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Single Idea 14771

[filed under theme 12. Knowledge Sources / E. Direct Knowledge / 3. Inspiration ]

Full Idea

We never can be absolutely certain that any given deliverance [of revelation] really is inspired; for that can only be established by reasoning.

Gist of Idea

Only reason can establish whether some deliverance of revelation really is inspired

Source

Charles Sanders Peirce (Scientific Attitude and Fallibilism [1899], II)

Book Ref

Peirce,Charles Sanders: 'Philosophical Writings of Peirce', ed/tr. Buchler,Justus [Dover 1940], p.57