The Nature of Metaphysical ThinkingMacmillan & Company Limited, 1945 - 238 pages |
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... Faith is certain that revelation alone enables us rightly to apprehend that need , that vital incapacity , which is the presupposition of faith ; and that thereby revelation itself begets its own presupposition in the crucial sense ...
... Faith is certain that revelation alone enables us rightly to apprehend that need , that vital incapacity , which is the presupposition of faith ; and that thereby revelation itself begets its own presupposition in the crucial sense ...
Page 140
... faith is distinguished from the entertainment of a probable proposition by the fact that the latter can be a completely theoretic affair . Faith is a " of self- yes commitment , it does not turn probabilities into certainties ; only a ...
... faith is distinguished from the entertainment of a probable proposition by the fact that the latter can be a completely theoretic affair . Faith is a " of self- yes commitment , it does not turn probabilities into certainties ; only a ...
Page 144
... faith seems to come and to be withdrawn . But this is looked on as a sign of weak or unstable faith ; in the mature religious person faith becomes a stable , lasting disposition . This sense of commitment to something calling out a ...
... faith seems to come and to be withdrawn . But this is looked on as a sign of weak or unstable faith ; in the mature religious person faith becomes a stable , lasting disposition . This sense of commitment to something calling out a ...
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A. N. WHITEHEAD absolute abstract awareness becomes called Cassirer categorical proposition character claim co-ordinated coherence concepts concerned concrete universal conscious constructions Cosmological Argument depends Descartes described developed distinction drawn elements empirical ence existence express fact faith forms of thought function Gestalt Gestalt theory Hegel Hence human idealism idealist ideas intellectual interpretation intrinsic nature judgments of importance kind knowledge logical mathematical matter mean merely metaphysical analogies metaphysical theory mind mode models naïve realism natural theology neo-orthodox notion objects organism pattern percipient activity perspective phenomenal phenomenalist philosophy physical feelings physiological possible prehension presuppositions principle Professor Professor Price propositions question realissimum reality relation relationship religion religious symbolism response revelation scientific scientific models seek sensations sense data sense perception sensory significant spirit structure suggest symbolic forms theologian things Thomist Thomist philosophy tion total assertion tradition transcendent truth universe Whitehead whole word