 I, so far as actual knowledge of the object, either from its specific or general character, is concerned, am as little able to conceive of this being when I hear of it, or to have it in my understanding, as I am to conceive of or understand God himself...  Varieties of Scientific Experience - Page 69by Lewis S. FeuerLimited preview - About this book
 | Saint Anselm (Archbishop of Canterbury), Gaunilo - God - 1903 - 346 pages
...far as actual knowledge of the object, either from its specific or general character, is concerned, am as little able to conceive of this being when I...conjecture of that reality from some other like reality. For you yourself assert that that reality is such that there can be nothing else like it. For, suppose... | |
 | John F. Wippel, Allan B. Wolter - Philosophers, Medieval - 1969 - 500 pages
...God himself. So far as actual knowledge of such is concerned, be it of a specific or general nature, I am as little able to conceive of this being when...as I am to conceive of or understand God himself. It is for this very reason indeed, that I can conceive him to be nonexistent. For I have no direct... | |
 | L. Russ Bush - Religion - 1983 - 412 pages
...far as actual knowledge of the object, either from its specific or general character, is concerned, am as little able to conceive of this being when I...conjecture of that reality from some other like reality. For you yourself assert that that reality is such that there can be nothing else like it. For, suppose... | |
 | James Swindal, Harry J. Gensler - Religion - 2005 - 612 pages
...other unreal objects. With regard to this being which is greater than all which can be conceived, ... I . . . am as little able to conceive of this being...as I am to conceive of or understand God Himself. . . . For I do not know that reality itself which God is, nor can I form a conjecture of that reality... | |
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