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Ibi Oil the alleged S^riMs ^ i^^k.
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Jm ^Hterin^ Against Tne Twb Wh8 Bate Gdi...
ifye , because it sfc ^ s out with a false ; start , and . makes for a wrpng goal , being falsely applied .
• '' ¦¦' . - " All profess to seek Truth , and doubtless many desire to fiml her . We have as yet , as it were , only seen her footsteps in the sand , but charmed with
that sight , we long to trace the nymph over the difficult mountain passes which she loves to thread , till we shall arrive at her ecret abode amongst the rocky lolds of nature . " F So writes Egerton Webbe in what Mr Lewes truly describes as a " thoughtful and
beautiful essay . " Now from this passage we might suppose that Truth was some lurking fugitive , to be hunted like Angelica by her lovers , —an individual . But it may be said that Truth is here only personified metaphorically . It will be found , however , in
subsequent parts of the essay , and in Mr Lewes ' s paper , that Truth , is treated as if it wer % some o ^ e thing to be sought for and discovered at the bottom
of # well ; or as though the asto ^ ded traveller mi g lit en-€ | Q ^ pjtjBi : ^ on the great Sahara ; tor e ^ s ; if , by a painful analysis , it miff hi be realised like some
reite ; element , such as sopip : or a > t least , that it mi £ ht me euoitqcL by the discussion of mxed pwnciples , like a pjtfpo-Bihon in Euclid , . and be ^ Ratified
E p E D TV 'i ^ ' ^ 'i . ' ' - " '"ill '' 1 : " " ' 1 ^ , v , . . Yet we fifajd we do aoticetany the neatert 6 it for * er thto trouble hxMiSelf to
Jm ^Hterin^ Against Tne Twb Wh8 Bate Gdi...
exaimae hoW the iiatiire of Truth is to be expressed , tells us that it is inexpressible , lentil we have a new vocabulary * Lewes is not content with this assumption , and yet he is not more industrious , but cries out
that it is all a matter of opinion . Before proceeding further it may be as well to define what I suppose is meant by Truth ; for neither Webbe nor Lewes have done so . Mr Lewesfis definition rather refers to the
conduct of opinion than to Truth , which he supposes to be identical with opinion . I will not meddle with the nature of Truth ; but I shall merely sfet down what I believe to be the real meanings of the word , in its ordinary and ( I believe ) particular acceptation . The word Truth , then , is taken to
express Fact or Existence , or the bare existence or doing of things . Fitness , or the relation of things ; and , what is nearly the same thing , ! Perfection , or thci completeness of generid attributes 1 in
individual cases . ^ Thuswes ^ y : — - ' ; ^ 1 . It is tr \ le that we liteJ or
the world Mis a' true exidt & nfce ; 2 . That to doubt \ 6 nteeW is the true duty Cf f hutttaii nittui-e ; ^ - " ' . ' ' , i . " ' : ' ' ¦¦;'"; ' ; : ' St . Tha , t & circle ~ ik ttub When every pa ^ t oJFife cifcuhife ^ efece is at the same didtaiiice from the
'centre ; -If meifectiniiitiot ^ tftfr wlxat mi & trtitH / it ^ pWin tl ^ t it
Ibi Oil The Alleged S^Rims ^ I^^K.
Ibi Oil the alleged S ^ riMs ^ i ^^ k .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 1, 1837, page 404, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/mrp_01121837/page/36/
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