The Bible and Men of Learning: In a Course of LecturesDaniel Fanshaw, 1855 - 400 pages |
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... Hume , Rousseau and Voltaire , when they formed their unholy alliance . It has been justly observed , that there is ... Hume's mind was 28 LECTURE . FIRST.
... Hume , Rousseau and Voltaire , when they formed their unholy alliance . It has been justly observed , that there is ... Hume's mind was 28 LECTURE . FIRST.
Page 29
... Hume's mind was carried away by his fondness for new theories , his ambition to be found on debatable ground , and the vanity of making good his position by arguments that might perplex , if they did not convince . He describes himself ...
... Hume's mind was carried away by his fondness for new theories , his ambition to be found on debatable ground , and the vanity of making good his position by arguments that might perplex , if they did not convince . He describes himself ...
Page 62
... Hume , Rousseau , Voltaire and Gibbon . There can be no doubt as to the influence and posi- tion of these inen in the ranks of infidelity . Their spirit was not confined to themselves . Their whole class or sect was imbued with it ; and ...
... Hume , Rousseau , Voltaire and Gibbon . There can be no doubt as to the influence and posi- tion of these inen in the ranks of infidelity . Their spirit was not confined to themselves . Their whole class or sect was imbued with it ; and ...
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... Hume or Gibbon have said concerning to critic who should have pronounced either of their Histories to be a mass of fictions , or a string of crude and awkward blunders , at the same time con- fessing he had never read the work , or at ...
... Hume or Gibbon have said concerning to critic who should have pronounced either of their Histories to be a mass of fictions , or a string of crude and awkward blunders , at the same time con- fessing he had never read the work , or at ...
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... Hume was mentioned to him as an excep- tion to his remark ; he replied , " No sir , Hume once owned to a clergyman in the bishoprick of Durham , that he had never read even the New Testament with attention . " R Gibbon lets us know that ...
... Hume was mentioned to him as an excep- tion to his remark ; he replied , " No sir , Hume once owned to a clergyman in the bishoprick of Durham , that he had never read even the New Testament with attention . " R Gibbon lets us know that ...
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