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" ... knowledge was not to be poured into the soul like liquor, but rather to be invited and gently drawn forth from it ; nor the mind so much to be filled therewith from without, like a vessel, as to be kindled and awakened. "
The Present State of the Republick of Letters. ... - Page 168
1731
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Gentleman's Magazine and Historical Review, Volume 72, Part 1

Early English newspapers - 1802 - 904 pages
...not exift. With him and Cud'worth, vA may grant that " knowledge is not to be poured into the (mil -like liquor, but rather to be invited and gently...without, like a veflel, as to be kindled and awakened, &c." But ftill all this fuppofes fome previous inficfion of k'now* ledge, energy, and capacity, which...
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Gentleman's Magazine: and Historical Chronicle, Volume 91

1802 - 652 pages
...not exill. \Viih him and Ctidworth, w» may grant, that " knowledge is not to be pourud into the foul like liquor, but rather to be invited and gently drawn forth from it j nor the mind U> much to be filled therewith from without, like a veflcl, as to he kindled and awakened,...
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Essay on Instinct, and Its Physical and Moral Relations

Thomas Hancock - Instinct - 1824 - 578 pages
...the sophisters of that age, and chose rather an Aporetical (doubting or inquisitive) method ; because knowledge was not to be poured into the soul like...invited and gently drawn forth from it ; nor the mind so much to be filled therewith from without, like a vessel, as to be kindled and awakened. From hence...
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The True Intellectual System of the Universe: Wherein All the ..., Volume 3

Ralph Cudworth - Atheism - 1845 - 720 pages
...used by the sophisters of that age, and chose rather an aporetical and obstetricious method ; because knowledge was not to be poured into the soul like...invited and gently drawn forth from it ; nor the mind so much to be filled therewith from without, like a vessel, as to be kindled and awakened. Lastly,...
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The True Intellectual System of the Universe: Wherein All the ..., Volume 3

Ralph Cudworth - Atheism - 1845 - 716 pages
...used by the sophisters of that age, and chose rather an aporética! and obstetricious method ; because knowledge was not to be poured into the soul like...invited and gently drawn forth from it ; nor the mind so much to be filled therewith from without, like a vessel, as to be kindled and awakened. Lastly,...
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Public Speaking and Debate: With an Essay on Sacred Eloquence by Henry ...

George Jacob Holyoake - Debates and debating - 1863 - 254 pages
...studied, provided it is under the right masters, and in a successful manner. Cudworth says: " Knowledge is not to be poured into the soul like liquor, but rather...invited and gently drawn forth from it; nor the mind so much to be filled therewith from without like a vessel, as to be kindled and awakened." The application...
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Ralph Cudworth: A Treatise Concerning Eternal and Immutable Morality: With A ...

Ralph Cudworth - Biography & Autobiography - 1996 - 260 pages
...used by the sophisters of that age and chose rather an aporetical and obstetricious method. Because knowledge was not to be poured into the soul like...invited and gently drawn forth from it; nor the mind so much to be filled therewith from without, like a vessel, as to be kindled and awakened. Lastly,...
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Touching Philosophy, Sounding Religion, Placing Education

Steven Schroeder - Christian education - 2002 - 148 pages
...used by the sophisters of that age and chose rather an aporetical and obstreticious method. Because knowledge was not to be poured into the soul like...invited and gently drawn forth from it; nor the mind so much to be filled therewith from without, like a vessel, as to be kindled and awakened. (Cudworth,...
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Helping People Help Themselves: From the World Bank to an Alternative ...

David Ellerman - Business & Economics - 2005 - 358 pages
...use. 8. For instance, the Cambridge Platonist Ralph Cudworth, writing in the late i6oos, notes that "knowledge was not to be poured into the soul like...invited and gently drawn forth from it; nor the mind so much to be filled therewith from without, like a vessel, as to be kindled and awakened" ([1731]...
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