John Henry Newman
An Essay in Aid of a Grammar of Assent
Published by Good Press, 2020
EAN 4064066101848
Table of Contents
Part I. Assent And Apprehension.
Chapter I. Modes Of Holding And Apprehending Propositions.
§ 1. Modes of Holding Propositions.
§ 2. Modes of apprehending Propositions.
Chapter II. Assent Considered As Apprehensive.
Chapter III. The Apprehension Of Propositions.
Chapter IV. Notional And Real Assent.
§ 3. Notional and Real Assents Contrasted.
Chapter V. Apprehension And Assent In The Matter Of. Religion.
§ 2. Belief in the Holy Trinity.
§ 3. Belief in Dogmatic Theology.
Part II. Assent And Inference.
Chapter VI. Assent Considered As Unconditional.
§ 1. Assent and Certitude Contrasted.
§ 2. Indefectibility of Certitude.
Chapter IX. The Illative Sense.
§ 1. The Sanction of the Illative Sense.
§ 2. The Nature of the Illative Sense.
§ 3. The Range of the Illative Sense.
Chapter X. Inference And Assent In The Matter Of. Religion.
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Dedication.
To
Edward Bellasis,
Serjeant At Law,
In Remembrance
Of A Long, Equable, Sunny Friendship;
In Gratitude
For Continual Kindnesses Shown To Me,
For An Unwearied Zeal In My Behalf,
For A Trust In Me Which Has Never Wavered,
And A Prompt, Effectual Succour And Support
In Times Of Special Trial,
From His Affectionate
J. H. N.
February 21, 1870.
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Part I. Assent And Apprehension.
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Chapter I. Modes Of Holding And Apprehending Propositions.
§ 1. Modes of Holding Propositions.
1. Propositions (consisting of a subject and predicate united by the copula) may take a categorical, conditional, or interrogative form.
(1) An interrogative, when they ask a Question, (e.g. Does Free-trade benefit the poorer classes?) and imply the possibility of an affirmative or negative resolution of it.
(2) A conditional, when they express a Conclusion (e.g. Free-trade therefore benefits the poorer classes), and both