The Limits of Religions Thought Examined in 8 Lectures on the Foundation of Late J. Bampton

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1859. Excerpt: ... Begriffe von der Gottheit sind nicht mehr fur mich; ich kann sie nicht geniessen--E» Ko! Uav. Ich weiss niclits anders." Schelling, Bruno, p. 185. "So ist die AHheit Einheit, die Einheit AHheit, beyde nicht verschieden, sondern dasselbe." Note 23. p. 126. Clemens Alex. Stromata, V. 11. El rolvvv acpe6vres irdvra 5cra irpocr(ori Tozs trdp.airn/, Kcu Tois cyop.tvols ao-cop.dTois, airopptyatp.ev eavrovs efy To p-eyeOos Tov Xpiorov, KaKeWev eh To adapts ayi6rrjTi irpotoip.ev, rfj vorjcrei Tov iiavroKparopos anrjyinrj itpocrayoip.ev, ov o ecmv, & 8£ p.rj hrrt yvcaplcravr(s. Augustin. Enarr. in Psalm, lxxxv.12. "Deus ineffabilis est; facilius dicimus quid non sit, quam quid sit.'1 Fichte, Bestimmung des Menschen, (Werke, II. p. 305.) "Duwillst, denn du willst, dass mein freier Gehorsam Folgen habe in alle Ewigkeit; den Act deines Willens begreife ich nicht, und weiss nur soviel, dass er nicht ahnlich ist dem meinigen." Note 24. p. 127. The distinction between speculative and regulative knowledge holds an important place in the philosophy of Kant; but his mode of applying it is the exact reverse of that adopted in the text. According to Kant, the idea of the absolute or unconditioned has a regulative, but not a speculative value: it cannot be positively apprehended by any act of thought; but it serves to give unity and direction to the lower conceptions of the understanding; indicating the point to which they tend, though they never actually reach it. But the regulative character thus paradoxically assigned, not to thought, but to its negation, in truth belongs to the finite conceptions as actually apprehended, not to any unapprehended idea of the infinite beyond them. Every object of positive thought, being conceived as finite, is necessarily regarded...