The Nature of Metaphysical ThinkingMacmillan & Company Limited, 1945 - 238 pages |
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Page 108
... religious concepts , transcendence becomes a numinous word and acquires , as it were , a capital T. For religion , the sense that reality is other than our ideas about it is a sobering and awe - inspiring thought . Religion insists that ...
... religious concepts , transcendence becomes a numinous word and acquires , as it were , a capital T. For religion , the sense that reality is other than our ideas about it is a sobering and awe - inspiring thought . Religion insists that ...
Page 109
... religion , when we come to the philosophy of the Analogy of Being . We should , however , point out here that the mere sense that the transcendent is qualitatively other than our thoughts need not by itself make it an object of worship ...
... religion , when we come to the philosophy of the Analogy of Being . We should , however , point out here that the mere sense that the transcendent is qualitatively other than our thoughts need not by itself make it an object of worship ...
Page 150
... religion of Plato or of Spinoza from the conclusions of either Plato or Spinoza taught as a religion . When the views of philosophers are taught by their followers as though they were a collection of religious or ethical maxims , we ...
... religion of Plato or of Spinoza from the conclusions of either Plato or Spinoza taught as a religion . When the views of philosophers are taught by their followers as though they were a collection of religious or ethical maxims , we ...
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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