"And how much more consistent is it with our Notions of a just God, and our boasted Freedom of Will, to supposed the Soul, when finished by its Creator, to be a pure tabula rasa, endued with only one extensive Faculty capable of guiding it through the dark Labyrinth of Life, then composed of many jarring Passions and Affections, which serve either to confound it in its Elections, or lead it mechanically to some End diametrically opposite to its Happiness?"
— Loredano, Giovanni Francesco (1607-1661)
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for T. Osborne, Nutt and Cook, Cooper, Corbett, Dodd, Woodfall, Jackson, Chapelle, and Amey
Date
1748
Metaphor
"And how much more consistent is it with our Notions of a just God, and our boasted Freedom of Will, to supposed the Soul, when finished by its Creator, to be a pure tabula rasa, endued with only one extensive Faculty capable of guiding it through the dark Labyrinth of Life, then composed of many jarring Passions and Affections, which serve either to confound it in its Elections, or lead it mechanically to some End diametrically opposite to its Happiness?"
Metaphor in Context
[...] And how much more consistent is it with our Notions of a just God, and our boasted Freedom of Will, to supposed the Soul, when finished by its Creator, to be a pure tabula rasa, endued with only one extensive Faculty capable of guiding it through the dark Labyrinth of Life, then composed of many jarring Passions and Affections, which serve either to confound it in its Elections, or lead it mechanically to some End diametrically opposite to its Happiness?
(p. 164)
(p. 164)
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Citation
Loredano, Giovanni Francesco. The life of Adam. Translated from Gio Francisco Loridano. To which is subjoyn'd, An essay towards an analysis of the human mind. ... By Richard Murray. London, 1748. Based on information from English Short Title Catalogue. Eighteenth Century Collections Online. Gale Group.
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Date of Entry
10/11/2006
