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... inference- the chief obstacles to theistic belief . I have re- viewed it in ' Mind , ' No. LII . The latter is rich in most valuable instruction , communicated with sin- gular attractiveness . Some criticisms on positions in ' Theism ...
... inference- the chief obstacles to theistic belief . I have re- viewed it in ' Mind , ' No. LII . The latter is rich in most valuable instruction , communicated with sin- gular attractiveness . Some criticisms on positions in ' Theism ...
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... INFERENCE FROM THE THEORY OF ENERGY , . XII . THE HISTORY OF THE ĘTIOLOGICAL ARGUMENT , 364 · XIII . MATHEMATICS AND ... INFERENCES FROM THE DOCTRINE OF SPONTANEOUS GENERATION , 378 380 383 386 387 • · 390 • 394 XXIV . DARWIN AND PALEY ...
... INFERENCE FROM THE THEORY OF ENERGY , . XII . THE HISTORY OF THE ĘTIOLOGICAL ARGUMENT , 364 · XIII . MATHEMATICS AND ... INFERENCES FROM THE DOCTRINE OF SPONTANEOUS GENERATION , 378 380 383 386 387 • · 390 • 394 XXIV . DARWIN AND PALEY ...
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... inference , that we ought , in conduct- ing it , to have no other end before us than that of seeking , accepting , and communicating the truth ? This is here so important that everything beside it must be insignificant and unworthy ...
... inference , that we ought , in conduct- ing it , to have no other end before us than that of seeking , accepting , and communicating the truth ? This is here so important that everything beside it must be insignificant and unworthy ...
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... inference may be very badly determined , and yet the theistic inference itself may be perfectly valid . If the real proofs of God's existence are all those facts which cannot be reasonably conceived of as other Nature of Theistic Proof .
... inference may be very badly determined , and yet the theistic inference itself may be perfectly valid . If the real proofs of God's existence are all those facts which cannot be reasonably conceived of as other Nature of Theistic Proof .
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... inference clearly involves the principle of causality . God can only be thought of in the properly theistic sense as the cause of which the universe is the effect . But to think of God as a cause - to appre- hend the universe as an ...
... inference clearly involves the principle of causality . God can only be thought of in the properly theistic sense as the cause of which the universe is the effect . But to think of God as a cause - to appre- hend the universe as an ...
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Page 176 - When he established the clouds above : When he strengthened the fountains of the deep : When he gave to the sea his decree, That the waters should not pass his commandment: When he appointed the foundations of the earth : 235 Then I was by him, as one brought up with him : And I was daily his delight, Rejoicing always before him ; Rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth ; And my delights were with the sons of men.
Page 414 - With quietness and beauty, and so feed With lofty thoughts, that neither evil tongues, Rash judgments, nor the sneers of selfish men, Nor greetings where no kindness is, nor all The dreary intercourse of daily life, Shall e'er prevail against us, or disturb Our cheerful faith, that all which we behold Is full of blessings.
Page 312 - O May I Join The Choir Invisible! O may I join the choir invisible Of those immortal dead who live again In minds made better by their presence...
Page 227 - He, that has light within his own clear breast, May sit in the centre, and enjoy bright day: But he, that hides a dark soul and foul thoughts, Benighted walks under the mid-day sun; Himself is his own dungeon.