Natural Religion: The Gifford Lectures Delivered Before the University of Glasgow in 1888Longmans, Green, 1892 - 608 pages |
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... perception inexplicable . - The working of our mind.— No percept without language ; Virchow . - Perceptions always finite . - Finite and definite —The finite implies the infinite.— The infinite in space . The infinite in time . - The ...
... perception inexplicable . - The working of our mind.— No percept without language ; Virchow . - Perceptions always finite . - Finite and definite —The finite implies the infinite.— The infinite in space . The infinite in time . - The ...
Page 48
... perceive within us our own revela- tions , if our soul does not yearn to draw in the beauty of the whole world and to be pervaded by its spirit ; if in the highest moments of our life we do not feel ourselves impelled by the divine ...
... perceive within us our own revela- tions , if our soul does not yearn to draw in the beauty of the whole world and to be pervaded by its spirit ; if in the highest moments of our life we do not feel ourselves impelled by the divine ...
Page 55
... perception of distance makes the crow fly direct , that is by the shortest road , and induces a peasant to cross a field diagonally , instead of laterally . A know- ledge of geometry produces the same action , only lined with ...
... perception of distance makes the crow fly direct , that is by the shortest road , and induces a peasant to cross a field diagonally , instead of laterally . A know- ledge of geometry produces the same action , only lined with ...
Page 71
... perceive through the senses , and then to conceive by means of language . All our phenomenal knowledge is such and cannot be otherwise . Nihil est in intellectu quod non ante , or rather , quod non simul fuerit in sensu1 ; and nihil est ...
... perceive through the senses , and then to conceive by means of language . All our phenomenal knowledge is such and cannot be otherwise . Nihil est in intellectu quod non ante , or rather , quod non simul fuerit in sensu1 ; and nihil est ...
Page 72
... perceive the nou- menal in the phenomenal , the supernatural in the natural , and thus changes the very veil of nature into a never - ceasing revelation of the Divine . All religions may be called endeavours to give expression to that ...
... perceive the nou- menal in the phenomenal , the supernatural in the natural , and thus changes the very veil of nature into a never - ceasing revelation of the Divine . All religions may be called endeavours to give expression to that ...
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