Download or read book Aids to Reflection and the Confessions of an Inquiring Spirit written by Samuel Taylor Coleridge and published by . This book was released on 1884 with total page 492 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Aids to Reflection And the Confessions of an Inquiring Spirit written by Coleridge Coleridge and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-08-13 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Aids to Reflection; and, The Confessions of an Inquiring Spirit is one of the greatest works by Samuel Taylor Coleridge. It is one of the vintage collections by Samuel Taylor Coleridge.
Download or read book Aids to Reflection And the Confessions of an Inquiring Spirit written by Samuel Taylor Coleridge and published by GEORGE BELL AND SONS. This book was released on 2014 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Aids to Reflection : And the Confessions of an Inquiring Spirit If then it be our prerogative, as rational beings, and our duty as Christians, to think, as well as to act, rationally,—to see that our convictions of truth rest on the grounds of right reason; and if it be one of the clearest dictates of reason, that we should endeavour to shun, and on discovery should reject, whatever is contradictory to the universal laws of thought, or to doctrines already established, I know not by what means we are to avoid the application of philosophy, at least to some extent, in the study of theology. For to determine what are the grounds of right reason, what are those ultimate truths, and those universal laws of thought, which we cannot rationally contradict, and by reflection to compare with these whatever is proposed for our belief, is in fact to philosophize; and whoever does this to a greater or less extent, is so far a philosopher in the best and highest sense of the word. To this extent we are bound to philosophize in theology, as well as in every other science. For what is not rational in theology, is, of course, irrational, and cannot be of the household of faith; and to determine whether it be rational in the sense already explained or not, is the province of philosophy. It is in this sense that the Work before us is to be considered a philosophical work, namely, that it proves the doctrines of the Christian Faith to be rational, and exhibits philosophical grounds for the possibility of a truly spiritual religion. The reality of those experiences, or states of being, which constitute experimental or spiritual religion, rests on other grounds. It is incumbent on the philosopher to free them from the contradictions of reason, and nothing more; and who will deny, that to do this is a purpose worthy of the ablest philosopher and the most devoted Christian? Is it not desirable to convince all men that the doctrines, which we affirm to be revealed in the Gospel, are not contradictory to the requirements of reason and conscience? Is it not, on the other hand, vastly important to the cause of religious truth, and even to the practical influence of religion on our own minds, and the minds of the community at large, that we should attain and exhibit views of philosophy and doctrines in metaphysics, which are at least compatible with, if they do not specially favour, those views of religion, which, on other grounds, we find it our duty to believe and maintain? For, I beg it may be observed, as a point of great moment, that it is not the method of the genuine philosopher to separate his philosophy and religion, and adopting his principles independently in each, to leave them to be reconciled or not, as the case may be. He has, and can have, rationally but one system, in which his philosophy becomes religious, and his religion philosophical. Nor am I disposed in compliance with public opinion to limit the application of this remark, as is usually done, to the mere external evidences of revelation. The philosophy which we adopt will and must influence not only our decision of the question, whether a book be of divine authority, but our views also of its meaning.
Download or read book Aids to Reflection written by Samuel Taylor Coleridge and published by . This book was released on 2017-11-22 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THIS corrected Edition of the Aids to Reflection is commended to Christian readers, in the hope and the trust that the power which the book has already exercised over hundreds, it may, by God's furtherance, hereafter exercise over thousands. No age, since Christianity had a name, has more pointedly needed the mental discipline taught in this work than that in which we now live; when, in the Author's own words, all the great ideas or verities of religion seem in danger of being condensed into idols, or evaporated into metaphors. Between the encroachments, on the one hand, of those who so magnify means that they practically impeach the supremacy of the ends which those means were meant to subserve; and of those, on the other hand, who, engrossed in the contemplation of the great Redemptive Act, rashly disregard or depreciate the appointed ordinances of grace;-between those who, confounding the sensuous Understanding, varying in every individual, with the universal Reason, the image of God, the same in all men, inculcate a so-called faith, having no demonstrated harmony with the attributes of God, or the essential laws of humanity, and being sometimes inconsistent with both; and those again who requiring a logical proof of that which, though not contradicting, does in its very kind, transcend, our reason, virtually deny the existence of true faith altogether;-between these almost equal enemies of the truth, Coleridge,-in all his works, but pre-eminently in this-has kindled an inextinguishable beacon of warning and of guidance. In so doing, he has taken his stand on the sure word of Scripture, and is supported by the authority of almost every one of our great divines, before the prevalence of that system of philosophy, (Locke's,) which no consistent reasoner can possibly reconcile with the undoubted meaning of the Articles and Formularies of the English Church: In causaque valet, causamque juvantibus armis.
Download or read book Aids to reflection in the formation of a manly character on the several grounds of prudence morality and religion written by Samuel Taylor Coleridge and published by . This book was released on 1825 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book AIDS to Reflection written by Samuel Taylor Coleridge and published by Andesite Press. This book was released on 2015-08-08 with total page 504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Download or read book AIDS to Reflection and the Confessions of an Inquiring Spirit written by Samuel Taylor Coleridge and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-12-03 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Aids to Reflection and the Confessions of an Inquiring Spirit. By Samuel Taylor Coleridge. To which are added his essays on faith and the book of common prayer, etc. FELLOW-CHRISTIAN! the wish to be admired as a fine writer held a very subordinate place in my thoughts and feelings in the composition of this volume. Let then its comparative merits and demerits, in respect of style and stimulancy, possess a proportional weight, and no more, in determining your judgment for or against its contents. Read it through: then compare the state of your mind, with the state in which your mind was, when you first opened the book. Has it led you to reflect? Has it supplied or suggested fresh subjects for reflection? Has it given you any new information? Has it removed any obstacle to a lively conviction of your responsibility as a moral agent? Has it solved any difficulties, which had impeded your faith as a Christian?
Download or read book Confessions an Inquiring Spirit Classic Reprint written by Samuel Taylor Coleridge and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-24 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Confessions an Inquiring Spirit This a providence, a preparation, and a look ing-forward to Christ. Here then we have four out of the five classes. And in all these the sky of my be lief is serene, unclouded by a doubt. Would to God that my faith, that faith which works on the whole man, confirming and conform ing, were but in just proportion to my belief, to the full acquiescence of my intellect, and rthe deep consent of my conscience! The very difficulties argue the truth of the whole scheme and system for my understanding, since I see plainly that so must the truth ap pear, if it be the truth. J V. But there is a Book, of two parts, each part consisting of several books. The first part - (i speak in the character of an uninterested critic or philologist) contains the reliques of the literature of the Hebrew people, while the Hebrew was still the living language. The second part comprises the writings, and, with one or two inconsiderable and doubtful exceptions, all the writings of. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Aids to Reflection and The Confessions of an Inquiring Spirit written by Samuel Taylor Coleridge and published by . This book was released on 1884 with total page 490 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book AIDS to Reflection written by Samuel Taylor Coleridge and published by . This book was released on 2015-02-13 with total page 504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Download or read book Confessions of an Inquiring Spirit written by Samuel Taylor Coleridge and published by . This book was released on 1956 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Confessions of an Inquiring Spirit written by Samuel Taylor Coleridge and published by Jazzybee Verlag. This book was released on 1840 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Never was there a book less entitled than the "Confessions of an Inquiring Spirit" to the honour of effecting a revolution in theology, or becoming the manifesto of any school of inquirers accustomed to habits of sound and accurate reasoning. With not a little to remind us of the reach and originality of thought which distinguish the other writings of Coleridge, it is marked to a most vicious excess with looseness and inaccuracy of conception; it betrays a painful ignorance of the main facts and fundamental principles involved in the question at issue; and, by the confident, but impotent attempt which he makes to marry a mystical philosophy to an unsound theology, he only shows that he has strayed into a province of speculation with whose guiding landmarks he was completely unacquainted. Nor is this failure to grasp, and inability to deal with, the necessary conditions of the problem to be solved, so conspicuous in Coleridge's discussion of the doctrine of inspiration, altogether due to his limited and defective preparation for dealing with the subject; it is in no small measure to be attributed to the exigencies of his position and argument.
Download or read book AIDS TO REFLECTION written by James 1794-1842 Marsh and published by Wentworth Press. This book was released on 2016-08-24 with total page 504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Download or read book Confessions of an Inquiring Spirit written by Samuel Taylor Coleridge and published by . This book was released on 2016-07-29 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The story of Coleridge's career reads like a series of detachments from all the ordinary ties and relationships of life. The opium habit may have had much to do with evils that befell him, but there was some deeper hidden cause, whose action was only intensified by opium, which of itself alone explains the strange and sad vicissitudes, the failure, the poverty, the disappointments, the humiliations beneath which he groaned, but through all of which he carried his higher integrity unharmed. This deeper cause, oftentimes lying beneath his consciousness, acting indirectly, but never losing its potency, was his passion for freedom, individual freedom as well as national and ecclesiastical." -The Atlantic Monthly "'Aides to Reflection,' and 'Confessions of an Inquiring Spirit,' by Samuel Taylor Coleridge are two of the most suggestive and fruitful theological works that have been published in this century....To men whom these books, to use a Coleridgian term, have 'found' their value cannot readily be estimated, for they have enabled them to look at life and at the Bible with new eyes." -The Spectator "In Confessions of an Inquiring Spirit, he was the first to show his fellow countrymen with convincing illustrations and impassioned eloquence that the mediaeval and post-Reformation dogma of inspiration could only lead to irreverence or casuistry. He taught them to acquire their estimate of Scripture from the contents and from the claims of Scripture itself, not from the theories and inventions of men respecting it. He proved how clearly a Christian thinker could see that the various books of the Bible greatly differ from each other in value, and could yet honor the Bible as deeply as the Apostles themselves." Frederic W. Farrar, -History of Interpretation: Eight Lectures Preached Before the University of Oxford, 1896 "All the world knows that Samuel Taylor Coleridge took the shoes from off his feet when he trod and broke the holy ground in his 'Confessions of an Inquiring Spirit,' and reverentially proceeded to hurl away what, according to his 'private 'judgment,' he considered the superstitions rubbish which had accumulated during the course of several millenniums, and unveil the primitive Word, stamped and authenticated with, 'Thus saith the Lord.'" -The Eclectic Review
Download or read book Confessions of an Inquiring Spirit written by Samuel Taylor Coleridge and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2015-11-09 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introduction Confessions of an Inquiring Spirit Letters on the Inspiration of the Scriptures. An Essay on Faith Notes on the Book of Common Prayer A Nightly Prayer A Sailor's Fortune Essay I Essay II Essay III Essay IV Essay V Essay VI
