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Joseph Glanvill was a 17th-century English writer known for his philosophical and theological works. His writings covered a wide range of topics including natural philosophy, moral philosophy, and mysticism.

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All Angel Belief May Assured Certain Certainty Faculty Humanity Impossible Men Mistaken Needs Stills Understanding Weakness Yield Absolutes Acceptable All Things Antiquity

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“They that never peeped beyond the common belief in which their easy understandings were at first indoctrinated are strongly assured of the truth of their receptions.”

Firsts Belief Easy Understanding Common Prejudice Assured Reception

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“That though we are certain of many things, yet that Certainty is no absolute Infallibility, there still remains the possibility of our being mistaken in all matters of humane Belief and Inquiry.”

Stills Matter Certain Belief Possibility Absolutes Remains Certainty Mistaken Inquiry Humane Infallibility

Book:Collected works of Joseph Glanvill

Source: Collected works of Joseph Glanvill

“The belief of our Reason is an Exercise of Faith, and Faith is an Act of Reason.”

Reason Belief Exercise

Book:Collected works of Joseph Glanvill

Source: Collected works of Joseph Glanvill