...sagacious laugh at, and the wise and good abhor. I hide my face before Thee, and lay my hand upon my mouth. How Thou art, and seemest to Thine own being, I can...as a greater man, and still a greater; but never as God—the Infinite, —whom no measure can mete. I have only this discursive, progressive thought,...

...laugh at, and the wise and good abhor. '' I hide my face before Thee, and lay my hand upon my mouth. How Thou art, and seemest to Thine own being, I can...by endless exaltation, rise into the Infinite. Thou difierest from men, not in degree but in nature. In every stage of their advancement they think of...

...thousands of spirit-lives, I shall com1 1 prehend Thee as little as I do now in this earthly house. I That which I conceive, becomes finite through my very...conception of it ; and this can never, even by endless exaltai-Ltjon, rise into the Infinite. Thou differest from men, not in I degree but in nature* In every...

...God, that we know him best," says St. Denis, the areopagite. "That which I conceive," says Fichte, "becomes finite through my very conception of it ;...even by endless exaltation, rise into the Infinite." ence-theory, or any theory of hereditary transmission, or of knowledge got through the physical senses...

...Thine own being, I can never know, any more than I can assume Thy nature. After thousand upon thousand of spirit-lives, I shall comprehend Thee as little...advancement they think of Thee as a greater man, and still 1 ' Bestimmung des Menschen,' book iii. ; Dr. W. Smith's Translation. a greater ; but never as God...

...Thine own being, I can never know, any more than I can assume Thy nature. After thousand upon thousand of spirit-lives, I shall comprehend Thee as little...advancement they think of Thee as a greater man, and still , 1 ' llolimmung dos Menschen,' book iii. ; l)r. W. Smith's Translation. a greater ; but never as God...

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...mine resounds in Thee ; and all my thoughts, if they be but good and true, live in Thee also. . . . That which I conceive becomes finite through my very...God — the Infinite — Whom no measure can mete. ... In the idea of Person there are imperfections, limitations : how can I clothe Thee with it without...

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...art and seemest to thy own being, I shall never know, any more than I can assume thy nature. After thousands of spiritlives, I shall comprehend thee...conception of it ; and this can never, even by endless exaltations, rise into the infinite. In the idea of person there are imperfections, limitations: how...