nescience
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Our exuberant nescience in matters Sternian extends up to the very publication of Tristram, as far as the determining causes of its production are concerned.
From The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman by Laurence Sterne
Accordingly the gift of counsel is in the blessed, in so far as God preserves in them the knowledge that they have, and enlightens them in their nescience of what has to be done.
From Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province by Saint Thomas Aquinas
Hence, no ignorance would have been in them, but only nescience in regard to certain matters.
From Summa Theologica, Part I (Prima Pars) From the Complete American Edition by Saint Thomas Aquinas
Mr. Herbert Spencer, in his book called “First Principles,” lays down the doctrine of theological nescience, as the final result of religious inquiry.
From Orthodoxy: Its Truths And Errors by James Freeman Clarke
Simple nescience is not proud; consummated science is positively humble.
From Spare Hours by John Brown
