Henry More Quotes on Nature
Henry More was an English philosopher and one of the foremost Cambridge Platonists. This page collects quotes attributed to Henry More on the topic of nature, drawn from across the philosopher's works.
Quotes
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Attributed to Henry More:
“There is a spiritual extension that pervades all space.”
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Attributed to Henry More:
“God is the omnipresent spirit, infinite in extension and intelligence.”
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Attributed to Henry More:
“Materialism cannot account for the unity of consciousness.”
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“Tell mankind Jehovah reigns; He shall bind the world in chains, So as it shall never slide, And with sacred justice guide. Let the smiling heavens rejoice, Joyful earth exalt her voice; Let the dancing billows roar, Echoes answer from the shore, Fields their flowery mantles shake; All shall in their joy partake; While the wood-musicians sing To the ever-youthful spring. Fill His courts with sacred mirth; Lo! He comes to judge the earth: Justly He the world shall sway, And His truth to men display.”
A Hymn of Praise" (1668) -
“...indeed, if there were any modesty left in mankind, the histories of the Bible might abundantly assure men of the existence of angels and spirits... I look upon it as a special piece of Providence that . . . fresh examples of apparitions may awaken our benumbed and lethargic minds into an assurance that there are other intelligent beings besides those that are clothed in heavy earth or clay . . . for this evidence, showing that there are bad spirits, will necessarily open a door to the belief that there are good ones, and lastly, that there is a God.”
Quoted by H.P. Blavatsky , in Isis Unveiled: A Master-Key to the Mysteries of Ancient and Modern Science and Theology, (1877)