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... seems to be destroying it . And what we want is for old faiths to be recast into new forms , with their deeper meaning shining through more clearly ; the form changing , the old spirit remaining to grow more pure and high . This ...
... seems to be destroying it . And what we want is for old faiths to be recast into new forms , with their deeper meaning shining through more clearly ; the form changing , the old spirit remaining to grow more pure and high . This ...
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... seems to be that if those who are investigating the truth in any branch of inquiry disagree in their methods or conclusions , they are proved to be pursu- ing an illusion . This assumption is not only false as a matter of fact and ...
... seems to be that if those who are investigating the truth in any branch of inquiry disagree in their methods or conclusions , they are proved to be pursu- ing an illusion . This assumption is not only false as a matter of fact and ...
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... seem the merest barren commonplace . There are two ways of finding a mean between two ex- One of them is simply to take what the two extreme views have in common , and throw away all their differences . As a general rule , the ...
... seem the merest barren commonplace . There are two ways of finding a mean between two ex- One of them is simply to take what the two extreme views have in common , and throw away all their differences . As a general rule , the ...
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... seem far from satisfactory . ― They will appear to imply that everything must be left an open question . It is well to have a general trust in Reason ; but if everything is thus left an " indeterminate equation , " the old question ...
... seem far from satisfactory . ― They will appear to imply that everything must be left an open question . It is well to have a general trust in Reason ; but if everything is thus left an " indeterminate equation , " the old question ...
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... seem to be a blind bargain — a leap in the dark . If by " leaving everything an open ques- tion " the objector means , " concluding that no one may go to work by the light of his own private reason and conscience , and draw up a ...
... seem to be a blind bargain — a leap in the dark . If by " leaving everything an open ques- tion " the objector means , " concluding that no one may go to work by the light of his own private reason and conscience , and draw up a ...
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