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The Improvement Of Human Reason

Auhtor: Ibn Tufail

Language: english
Published: 1708

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Review by Beth Cholette, September 2007


Rating: (*****)
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Excerpts from the Book 'The Improvement Of Human Reason':

... with a large Commentary. The Design of the Author is to shew, how Human Capacity, unassisted by any External Help, may, by due Application, attain ...
... the Perfect shall remain for ever. And then in his Ethicks, speaking concerning the Happiness of Man, he says, that it is only in this Life, and then ...
... a great many Troubles, which nevertheless did not abate his indefatigable Industry. The Soldiers once mutiny'd, and broke open his House, and carry'd ...
... is that there is as much difference between what a Man knows by hearsay, or what notions he imbibes in his Education, and what he knows when he ...
... to the Receptacle, all the other powers immediately, by the Command of God, submitted themselves to it. Now, opposite to this Receptacle, there arose ...
... and Actions were liable to Obstacles and Impediments, upon the removal of which, the same Operations return'd to their former course. Therefore, ...
... and the Power of moving freely where they pleas'd, was common to them all which Actions he was assur'd before, were all very proper to the Animal ...
... Three Dimensions,viz. Length, Breadth, and Thickness and that their differences consisted only in this, that some of them were Colour'd, others ...
... argued with himself. _That this heavenly Body is terminated on this side which is next to me, is evident to my sight: And that it cannot be infinitely ...
... such an one, to whom the Weight of the least Atom was not unknown, whether in Heaven or Earth no, nor any other thing, whether lesser or greater ...
... had reach'd the Knowledge of that Superexcellent, and Necessarily existent Being and began to consider with himself, by means of that Noble Essence ...
... permanent and vigorous to the utmost degree. But on the contrary, whatsoever Body was altogether destitute of a Form, was [Greek: Hyl], Matter without ...
... wild Beast, or entangled in a Snare, or prick'd with Thorns, or that had gotten any thing hurtful fallen into its Eyes or Ears, or was hungry or thirsty, ...
... of Separation, or in the Singular, this insinuates a Notion of Unity, whereas they are far from being one. 88. And here methinks I fee one of those ...
... when he perceiv'dAslmake so much haste, he retir'd a little and hid himself from him so thatAslthought he had been quite gone off, and then he fell ...
... to carry him and his Companion along with them in the Ship to which they contented, and took them into the Ship, and it pleas'd God to send them a fair ...
... 'Imekol w'almenkol signify, And that which was understood agreed with that which was copied.But because that way of expressing it is obscure, I have ...
... degenerated and deprav'd, that they had lost the true Knowledge of God, and of his Attributes, and consequently were ignorant of their Duty towards him ...
... certainly he did. But how. Why, he commands the People thus, Deut. vi. 17.You shall diligently keep the Commandments of the Lord your God, and his Testimonies ...
... of immediately inspired Prophets before the Coming of Christ it is altogether groundless, to say no worse of it, to expect any now he is come. ...