Natural Religion: The Gifford Lectures Delivered Before the University of Glasgow in 1888Longmans, Green, 1898 - 608 pages |
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Page ix
... doubt , be very considerably reduced . The number of general ideas expressed by them amounts to no more than 121 ' , and even that number admits of reduction . How far the con- sequences of these new discoveries affect every part of ...
... doubt , be very considerably reduced . The number of general ideas expressed by them amounts to no more than 121 ' , and even that number admits of reduction . How far the con- sequences of these new discoveries affect every part of ...
Page x
... towards the choos- ing and chipping of flints , without Language . When I said that Language and Reason were identical , I no doubt expressed myself badly , but no one could have failed to see that what X PREFACE TO COLLECTED WORKS .
... towards the choos- ing and chipping of flints , without Language . When I said that Language and Reason were identical , I no doubt expressed myself badly , but no one could have failed to see that what X PREFACE TO COLLECTED WORKS .
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... doubt it ; and I see in the ready acceptance of these conditions on the part of the Scotch Universities the best proof that in the study and true appreciation of religion also , our nineteenth century has not been stationary . When it ...
... doubt it ; and I see in the ready acceptance of these conditions on the part of the Scotch Universities the best proof that in the study and true appreciation of religion also , our nineteenth century has not been stationary . When it ...
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... doubt whether he is really serious in his etymo- logies or not . You know how in his Cratylus ( 410 ) he derives anp , air , from atpew , to raise , as the element which raises things from the earth ; how he explains alonp , ether , as ...
... doubt whether he is really serious in his etymo- logies or not . You know how in his Cratylus ( 410 ) he derives anp , air , from atpew , to raise , as the element which raises things from the earth ; how he explains alonp , ether , as ...
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... doubt its strong influence upon all our conduct ! ' On the next page I read , ' Theology and Metaphysics have nothing to do with Morality , ' and soon after , ' Religion has never been other than science , plus worship or emotion . ' We ...
... doubt its strong influence upon all our conduct ! ' On the next page I read , ' Theology and Metaphysics have nothing to do with Morality , ' and soon after , ' Religion has never been other than science , plus worship or emotion . ' We ...
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