The Works of Thomas Chalmers, Volume 1R. Carter, 1841 |
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... question of a God , to the fullest discoveries that can be made by the light of Nature whether of His existence or His character or His ways . In the following treatise we do not rigo- rously adhere to any of these methods though we ...
... question of a God , to the fullest discoveries that can be made by the light of Nature whether of His existence or His character or His ways . In the following treatise we do not rigo- rously adhere to any of these methods though we ...
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... question of a God or the question of the truth of Christianity . In the management of both controversies , it has been thought necessary to conjure up a new principle for the purpose of refuting his especial sophistries ; and thus to ...
... question of a God or the question of the truth of Christianity . In the management of both controversies , it has been thought necessary to conjure up a new principle for the purpose of refuting his especial sophistries ; and thus to ...
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... question which we have no means of resolving , whether the Uni- verse have its terminating outskirts ; and so , how- ever stupendous to our eye , shrink by its very finitude , to an atom , in the midst of that unoccupied and unpeopled ...
... question which we have no means of resolving , whether the Uni- verse have its terminating outskirts ; and so , how- ever stupendous to our eye , shrink by its very finitude , to an atom , in the midst of that unoccupied and unpeopled ...
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... question to the solution of which it is applicable . It is by observation that we ascer- tain what are the objects in Nature ; and what are , or have been , the events in the history of Nature . But there is another question wholly ...
... question to the solution of which it is applicable . It is by observation that we ascer- tain what are the objects in Nature ; and what are , or have been , the events in the history of Nature . But there is another question wholly ...
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Thomas Chalmers. But there is another question wholly distinct from this , " Quid oportet ? " to the solution of which we are guided by another light than that of experience . This question lies without the domain of the Induc- tive ...
Thomas Chalmers. But there is another question wholly distinct from this , " Quid oportet ? " to the solution of which we are guided by another light than that of experience . This question lies without the domain of the Induc- tive ...
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