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If intellection and knowledge were mere passion from without, or the bare reception of extraneous and adventitious forms, then no reason could be given at all why a mirror or looking-glass should not understand.
Knowledge is not a passion from without the mind, but an active exertion of the inward strength, vigor and power of the mind, displaying itself from within.
Knowledge is not a passion from without the mind, but an active exertion of the inward strength, vigour and power of the mind, di... (more Ralph Cudworth quotes)
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