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A treatise of the passions and faculties of the soul of man With the…A treatise of the passions and faculties of the soule of man With the…
A treatise of the passions and faculties of the soul of man With the several dignities and corruptions thereunto belonging. By Edward Reynolds, late preacher to the honourable society of Lincoln's Inn: and now rector of the Church of Braunston in Northamptonshire.A treatise of the passions and faculties of the soule of man With the severall dignities and corruptions thereunto belonging. By Edvvard Reynoldes, late preacher to the honorable society of Lincoln's Inne: and now rector of the Church of Braunston in Northamptonshire.
London: printed by R. Hearne and John Norton for Robert Bostock, 1640
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I know 'tis wicked that I go about, But Passion hath put all my Reason out.
I know 'tis wicked that I goe about, But Passion hath put all my Reason out.
And therefore, that Maxim of the Stoical1 Philosopher, out of Plato, is false; [Greek or Hebrew], That all men are unwillingly2 deprived of Truth; since, as Aristotle hath observed, directly agreeable to the phrase of Saint Peter, there is [Greek or Hebrew],3 an elected or Voluntary Ignorance, which for their Securities sake, men nourish themselves in.
And therefore, that Maxime of the Stoicall1 Philosopher, out of Plato, is false; 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, That all men are unwillingly2 deprived of Truth; since, as Aristotle hath observed, directly agreeable to the phrase of Saint Peter, there is 〈non-Latin alphabet〉,3 an elected or Voluntarie Ignorance, which for their Securities sake, men nourish themselves in.
- 1A•ria. […]. lib. 1. cap. 28. Aristot. Ethic. l. l. 3. •1▪