Natural Religion: The Gifford Lectures Delivered Before the University of Glasgow in 1888Longmans, Green, 1892 - 608 pages |
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Page vi
... look forward to the lectures of my learned colleagues at Edin- burgh , St. Andrews , and Aberdeen , not only for in- struction , but also for correction ; though on some points , I may hope , for confirmation also of my own views on a ...
... look forward to the lectures of my learned colleagues at Edin- burgh , St. Andrews , and Aberdeen , not only for in- struction , but also for correction ; though on some points , I may hope , for confirmation also of my own views on a ...
Page 10
... look at the sun without darkening his lens , and man will have to look at what is beyond through a glass darkly . But as in every other pur- suit , so in religion also , we want less and less of darkness , more and more of light ; we ...
... look at the sun without darkening his lens , and man will have to look at what is beyond through a glass darkly . But as in every other pur- suit , so in religion also , we want less and less of darkness , more and more of light ; we ...
Page 41
... look first to the Old and New Testament to see in what sense religion is used there . But in the translation of the Old Testament the word religion never occurs , and in the New Testament it occurs three times only ; and in one of these ...
... look first to the Old and New Testament to see in what sense religion is used there . But in the translation of the Old Testament the word religion never occurs , and in the New Testament it occurs three times only ; and in one of these ...
Page 58
... looks . If we call that object God , does that tell us anything , so long as it is left uncertain what is meant by God , whether something visible or invisible , something comprehensible or in- comprehensible , something that can be ...
... looks . If we call that object God , does that tell us anything , so long as it is left uncertain what is meant by God , whether something visible or invisible , something comprehensible or in- comprehensible , something that can be ...
Page 63
... look to the invisible roots only , and forget the tree and the fruit which these roots were meant to support and to nourish . With- out its practical results , nay , without its practical purposes , religion would never have been ...
... look to the invisible roots only , and forget the tree and the fruit which these roots were meant to support and to nourish . With- out its practical results , nay , without its practical purposes , religion would never have been ...
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