The Works of Thomas Chalmers, Volume 1W. Collins, 1836 |
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... CONSTITUTION OF THE HUMAN MIND . CHAPTER I. General Considerations on the Evidence afforded by the Phenomena and Constitution of the Human Mind for the Being of a God . 1. THERE are many respects in which the evidence for a God , given ...
... CONSTITUTION OF THE HUMAN MIND . CHAPTER I. General Considerations on the Evidence afforded by the Phenomena and Constitution of the Human Mind for the Being of a God . 1. THERE are many respects in which the evidence for a God , given ...
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... constitution of the mind , and the adap- tation of that constitution to the external world , are pre - eminently fitted to illustrate — we mean the character of the Deity . We hold that the material universe affords decisive attestation ...
... constitution of the mind , and the adap- tation of that constitution to the external world , are pre - eminently fitted to illustrate — we mean the character of the Deity . We hold that the material universe affords decisive attestation ...
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... constitution of man , we can view the adap- tation of that constitution to external nature . We might demonstrate , not only that the mind is rightly constituted in itself , but that the mind is rightly placed in a befitting theatre for ...
... constitution of man , we can view the adap- tation of that constitution to external nature . We might demonstrate , not only that the mind is rightly constituted in itself , but that the mind is rightly placed in a befitting theatre for ...
Contents
PRELIMINARY VIEWS | 17 |
Of the Metaphysics which have been resorted | 99 |
MR HUMES OBJECTION TO THE A POSTERIORI | 121 |
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