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... I have treated the subject historically , and would therefore refer to it as supplementary to the present volume . JOHNSTONE LODGE , CRAIGMILLAR PARK , EDINBURGH , 23d September 1889 . CONTENTS . LECT . I. ISSUES INVOLVED IN THE QUESTION.
... I have treated the subject historically , and would therefore refer to it as supplementary to the present volume . JOHNSTONE LODGE , CRAIGMILLAR PARK , EDINBURGH , 23d September 1889 . CONTENTS . LECT . I. ISSUES INVOLVED IN THE QUESTION.
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... INVOLVED IN THE QUESTION TO BE DIS- AND HOW WE GET THE CUSSED WHENCE IDEA OF GOD , · • PAGE • • I II . GENERAL IDEA OF RELIGION COMPARISON OF POLYTHEISM AND PANTHEISM WITH THEISM- THE THREE GREAT THEISTIC RELIGIONS COM- PARED THEISM ...
... INVOLVED IN THE QUESTION TO BE DIS- AND HOW WE GET THE CUSSED WHENCE IDEA OF GOD , · • PAGE • • I II . GENERAL IDEA OF RELIGION COMPARISON OF POLYTHEISM AND PANTHEISM WITH THEISM- THE THREE GREAT THEISTIC RELIGIONS COM- PARED THEISM ...
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... FROM A CAUSE , • 424 XXXVIII . SOME A PRIORI ARGUMENTS , XXXIX . RECENT SPECULATIVE PHILOSOPHY AND THEIS- 425 TIC PROOF , XL . ON SOME OBJECTIONS , • · 433 • 437 CAT THEIS M. LECTURE I. ISSUES INVOLVED IN THE QUESTION Contents . ix.
... FROM A CAUSE , • 424 XXXVIII . SOME A PRIORI ARGUMENTS , XXXIX . RECENT SPECULATIVE PHILOSOPHY AND THEIS- 425 TIC PROOF , XL . ON SOME OBJECTIONS , • · 433 • 437 CAT THEIS M. LECTURE I. ISSUES INVOLVED IN THE QUESTION Contents . ix.
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... INVOLVED IN THE QUESTION TO BE DISCUSSED- WHENCE AND HOW WE GET THE IDEA OF GOD . I. Is belief in God a reasonable belief , or is it not ? Have we sufficient evidence for thinking that there is a self - existent , eternal Being ...
... INVOLVED IN THE QUESTION TO BE DISCUSSED- WHENCE AND HOW WE GET THE IDEA OF GOD . I. Is belief in God a reasonable belief , or is it not ? Have we sufficient evidence for thinking that there is a self - existent , eternal Being ...
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... involved in religion must be delusive -must be of a kind which reason and duty com- mand us to resist and suppress . But religion is certainly a very large pheno- menon . It is practically coextensive , indeed , with human life and ...
... involved in religion must be delusive -must be of a kind which reason and duty com- mand us to resist and suppress . But religion is certainly a very large pheno- menon . It is practically coextensive , indeed , with human life and ...
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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.