsuishied to Faith, I takre tobe the
- discorery of the Certainty or Probabilier ot such Propositions or Truths,
- erhrich the Mindarrires ac by Deductions made trom such Ideas, ertrich
- it has got by the usc of its natural Faculties, 2i2. by Senlation or Re-
- Aexion.
- Faith, on the other side, is the Alent to ans Proxolition, noc thus
- made out by the Deductions of Reason, but upon the Credit of the Pro-
- Poser, as comins immediatels trom COD; Which re call Rerelation.
- 8. 3. First, Tben, llay, Lhac no han inspired ly COD, can by any
- Revelation communicate to others any nem simple Ideas which they had not
- belore from Senlarion or Reflexion. For Whatloerer impressions he him-
- Telt mar have trom cheimmediare hand oF GO D, this Revelation, it
- it be olner simple Ideas, cannot De convey ed to another, cither by Words,
- or any ocHer LiB1S: becaule Words, by chieir immediate Operation On US,
- Cause
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An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding, fol. 348. Machine transcription, not an edition: Leibniz Legible (model FoNDUE-GD_v2_ft_Leibniz, run 74). https://leibnizlegible.com/page/778263916:0364?run=74