The Connexion of Natural and Divine Truth: Or, The Study of the Inductive Philosophy, Considered as Subservient to Theology |
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... direct tendency to withdraw the thoughts from the " first cause . " It is , therefore , the business of natural theology to remedy this evil : though even natural theology is incompetent entirely to produce the desired effect ; and the ...
... direct tendency to withdraw the thoughts from the " first cause . " It is , therefore , the business of natural theology to remedy this evil : though even natural theology is incompetent entirely to produce the desired effect ; and the ...
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... direct evidence of our senses . Yet perhaps among cases even of this sort , there may exist much differ- ence as to the extent and labour of the research we may have to go through , in detecting the one pro- perty , which is common to ...
... direct evidence of our senses . Yet perhaps among cases even of this sort , there may exist much differ- ence as to the extent and labour of the research we may have to go through , in detecting the one pro- perty , which is common to ...
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... direct consideration of their nature , we shall find that this discussion has not been misplaced ; and that , in fact , in studying the evidence , we have arrived at some of the most important observations for bringing us to the ...
... direct consideration of their nature , we shall find that this discussion has not been misplaced ; and that , in fact , in studying the evidence , we have arrived at some of the most important observations for bringing us to the ...
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... direct tendency to confuse and entangle the chain of reasoning ; and this considera- tion becomes of more importance in reference to the conclusions founded on physical inquiry . On all grounds , then , we ought surely to keep the ...
... direct tendency to confuse and entangle the chain of reasoning ; and this considera- tion becomes of more importance in reference to the conclusions founded on physical inquiry . On all grounds , then , we ought surely to keep the ...
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... direct intervention : " or , in other words , employs the term " final " as equivalent to " ultimate . " To add another remark : The inquiry into final causes may fairly call for the exercise of much caution in distinguishing real cases ...
... direct intervention : " or , in other words , employs the term " final " as equivalent to " ultimate . " To add another remark : The inquiry into final causes may fairly call for the exercise of much caution in distinguishing real cases ...
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