Natural ReligionLongmans, Green, and Company, 1889 - 608 pages |
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... perception inexplicable . - The working of our mind.— No percept without language ; Helmholtz . - Perceptions always finite . - Finite and definite -The finite implies the infinite.— The infinite in space . - The infinite in time ...
... perception inexplicable . - The working of our mind.— No percept without language ; Helmholtz . - Perceptions always finite . - Finite and definite -The finite implies the infinite.— The infinite in space . - The infinite in time ...
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... 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 ...
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... 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 ...
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... 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 ...
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... 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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Page 111 - All that we are is the result of what we have thought: it is founded on our thoughts, it is made up of our thoughts. If a man speaks or acts with an evil thought, pain follows him, as the wheel follows the foot of the ox that draws the carriage.
Page 145 - to express the Infinite ; not the Infinite as the result of a long process of abstract reasoning, but the visible Infinite, visible by the naked eye, the endless expanse beyond the earth, beyond the clouds, beyond the sky. That was called A-diti, the un-bound, the unbounded ; one might almost say, but for fear of misunderstandings,
Page 2 - of men conceal'd Their thoughts, for fear that, if reveal'd. They would by other men be met With blank indifference, or with blame reprov'd : I knew they lived and mov'd Trick'd in disguises, alien to the rest Of men, and alien to themselves.
Page 609 - 6d, . . , The earliest philosophical and religious poem of India, It has been paraphrased in Arnold's 'Song Celestial! VOL. X. The Dhammapada, Translated from Pali by F. MAX MULLER; and The Sutta-Nipata, Translated from Pali by V. FAUSBOLL ; being Canonical Books of the Buddhists. 8vo., cloth,
Page 531 - Ye shall have one manner of law, as well for the stranger, as for one of your own country ; for I am the Lord your God V