consentient
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But, with the catchwords of Utilitarianism ringing in their ears, the commentators ran straight contrary to the true teaching of the Protagoras, consentient as it is with that of the Phaedo and the Philebus.
From Hegel's Philosophy of Mind by Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
If clear and consentient Patristic testimony to the Text of Scripture is not to be deemed forcible witness to its Truth,—whither shall a man betake himself for constraining Evidence?
From The Revision Revised by John William Burgon
Now, my method on the contrary is to refer all such questions to “the consentient testimony of the most ancient authorities.”
From The Revision Revised by John William Burgon
The proper proof of the statement is the consentient voice of all the copies,—except about nineteen of loose character:—we know their vagaries but too well, and decline to let them impose upon us.
From The Causes of the Corruption of the Traditional Text of the Holy Gospels Being the Sequel to The Traditional Text of the Holy Gospels by Edward Miller
On the other hand, the facts of rappings, ghosts, clairvoyance, in spite of the universally consentient evidence, are very doubtful facts after all.
From Cock Lane and Common-Sense by Andrew Lang
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