Excerpt from L'Intelligence Humaine Jug�e par Saint Paul: Discours Prononce dans l'�glise Fran�aise de Mulhausen, le 5 Mai 1833
Il n'y a personne qui ait de l'intelligence; il n'y en a point qui cherche Dieu.
L'ap�tre ne fait ici que confirmer en les r� p�tant, des paroles du roi - proph�te. C'est donc le t�moignage r�uni de David et de saint Paul que nous vous apportons aujourd'hui. Ou pour parler plus exactement, c'est celui du Saint - Esprit, se reproduisant en termes pr�cis�ment pareils sous l'ancienne et sous lanouvelle �conomie. C'est le Saint - Esprit qui d�clare dans ces deux temps et pour tous les temps, que l'homme naturel est destitu� d'intelligence. Et par le mot d'intelli gence il faut entendre ici, conform�ment � l� valeur du terme original, non une conception facile et vive des choses, mais la justesse des vues, le bon sens, la sagesse pratique. Voil� ce qui, selon l'e�riture Sainte manque � l'homme et � tout homme.
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Alexandre Vinet was born near Lausanne in Switzerland. Educated for the Protestant ministry, he was ordained in 1819, when already teacher of the French language and literature in the gymnasium at Basel; and throughout his life he was as much a critic as a theologian. His literary criticism brought him into contact with Augustin Sainte-Beuve, for whom he obtained an invitation to lecture at Lausanne, which led to his famous work on Port-Royal.
As a theologian Vinet gave a fresh impulse to Protestant theology, especially in French-speaking lands, but also in England and elsewhere. His philosophy relied strongly on conscience, defined as that by which man stands in direct personal relation with God as moral sovereign, and the seat of a moral individuality which nothing can rightly infringe.
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