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Often appears with: reason and the intellect · locke · heresy, orthodoxy, and schism · freedom of the will · conversion and faith · cause and effect
Usually: argument (1) · censure (1)
He defines the “prevailing system of metaphysics” as associated with Locke and argues its doctrines are tied to orthodox religious teaching, making them hard to question and obstructing clear spiritual distinctions.
unfolded in the Work. But this also is an evil which I saw no means of avoiding without incurring a greater, and writing a book instead of a brief essay. Let it be understood, then, without further preface, that by the prevailing system of metaphysics, I mean the system, of which in modern times Locke is the reputed author, and the leading principles of which, with various modifications, more or less important, but …