“If it were not for the Poetic or Prophetic character, the Philosophic & Experimental would soon be at the ratio of all things, & stand still, unable to do other than repeat the same dull round over again.” Without vision, method hardens into empty repetition · There is No Natural Religion, 1788 Imagination Philosophy Progress
“Reason, or the ratio of all we have already known, is not the same that it shall be when we know more.” Reason is a temporary measure, not a finished cage · There is No Natural Religion, 1788 Knowledge Progress Reason
