Natural Religion: The Gifford Lectures Delivered Before the University of Glasgow in 1888Longmans, Green, 1898 - 608 pages |
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Page xix
... supposed to be the privilege of priests , is no longer considered as a sacrilege , if attempted by any honest seekers after truth . There is still much work to be done , much rubbish to be carted away . It is difficult to see what ...
... supposed to be the privilege of priests , is no longer considered as a sacrilege , if attempted by any honest seekers after truth . There is still much work to be done , much rubbish to be carted away . It is difficult to see what ...
Page xxvii
... supposed special exceptional or so - called miraculous revela- tion . I wish it considered just as astronomy or chemistry is . I have intentionally indicated , in describing the subject of the lectures , the general aspect which ...
... supposed special exceptional or so - called miraculous revela- tion . I wish it considered just as astronomy or chemistry is . I have intentionally indicated , in describing the subject of the lectures , the general aspect which ...
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... supposed exceptional and so - called miraculous revelation . I wish it considered just as astronomy or chemistry is . I have intentionally indicated , in describing the subject of the lectures , the general aspect which personally I ...
... supposed exceptional and so - called miraculous revelation . I wish it considered just as astronomy or chemistry is . I have intentionally indicated , in describing the subject of the lectures , the general aspect which personally I ...
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... the Founder of this lectureship , who wished religion to be treated ' without reference to or reliance upon any supposed exceptional and so - called miracu- ! lous revelation . ' But those who use that 8 . LECTURE I.
... the Founder of this lectureship , who wished religion to be treated ' without reference to or reliance upon any supposed exceptional and so - called miracu- ! lous revelation . ' But those who use that 8 . LECTURE I.
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... supposed , thought plus sound . It was from that point of view that I felt justified in treat- ing mythology as I had done , namely , as an affection , or even as a disease , of language , and it was in the same sense that I had tried ...
... supposed , thought plus sound . It was from that point of view that I felt justified in treat- ing mythology as I had done , namely , as an affection , or even as a disease , of language , and it was in the same sense that I had tried ...
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