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told how some people fall into a dead faint, in which hearing, sight, and the
other senses no longer function, and in this condition perceive the unseen. He
would deny that this is so and demonstrate its impossibility. „The sensible
powers‟, he would say, „are the causes of perception or apprehension; if a
man does not perceive things like the unseen when these powers are actively
present, much less will he do so when the senses are not functioning‟. This is
a form of analogy which is shown to be false by what actually occurs and is
observed. Just as intellect is one of the stages of human development in
which there is an `eye‟ which sees the various types of intelligible objects,
which are beyond the ken of the senses, so prophecy also is the description
of a stage in which there is an eye endowed with light such that in that light
the unseen and other supra-intellectual objects become visible.
Doubt about prophetic revelation is either (a) doubt of its possibility in
general, or (b) doubt of its actual occurrence, or (c) doubt of the attainment of
it by a specific individual.
other senses no longer function, and in this condition perceive the unseen. He
would deny that this is so and demonstrate its impossibility. „The sensible
powers‟, he would say, „are the causes of perception or apprehension; if a
man does not perceive things like the unseen when these powers are actively
present, much less will he do so when the senses are not functioning‟. This is
a form of analogy which is shown to be false by what actually occurs and is
observed. Just as intellect is one of the stages of human development in
which there is an `eye‟ which sees the various types of intelligible objects,
which are beyond the ken of the senses, so prophecy also is the description
of a stage in which there is an eye endowed with light such that in that light
the unseen and other supra-intellectual objects become visible.
Doubt about prophetic revelation is either (a) doubt of its possibility in
general, or (b) doubt of its actual occurrence, or (c) doubt of the attainment of
it by a specific individual.