Faith (as habitus, not as actus) is the moral attitude of Reason as to belief in that which is unattainable by theoretical cognition.
Hence the concept of an absolutely necessary Being is no doubt an indispensable Idea of Reason, but yet it is a problematical concept unattainable by the human Understanding.
Reason as to belief in that which is unattainable by theoretical cognition.
Rose's refusal of Doctor Perry but added fuel to the flame; it is the unattainable we seek, the unattainableonly that we fancy can satisfy; the unattainable that at any cost we must have.
These thoughts, which were as satisfying to the Lord of Stoutenburg as food placed at an unattainable distance is to a starving beast, kept him awake and pacing up and down the room after he had finished his work under the bridge.
No distempered fancies or regrets, no vague longings for some unattainable rapture, coloured the natural aspect which the world presented to his eyes and mind.
At a very early age he began to reflect upon the difference in the division of worldly goods, though without bitterness, for he neither conceived nor cherished any unattainable desires.
True, its brightest gift, fair as yonder stars, is as unattainable as they--but what does that matter?
The well-being of mankind, its peace and security, areunattainable unless.
As He says, “The well-being of mankind, its peace and security are unattainable unless and until its unity is firmly established.
The well-being of mankind, its peace and security, are unattainable unless and until its unity is firmly established.
To this day, however, you will find most people take the opposite point of view: they look upon unity as an ultimate, almost unattainable goal and concentrate first on remedying all the other ills of mankind.
The very fact that the calm of Wordsworth is unattainable imparts to his verse a subdued tone.
Marriage remote and unattainable left Mr. Spinks's imagination in comparative peace; but brought within the bounds of possibility its appeal was simply maddening.
As his boyish dreams had been wrought like a broidery of stars on the floor of the back-shop, so honour, an unattainable ideal, had stood out in forlorn splendour against a darker and a dirtier background.
Neither retracting nor fulfilling her engagement could now retrieve what was past, and in the bitterness of regret for the error she had committed she thought happiness unattainable for the remainder of her life.
He liked to think of her as Victoria; the name had no familiarity for him, but seemed rather to enhance the unattainable quality of her.
These laws might not have punished the simple and barren wish of an unattainable blessing; but they would have shown less indulgence to the rash confession of Boethius, that, had he known of a conspiracy, the tyrant never should.
And first, for the heart-cheering belief in the perpetual progress of the species towards a point of unattainable perfection.
Or, this is, without doubt, the hour of delight (with them) since they will obtain those excellent regions that are unattainable by cowards.
From him he obtained a boon that is unattainable by persons of unsanctified souls.
For if thou diest), attaining then to that great good fortune which is unattainable by vile men, thou will acquire all those excellent regions in heaven that are attainable by the might of one's arms!
Through thy grace, O holy one, what is there unattainable by me in battle?
O slayer of foes, victory in battle is unattainable by them, and death also waiteth for them, that have thee, O son of Pandu, for their foe.
On the other side, science is becoming conscious of truth which is unattainable by its methods, and which is to it therefore the unknowable.
I too have them--they are the great, unattainable things of our life.
If it is worth so much--this unattainable thing--why then does it hurt so?
Do you know I think that their being unattainable is what makes them great?
In this case it can not, and were all desires directed upon what is in the nature of the case wholly unattainable by effort, it would occur to no one to speak of desire as a first step toward action.
We have seen that the desire for the unattainable may amount to an obsession, and yet it will not ripen into an act of volition.
Whether they were derived of societal suggestions or secret aspirations of my own concoction, I could not tell, yet they were infuriating, whatever their origin might have been, because of their unattainable quality.
The image of home was, at once, pleasant and unkind, for although memories could quiet the noise of the city, their unattainable substance created a barrier between the present and his need to build happiness from aspects thereof.
In an ordinary way 96 loaves to the sack is a very high yield, unattainable except with strong flour, and probably the average yield is not more than 90 loaves to the sack.
In the earlier days of machine bakeries the accurate dividing of dough, and still more the moulding of loaves by mechanical means, was considered an unattainable ideal.
Never to Gay's admiring eyes had she seemed more beautiful, more the fair unattainable Princess, than she was in her meeting with Leland Harcourt.
But I've showed him your picture and told him what an unapproachable, unattainable creature you are, and whetted his curiosity till it's as keen as a razor.
If she were not unattainable she would have no more attraction than anyone else.
She walked on, provocative as Venus, unattainable as Una, speaking idly of this thing and of that, knowing very well what made his answers all at random and his colour changeful.
Yet Browning's own conviction that man's highest and clearest faith is no more than a shadow of theunattainable truth may for a moment give us pause.
Shelley opened up for his young and enthusiastic follower new vistas leading towards the infinite, towards the unattainable Best.
Greek art, according to Browning, by presenting unattainable ideals of material and mundane perfection, taught men to submit.
