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"By natural reason man can know God with certanity, on the basis of his works."
Catechism of the Catholic Church
(Various)
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"In the 'Timaeus' Plato discovered evidence of an ordering Mind in all things, and Aristotle emphasized the fact that all formed a rational whole interpenetrated by reason and unveiling its secrets to reason."
The Mystery Religions and Christianity
(Samuel Angus)
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"The imagination is a power that is, as it were, intellectual. Appetite and impulse are obedient to imagination and to reason." Plotinus, 'The Soul'
The Essential Plotinus
(Translated by Elmer O'Brien, S.J.)
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"If we discover a complete unified theory of the universe, it should in time be understandable in broad principle by everyone, not just a few scientists. Then we shall all, philosophers, scientists, and just ordinary people, be able to take part in the discussion of the question of why it is that we and the universe exist. If we find the answer to that, it would be the ultimate triumph of human reason – for then we should know the mind of God." Stephen Hawking (b. 1942)
God, A Companion for Seekers
(David Schiller)
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"Greek democracy was based on the idea that through enlightenment and reason each citizen would become capable of self-government and would make no moral errors."
The Woman's Encyclopedia of Myths and Secrets
(Barbara G. Walker)
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"Reason is nothing other than the light of divine brightness reflected in the soul." Thomas Aquinas, 'Commentary on the Psalms', 36, p. 279
Sheer Joy, Conversations with Thomas Aquinas on Creation Spirituality
(Matthew Fox)
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“Through reason man is enabled to elevate himself above the illusionary world of the senses and find eternal repose in perfect union with the Divine Essence.”
The Secret Teachings of All Ages
(Manly P. Hall)
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"The highest perfection of man in this life lies in this: that he is so united to God that his soul with all its powers and faculties becomes immersed in Him and is one spirit with Him….The image of God which is imprinted upon the soul is found in the three powers of the reason, memory and will."
On Union With God
(Albertus Magnus (St. Albert the Great))
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"the whole world is the outward form of universal reason." Rumi, 'The Masnavi'
Homage to Pythagoras, Rediscovering Sacred Science
(Christopher Bamford, editor)
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"Epictetus taught that reason governed the world and was identical with God." Dagobert Runes
A Treasury of Philosophy, Vol. 1
(Dagobert D. Runes, editor)
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"The light of reason is a reflection of the light of the eternal law."
My Way of Life, The Summa Simplified for Everyone
(Walter Farrell and Martin J. Healy)
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"Cosmic reason operates within the soul of man." Dagobert Runes
A Treasury of Philosophy, Vol. 1
(Dagobert D. Runes, editor)
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"It is our rule to begin by cleansing our souls from bad opinions by means of right reason." Clement of Alexandria, 'On Spiritual Perfection'
Alexandrian Christianity
(John E. L. Oulton, editor)
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“Men and women possess the power of reason, which is the noblest element in the soul.” Editors
Hildegard of Bingen, Mystical Writings
(Fiona Bowie and Oliver Davies, editors)
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"Every soul has some portion of 'nous', reason, a person cannot be a person without it."
Isis Unveiled
(Helena P. Blavatsky)
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"Reason understands the laws of things – that is, spirit in nature. It can also raise itself above nature and, in the spirit, grasp from one side the divine essence underlying all nature."
Mystics after Modernism
(Rudolf Steiner)
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"We know the truth, not only by the reason, but also by the heart." Blaise Pascal (1623-1662), French mathematician and theologian
The Lion Christian Quotation Collection
(Hannah Ward & Jennifer Wild, compilers)
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"The mind of man, cleansed of secondary and merely temporal concerns, beholds with the radiance of a cleansed mirror a reflection of the rational mind of God. Reason puts you in touch with God….the mind of man cleared of its fallibilities is sufficiently capable of the knowledge of God. All people in the world are thus capable because all people in the world are capable of reason."
The Power of Myth
(Joseph Campbell)
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"Intuition is the faculty of knowledge which results from instinct that is illumined by reason."
Covenant of the Heart, Meditations of a Christian Hermeticist on the Mysteries of Tradition
(Valentin Tomberg)
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“As St. Paul said and as true reason has said, the ordered arrangement of the whole visible realm makes known the invisible things of God.”
Pseudo-Dionysius, The Complete Works
(John Farina, Editor-in-Chief)
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"Reason has to do with finding the ground of being and the fundamental structuring of order of the universe."
The Power of Myth
(Joseph Campbell)
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"Through his capacity for thinking, intelligence and logic, man can reason, deduce, enlarge or develop his consciousness."
Healing Through Colour
(Theo Gimbel)
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“Great is God that he has given us hands, and power to swallow, and a belly, and the power to grow without knowing it, and to draw our breath in sleep. At every moment we ought to sing these praises and above all the greatest and divinest praise, that God gave us the faculty to comprehend these gifts and to use the way of reason.” Epictetus, Discourses I, xvi
The New Testament Background: Selected Documents
(C. K. Barrett, editor)
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"The part of mind where reason lies was dedicated, by your will in union with your Father's, to the undoing of insanity. Here was the Holy Spirit's purpose accepted and accomplished, both at once. Reason is alien to insanity….reason can serve to open doors you closed against it."
A Course in Miracles
(Helen Schucman and William Thetford)
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"Our reason is grounded in God, who is substantial nature."
Revelations of Divine Love
(Juliana of Norwich)
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