The Principles of Metaphysical and Ethical Science Applied to the Evidences of ReligionHickling, Swan and Brown, 1855 - 487 páginas |
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... intellect . To this objection it may be answered , that belief is one thing , and the regulation of conduct according to that belief is another . A cold and passive assent to the doctrines of Christianity , is not enough to constitute a ...
... intellect . To this objection it may be answered , that belief is one thing , and the regulation of conduct according to that belief is another . A cold and passive assent to the doctrines of Christianity , is not enough to constitute a ...
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... intellect , and men pass on from religion to philoso- phy , as they do from barbarism to civilization . Now , before conflicting claims like these can be reconciled , it is necessary to get clearer ideas of the subjects of dispute , to ...
... intellect , and men pass on from religion to philoso- phy , as they do from barbarism to civilization . Now , before conflicting claims like these can be reconciled , it is necessary to get clearer ideas of the subjects of dispute , to ...
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... intellect ; in their uncompounded and ab- stract character , they are not derived from observation , and are therefore not perverted by that great source of error , the imper- fection of our senses , or the limitations of our power of ...
... intellect ; in their uncompounded and ab- stract character , they are not derived from observation , and are therefore not perverted by that great source of error , the imper- fection of our senses , or the limitations of our power of ...
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... intellect , and one that can be answered only by the lessons of experience . The sense of ob- ligation stops short with the active intent . The logic of physical and metaphysical inquiry . Here , then , we rest the basis of our inquiry ...
... intellect , and one that can be answered only by the lessons of experience . The sense of ob- ligation stops short with the active intent . The logic of physical and metaphysical inquiry . Here , then , we rest the basis of our inquiry ...
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... intellect no less clear and penetrating than compre- hensive and profound , and with a sagacity and hopefulness which unrolled before him the history of the future triumphs of science almost as distinctly as the record of its past ...
... intellect no less clear and penetrating than compre- hensive and profound , and with a sagacity and hopefulness which unrolled before him the history of the future triumphs of science almost as distinctly as the record of its past ...
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absolute abstract action admit agency animal antecedent appear appetites applied argument argument from design attributes believe benevolence Bishop Butler body brute called causation character chemical affinity Christianity conceive conception conclusion conduct conscience consciousness consequences considered constitution creation Deity desires distinct Divine doctrine Dugald Stewart duty earth effect efficient cause enjoyment evidence evil existence experience external fact faculty feeling happiness human idea immediate impulse induction inference infinite inquiry instance instinct intellect J. S. Mill justice knowledge material matter means ment metaphysical mind moral government moral universe motion motives natural theology necessary never object obligation observation organs origin outward perfect person phenomena philosophy physical science pleasure polytheism principles proof prove purpose reason relations relations of ideas religious respect revelation sense Sir James Mackintosh skepticism Spinoza suppose theory things tion truth universe virtue volition whole wisdom words
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Página 49 - THE heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork. Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowledge. There is no speech nor language, where their voice is not heard. Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world.
Página 425 - When the loose mountain trembles from on high, Shall gravitation cease, if you go by ? Or some old temple, nodding to its fall, For Chartres' head reserve the hanging wall ? But still this world (so fitted for the knave) Contents us not.
Página 42 - Berkeley's ingenious sophistry to prove the non-existence of matter, and that every thing in the universe is merely ideal. I observed, that though we are satisfied his doctrine is not true, it is impossible to refute it. I never shall forget the alacrity with which Johnson answered, striking his foot with mighty force against a large stone, till he rebounded from it —
Página 483 - The hour is coming, in the which all that are in the grave shall hear his voice, and shall come forth : they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life ; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation...
Página 167 - The secrets of the hoary deep; a dark Illimitable ocean, without bound, Without dimension, where length, breadth, and height, And time, and place, are lost; where eldest Night And Chaos, ancestors of Nature, hold Eternal anarchy, amidst the noise Of endless wars, and by confusion stand.
Página 426 - What nothing earthly gives or can destroy, The soul's calm sun-shine, and the heart-felt joy, Is virtue's prize; a better would you fix? Then give humility a coach and six, Justice a conqueror's sword, or truth a gown, Or public spirit, its great cure, a crown.
Página 72 - In short, there are two principles which I cannot render consistent, nor is it in my power to renounce either of them, viz. that all our distinct perceptions are distinct existences, and that the mind never perceives any real connexion among distinct existences.
Página 239 - I say, that, if one train of thinking be more desirable than another, it is that which regards the phenomena of nature with a constant reference to a supreme intelligent Author. To have made this the ruling, the habitual sentiment of our minds, is to have laid the foundation of every thing which is religious. The world thenceforth becomes a temple, and life itself one continued act of adoration.
Referências a este livro
The Cambridge Companion to Thomas Reid Terence Cuneo,René van Woudenberg Pré-visualização limitada - 2004 |