Date: 1710, 1734
"Ancient and rooted prejudices do often pass into principles: and those propositions which once obtain the force and credit of a principle, are not only themselves, but likewise whatever is deducible from them, thought privileged from all examination. And there is no absurdity so gross, which by ...
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Date: 1710, 1734
"Is it therefore to be wondered at, if the generality of men, who are ever intent on business or pleasure, and little used to fix or open the eye of their mind, should not have all that conviction and evidence of the being of God, which might be expected in reasonable creatures?"
preview | full record— Berkeley, George (1685-1753)
Date: 1710 [1719, 1729]
"Reflection is the last and greatest Bliss: / When turning backwards with inverted Eyes, / The Soul it self and all its Charms, surveys, / The deep Impressions of Coelestial Grace / And Image of the Godhead."
preview | full record— Oldisworth, William (1680-1734)
Date: 1710
Honour is a "Maggot that infects the giddy Brains / Of Cowards, Foold, rich Knaves, and Curtizans"
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Date: 1713, 1734
"We are chained to a body, that is to say, our perceptions are connected with corporeal motions."
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Date: 1714
The Soul returns "Naked from off this Beach and perfect Blank, / To visit the New World"
preview | full record— Evans, Abel (1679-1737)