A Discourse On the Evidences of Revealed Religion Delivered Before the Univers
A Discourse On the Evidences of Revealed Religion Delivered Before the Univers
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Let me state two particulars out of many, in which men needed intellectual aids, not given by nature. I refer to the doctrine of one God and Fa- ther, on which all piety rests ; and to the doctrine of Immortality, which is the great spring of virtuous effort. Had I time to enlarge on the history of that period, I might show you under what heaps of rubbish and superstition these doctrines were buried. But 12 I should repeat only what you know familiarly. The works of ancient genius, which form y...our studies, carry on their front the brand of polytheism, and of debasing error on subjects of the first and deepest concern. It is more important to observe, that the very uniformity of nature had some tendency to ob- scure the doctrines which I have named, or at least to impair their practical power, so that a departure from this uniformity was needed to fasten them on men's minds.
That a fixed order of nature, though a proof of the One God to reflecting and enlarged understandings, has yet a tendency to hide him from men in general, will appear, if we consider first, that, as the human mind is constituted, what is regular and of constant occurrence, excites it feebly ; and benefits, flowing to it through fixed, unchanging laws, seem to come by a kind of necessity, and are apt to be traced up to natural causes alone.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
Let me state two particulars out of many, in which men needed intellectual aids, not given by nature. I refer to the doctrine of one God and Fa- ther, on which all piety rests ; and to the doctrine of Immortality, which is the great spring of virtuous effort. Had I time to enlarge on the history of that period, I might show you under what heaps of rubbish and superstition these doctrines were buried. But 12 I should repeat only what you know familiarly. The works of ancient genius, which form y...our studies, carry on their front the brand of polytheism, and of debasing error on subjects of the first and deepest concern. It is more important to observe, that the very uniformity of nature had some tendency to ob- scure the doctrines which I have named, or at least to impair their practical power, so that a departure from this uniformity was needed to fasten them on men's minds.
That a fixed order of nature, though a proof of the One God to reflecting and enlarged understandings, has yet a tendency to hide him from men in general, will appear, if we consider first, that, as the human mind is constituted, what is regular and of constant occurrence, excites it feebly ; and benefits, flowing to it through fixed, unchanging laws, seem to come by a kind of necessity, and are apt to be traced up to natural causes alone.
What to read after A Discourse On the Evidences of Revealed Religion Delivered Before the Univers?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by William Ellery Channing to read onlineMoreLess
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