 But the father and maker of all this universe is past finding out; and even if we found him, to tell of him to all men would be impossible.  Philosophy for Understanding Theologyby Diogenes Allen, Eric O. Springsted - 1985 - 267 pagesNo preview available - About this book
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - English literature - 1896 - 616 pages
...and created. Now that which is created must, as we affirm, of necessity be created by a cause. But the father and maker of all this Universe is past finding out.' (' TimeBUS ' : Jowett, vol. iii. p. 448.) Similarly in the ' Republic,' while illustrating the principle... | |
 | Plato - 1892 - 794 pages
...necessity be created by a cause. But the father and maker of all this universe is past finding God was the out; and even if we found him, to tell of him to all men ^j^eof"' would be impossible. And there is still a question to be fashioned it asked about him : Which... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, John Murray, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - English literature - 1896 - 632 pages
...and created. Now that which is created must, as we affirm, of necessity be created by a cause. But the father and maker of all this Universe is past finding out.' (' Timtens ' : Jowett, vol. iiL p. 448.) Similarly in the ' Republic,' while illustrating the principle... | |
 | Charles Montague Bakewell - Philosophy, Ancient - 1907 - 460 pages
...and created. Now that which is created must, as we affirm, of necessity be created by a cause. But the father and maker of all this universe is past...him, to tell of him to all men would be impossible. And there is still a question to be asked about him: Which of the patterns had the artificer in view... | |
 | Charles Montague Bakewell - Philosophy, Ancient - 1907 - 414 pages
...and created. Now that which is created must, as we affirm, of necessity be created by a cause. But the father and\ maker of all this universe is past finding out; and even if_\ we found him, to tell of him to all men would be impossible. And there is still a question to... | |
 | David Lee Maulsby - 1911 - 188 pages
...the intellectual." ' At other times he withdraws God to an infinite distance from His works. " But the father and maker of all this universe is past...him, to tell of him to all men would be impossible." 2 In much the same way, Emerson finds that virtue is the only thing of intrinsic value. In his essay... | |
 | David Lee Maulsby - 1911 - 190 pages
...the intellectual." ' At other times he withdraws God to an infinite distance from His works. " But the father and maker of all this universe is past...him, to tell of him to all men would be impossible." 2 In much the same way, Emerson finds that virtue is the only thing of intrinsic value. In his essay... | |
 | George Rowland Dodson - Religions - 1917 - 360 pages
...and he therefore sets forth his meaning in a myth. "The maker and father of this universe," he says, "is past finding out; and even if we found him to tell of him to all men would be impossible." The created world is a copy of the ideal world, and as nearly like it as God, "the best of causes,"... | |
 | Plato - Philosophy, Ancient - 1927 - 508 pages
...and created. Now that which is created must, as we affirm, of necessity be created by I a cause. But the father and maker of all this universe is past...him, to tell of him to all men would be impossible. And there is still a question to be asked about him: Which of the patterns had the artificer in view... | |
 | Joseph Estlin Carpenter - Bible - 1927 - 516 pages
...trust. Plato, on the other hand, was driven to confess that ' the Father and Maker of all this world is past finding out, and even if we found him to tell of him to all men would be impossible.' But he argued that since the world is the fairest of creations, and God is the best of causes, it has... | |
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