Sentence examples for teachings of reason from inspiring English sources

Some of these opponents are fideists (e.g., on some readings, Tertullian, Blaise Pascal, Pierre Bayle, J.G. Hamann, and Søren Kierkegaard) who hold these same beliefs as articles of faith rather than as teachings of reason (see the entry on fideism).

It is in this light that we can appreciate Spinoza's claim that "one should not look for the causes and natural foundations of the state in the teachings of reason" (1/7).

The same source records that the Apology expressed a primitive orthodoxy by arguing for the truthfulness of Christ's teachings by reason of his miracles in healing the sick and in restoring life to the dead, some of whom were known to Quadratus.

In On the Reasonableness of Christianity (1695), Locke aims to establish the compatibility of reason and the teachings of Christianity.

For fundamentalists, it is their holy writings that matter most; for religious liberals such as myself, ancient teachings must be interpreted in light of reason and modern realities.

This is the reason the teachings of India are so precious.

Rather than blindly follow the letter of the Law even if it conflicted with reason or conscience, the Pharisees harmonized the teachings of the Torah with their own ideas or found their own ideas suggested or implied in it.

In their extensive writings on the history of religion, Karen Armstrong and Huston Smith have consistently documented that major religions attract and retain vast numbers of followers for the best of reasons: Their teachings respond to a universal human longing for global peace and social justice.

Rehberg agreed with some of Kant's central critical teachings: that pure reason cannot know anything without the aid of sense experience, and that it is impossible for the senses to know anything beyond appearances.

For this reason alone, it is essential to support and celebrate the teachings of the Dalai Lama.

We are proud of our tradition of holding human dignity and reason, our capacity to take in new information and respond faithfully, as foundational values undergirded by the teachings of Jesus as known to us in the Bible.