"We are informed by Father MALEBRANCHE, that the senses were at first as honest faculties as one could desire to be endued with, till after they were debauched by original sin; an adventure, from which they contracted such an invincible propensity to cheating, that they are now continually lying in wait to deceive us. But there is in man, it seems, a certain clear-sighted, stout, old faculty, called <em>reason</em>, which, without being deceived by appearances, keeps an eye upon the rogues, and often proves too cunning for them."
An Essay on the Nature and Immutability of Truth; in Opposition to Sophistry and Scepticism
10 entries in ESTC (1770, 1771, 1772, 1773, 1774, 1777, 1778).<br>
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Beattie, James. <u>An Essay on the Nature and Immutability of Truth; in Opposition to Sophistry and Scepticism</u> (Edinburgh: A Kincaid & J. Bell, 1770). &lt;<a href="http://find.galegroup.com/ecco/infomark.do?&contentSet=ECCOArticles&type=multipage&tabID=T001&prodId=ECCO&docId=CW121716299&source=gale&userGroupName=viva_uva&version=1.0&docLevel=FASCIMILE">Link to ECCO</a>&gt;<br>
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Text from corrected and enlarged second edition of 1771. &lt;<a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=1ekYAAAAYAAJ">Link to Google Books</a>&gt;