palmary

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Swedenborg's case is of course the palmary one of audita et visa, serving as a basis of religious revelation.

From Varieties of Religious Experience, a Study in Human Nature by James, William

It remains briefly to consider these three palmary texts in their reciprocal relations to each other, by which the fullest light is thrown upon the scriptural prerogatives of S. Peter.

From St. Peter, His Name and His Office As set forth in holy scripture by Allies, Thomas W.

The Progress of Philosophy or of Wisdom is a palmary instance of progress achieved out of the internal resources of that which progresses.

From Progress and History by Marvin, Francis Sydney

Yet this is what M. Bergson does in his whole defence of metaphysical vitalism, and especially in the instance of the evolution of eyes by two different methods, which is his palmary argument.

From Winds Of Doctrine Studies in Contemporary Opinion by Santayana, George

Our body itself is the palmary instance of the ambiguous.

From Essays in Radical Empiricism by James, William