Natural ReligionLongmans, Green, and Company, 1889 - 608 pages |
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... represented him to me as a keen , hardworking , and judicious man , engrossed by his professional work , yet with a yearning for quietness , for some hours of idleness that should allow him to meditate on the great problems of life ...
... represented him to me as a keen , hardworking , and judicious man , engrossed by his professional work , yet with a yearning for quietness , for some hours of idleness that should allow him to meditate on the great problems of life ...
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... represents a communication between the Divine on one side and the Human on the other . Let us grant that the divine element in revelation , that is , whatever of truth there is in revelation , is immutable , yet the human element , the ...
... represents a communication between the Divine on one side and the Human on the other . Let us grant that the divine element in revelation , that is , whatever of truth there is in revelation , is immutable , yet the human element , the ...
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... represented the classical Kantian school ; Drobisch was a follower of Herbart ; Weisse made propaganda for Hegelianism ; Lotze , then quite a young Privat- docent , started a philosophical system of his own , which now begins , I ...
... represented the classical Kantian school ; Drobisch was a follower of Herbart ; Weisse made propaganda for Hegelianism ; Lotze , then quite a young Privat- docent , started a philosophical system of his own , which now begins , I ...
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... represents the Sanskrit deva , perhaps also the Greek Oeós , though neither of these etymologies is in strict accordance with phonetic rules 1 , and that deva meant originally , bright . This is extremely important as showing us that ...
... represents the Sanskrit deva , perhaps also the Greek Oeós , though neither of these etymologies is in strict accordance with phonetic rules 1 , and that deva meant originally , bright . This is extremely important as showing us that ...
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... represented the object of religion as beyond the sphere of human know- ledge ? Such contradictions have often been pointed out and made use of in order to prove the vanity of all human knowledge , or , at all events , the futility of ...
... represented the object of religion as beyond the sphere of human know- ledge ? Such contradictions have often been pointed out and made use of in order to prove the vanity of all human knowledge , or , at all events , the futility of ...
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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