Miscellaneous Pieces in Literature History And Philosophy
Miscellaneous Pieces in Literature History And Philosophy
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This protection, we can fay with pleafure, finds fewer obftacles every day, in proportion as the fpirit of philofophy, which fpreads continu- ally, communicates itfelf to the more found and wife part of the divines, and renders them more in- dulgent, or more equitable in matters which are not their object. We do not live in thofe times, when it was a crime to teach any other philofophy than Ariflotle ; with a little more ignorance and au- thority it had been made^ law of the ftate, as it is fli...ll among our neighbouring nations *.
XXIX. We need but caft our eyes upon thofe un- happy nations, who are victims to fo ridiculous a law, to convince us of the fad effects which arife from fear, * Our fathers faw but little more in 1624, when, at the re- queft of the univerfity, and efpecially of the Sorbonne, it was forbid by an arret of parliament, " on pain of death to hold or ** teach any maxim contrary to ancient and approved authors, ** or to enter into any debate but fuch as ftiould be approved " by the doctors of the faculty of theology.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
This protection, we can fay with pleafure, finds fewer obftacles every day, in proportion as the fpirit of philofophy, which fpreads continu- ally, communicates itfelf to the more found and wife part of the divines, and renders them more in- dulgent, or more equitable in matters which are not their object. We do not live in thofe times, when it was a crime to teach any other philofophy than Ariflotle ; with a little more ignorance and au- thority it had been made^ law of the ftate, as it is fli...ll among our neighbouring nations *.
XXIX. We need but caft our eyes upon thofe un- happy nations, who are victims to fo ridiculous a law, to convince us of the fad effects which arife from fear, * Our fathers faw but little more in 1624, when, at the re- queft of the univerfity, and efpecially of the Sorbonne, it was forbid by an arret of parliament, " on pain of death to hold or ** teach any maxim contrary to ancient and approved authors, ** or to enter into any debate but fuch as ftiould be approved " by the doctors of the faculty of theology.
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