Anti-theistic theories. Baird lect., 18771879 |
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... nothing testifies to His existence , we must know all things . The territory which has in this case to be surveyed and investigated is the universe in all its length and breadth ; it is The Denial that there is a God . 9 .
... nothing testifies to His existence , we must know all things . The territory which has in this case to be surveyed and investigated is the universe in all its length and breadth ; it is The Denial that there is a God . 9 .
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... things may have been done by nature . Thus , unless the theist knows all things - that is , pre- cludes all other independent existence by being the infinite existence himself - he does not know that the nature whose supremacy he ...
... things may have been done by nature . Thus , unless the theist knows all things - that is , pre- cludes all other independent existence by being the infinite existence himself - he does not know that the nature whose supremacy he ...
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... things work together . What explanation does atheism give of this world ? There is an atheism which does not pretend ... thing as law and 1 See Appendix III . order . This kind of atheism is a direct and Atheism not satisfactory to the ...
... things work together . What explanation does atheism give of this world ? There is an atheism which does not pretend ... thing as law and 1 See Appendix III . order . This kind of atheism is a direct and Atheism not satisfactory to the ...
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... things are , according to this hypothesis , but mental states . All that is is ego ; is the self - acting of itself and limiting itself , and so producing the non - ego or universe . Such is the doctrine on which a kind of atheism has ...
... things are , according to this hypothesis , but mental states . All that is is ego ; is the self - acting of itself and limiting itself , and so producing the non - ego or universe . Such is the doctrine on which a kind of atheism has ...
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... things will yield to him such satisfaction as his nature admits of , and one of which he needs not be ashamed . Let us see . The truth in which the atheist must seek the satisfaction of his heart can only be , of course , mere truth ...
... things will yield to him such satisfaction as his nature admits of , and one of which he needs not be ashamed . Let us see . The truth in which the atheist must seek the satisfaction of his heart can only be , of course , mere truth ...
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absolute unity absolutely infinite admit affirms animal answer Appendix argument assertion atheism atoms attributes believe Bradlaugh Brahma Buddha Buddhism called cause Christianity Comte conceived consciousness creation Crown 8vo definite deism Deity Democritus deny distinct Divine doctrine Edition Epicureans Epicurus essentially eternal evil existence explain fact Fcap finite force Hegel Holyoake idea ignorance implies infinite intellectual intelligence J. S. Mill kind knowledge lecture Lepchas living logically Lucretius maintained materialism materialistic matter mental merely monism moral nature necessarily never Nirvana notion object origin pantheism person pessimism phenomena philosophy physical science polytheism positivism positivist present principles Professor proved reason regard religion religious represented scepticism Schopenhauer scientific secularism secularist self-existent sensation sense Sir John Lubbock soul Spinoza spirit substance supposed supreme theology theory things thought tion tribes true truth uncon universe vols whole words worship
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Página 160 - That gravity should be innate, inherent, and essential to matter, so that one body may act upon another at a distance through a vacuum, without the mediation of anything else, by and through which their action and force may be conveyed from one to. another, is to me so great an absurdity that I believe no man, who has iu philosophical matters a competent faculty of thinking, can ever fall into it.
Página 384 - Am I a God at hand, saith the Lord, and not a God afar off? Can any hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him ? saith the Lord. Do not I fill heaven and earth ? saith the Lord.
Página 172 - ... the passage from the current to the needle, if not demonstrable, is thinkable, and that we entertain no doubt as to the final mechanical solution of the problem. But the passage from the physics of the brain to the corresponding facts of consciousness is unthinkable. Granted that a definite thought, and a definite molecular action in the brain occur simultaneously ; we do not possess the intellectual organ, nor apparently any rudiment of the organ, which would enable us to pass, by a process...
Página 172 - ... and illuminated as to enable us to see and feel the very molecules of the brain; were we capable of following all their motions, all their groupings, all their electric discharges, if such there be; and were we intimately acquainted with the corresponding states of thought and feeling, we should be as far as ever from the solution of the problem, " How are these physical processes connected with the facts of consciousness ? " The chasm between the two classes of phenomena would still remain intellectually...
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Página 76 - It is true that a little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion. For, while the mind of man looketh upon second causes scattered, it may sometimes rest in them and go no further, but, when it beholdeth the chain of them confederate and linked together, it must needs fly to Providence and Deity.