Faith and reason

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Reason is the greatest enemy that faith has: it never comes to the aid of spiritual things, but-more frequently than not-struggles against the divine Word, treating with contempt all that emanates from God.

Martin Luther

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Topic

Faith and reason Reason

Author

Martin Luther

Source

Table Talk (Luther)

Language

German

Time

1569 1560s 16th century

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Original Citation

Luther, Martin. Tischreden [Table Talk]. Eisleben, 1566.

Current Citation

Luther, Martin. The Table Talk of Martin Luther, edited by Thomas S. Kepler. Dover Press, 2005.

The Christian religion not only was at first attended with miracles, but even at this day cannot be believed by any reasonable person without one. Mere reason is insufficient to convince us of its veracity: And whoever is moved by Faith to assent to it, is conscious of a continued miracle in his own person, which subverts all the principles of his understanding, and gives him a determination to believe what is most contrary to custom and experience.

David Hume

An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding

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Topic

Faith and reason Miracles Reason Critique of Christianity Christianity

Author

David Hume

Source

Of the Idea of Necessary Connection (In Two Parts) An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding

Genre

Philosophical literature

Language

English

Time

1748 1740s 18th century

Era

Age of Enlightenment

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Original Citation

Hume, David. "Of the Idea of Necessary Connection (In Two Parts)." An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding. London: A. Millar, 1748, sect. 7, pt. 2, para. 41.

Current Citation

Hume, David. "Of the Idea of Necessary Connexion." An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, edited by Tom L. Beauchamp. Oxford University Press, 2000, sect. 7, pt. 2, para. 41.

Neither reason nor faith will ever die; for men would die if deprived of either.

G.K. Chesterton

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Topic

Faith and reason Reason Faith Human nature

Author

G.K. Chesterton

Source

Anti-Religious Thought in the Eighteenth Century An Outline of Christianity; The Story of Our Civilization

Medium

Essay

Genre

Religious literature

Language

English

Time

1926 1920s 20th century

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Citation

Chesterton, G.K. "Anti-Religious Thought in the Eighteenth Century." An Outline of Christianity; The Story of Our Civilization. Vol. 4. Christianity and Modern Thought. The Waverley Book Co., 1926, pt. 3.

The Way to see by Faith is to shut the Eye of Reason.

Poor Richard (Benjamin Franklin)

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Topic

Faith and reason Faith Reason

Author

Poor Richard (Benjamin Franklin)

Source

Poor Richard's Almanack

Medium

Almanac

Statement Type

Proverbs, aphorisms and adages

Language

English

Time

1758 1750s 18th century

Era

Colonial America

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Original Citation

Franklin, Benjamin [published as Richard Saunders]. Poor Richard Improved. Philadelphia, 1758.

Current Citation

Franklin, Benjamin. "Poor Richard Improved." Benjamin Franklin: Autobiography, Poor Richard, and Later Writings, edited by J. A. Leo Lemay. Library of America, 2005.