The Nature of Metaphysical ThinkingMacmillan & Company Limited, 1945 - 238 pages |
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Page 132
... response to a demand which meets us . " This unknown God above us who is known to faith , is not an unknown natural law , or an unknown cosmic riddle or unknown fate . He deals with man in the very act of confronting him in the darkness ...
... response to a demand which meets us . " This unknown God above us who is known to faith , is not an unknown natural law , or an unknown cosmic riddle or unknown fate . He deals with man in the very act of confronting him in the darkness ...
Page 142
... response may be elicited before we have begun to analyse reasons . " " When we make a positive total judgment with our whole being , we say that we have faith in the object con- cerning which it is made . " Total " , therefore , can ...
... response may be elicited before we have begun to analyse reasons . " " When we make a positive total judgment with our whole being , we say that we have faith in the object con- cerning which it is made . " Total " , therefore , can ...
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... response to reality beyond our minds . Theology , in its service to the life of the historical religious community , translates this response into intellectual terms . But theo- logy is thrown back continually on the faith that the ...
... response to reality beyond our minds . Theology , in its service to the life of the historical religious community , translates this response into intellectual terms . But theo- logy is thrown back continually on the faith that the ...
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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