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... possible at- tainments of the human mind . But worse than this , while denying that an infinite mind can ever be known , he assumes that he himself knows what an infinite mind would be capable of . He tells us in one breath that we can ...
... possible at- tainments of the human mind . But worse than this , while denying that an infinite mind can ever be known , he assumes that he himself knows what an infinite mind would be capable of . He tells us in one breath that we can ...
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... possible , from their course , " must have due stress laid on it . For it was no accessory or subordinate feature of the Epicurean theory , but what was most distinctive as well as original in it ; what differentiated it from the allied ...
... possible , from their course , " must have due stress laid on it . For it was no accessory or subordinate feature of the Epicurean theory , but what was most distinctive as well as original in it ; what differentiated it from the allied ...
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... as little spontaneity , as possible . The atoms must swerve a little , and yet so very little , that neither they nor the bodies composed of them can be E described as moving " slantingly " or " obliquely , Epicurean Materialism . 65.
... as little spontaneity , as possible . The atoms must swerve a little , and yet so very little , that neither they nor the bodies composed of them can be E described as moving " slantingly " or " obliquely , Epicurean Materialism . 65.
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... possible must be imperceptible de- viations . It has been said that the Epicureans , by ascribing to atoms the power of deviation , intro- duced a quite incalculable element into their system . But they had foreseen the objection , and ...
... possible must be imperceptible de- viations . It has been said that the Epicureans , by ascribing to atoms the power of deviation , intro- duced a quite incalculable element into their system . But they had foreseen the objection , and ...
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... possible in the middle ages , and the widespread and intense interest felt in it shows how well adapted it was to meet the desires of men in those times . Medieval specu- lation was , as a whole , theistic and Christian ; it was , as a ...
... possible in the middle ages , and the widespread and intense interest felt in it shows how well adapted it was to meet the desires of men in those times . Medieval specu- lation was , as a whole , theistic and Christian ; it was , as a ...
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Page 160 - That gravity should be innate, inherent, and essential to matter, so that one body may act upon another at a distance through a vacuum, without the mediation of anything else, by and through which their action and force may be conveyed from one to. another, is to me so great an absurdity that I believe no man, who has iu philosophical matters a competent faculty of thinking, can ever fall into it.
Page 384 - Am I a God at hand, saith the Lord, and not a God afar off? Can any hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him ? saith the Lord. Do not I fill heaven and earth ? saith the Lord.
Page 172 - ... the passage from the current to the needle, if not demonstrable, is thinkable, and that we entertain no doubt as to the final mechanical solution of the problem. But the passage from the physics of the brain to the corresponding facts of consciousness is unthinkable. Granted that a definite thought, and a definite molecular action in the brain occur simultaneously ; we do not possess the intellectual organ, nor apparently any rudiment of the organ, which would enable us to pass, by a process...
Page 131 - ... the extension of the province of what we call matter and causation, and the concomitant gradual banishment from all regions of human thought of what we call spirit and spontaneity.
Page 76 - It is true that a little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion. For, while the mind of man looketh upon second causes scattered, it may sometimes rest in them and go no further, but, when it beholdeth the chain of them confederate and linked together, it must needs fly to Providence and Deity.