Philosophy of Theism: Being the Gifford Lectures Delivered Before the University of Edinburgh in 1895-96, Second Series |
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... ideal , the free order of moral Providence . Conscience , it has been said , not only teaches us that God is , but what God is . It expresses the voice resolves the final unbegin- not of surrounding incognisable Power but 12 PHILOSOPHY ...
... ideal , the free order of moral Providence . Conscience , it has been said , not only teaches us that God is , but what God is . It expresses the voice resolves the final unbegin- not of surrounding incognisable Power but 12 PHILOSOPHY ...
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... ideal issue , not the fact that the ideal has been gradually unfolded , is what is truly significant for philosophy and religion . The human organism may have come naturally out of protoplasm ; but 14 PHILOSOPHY OF THEISM .
... ideal issue , not the fact that the ideal has been gradually unfolded , is what is truly significant for philosophy and religion . The human organism may have come naturally out of protoplasm ; but 14 PHILOSOPHY OF THEISM .
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... ideal of life in a universe of which man can at last affirm nothing , in which further- more he can do nothing that implies faith in its trust- worthiness or in his own ; for one can find as little moral support in the empty categories ...
... ideal of life in a universe of which man can at last affirm nothing , in which further- more he can do nothing that implies faith in its trust- worthiness or in his own ; for one can find as little moral support in the empty categories ...
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... ideal unapproachable , so that each faith is a permanent practical need of Man in his final relation to the Whole . Faith and Faith . Theistic or moral faith in the ever - changing uni- Sensuous verse , without doubt , is not equally ...
... ideal unapproachable , so that each faith is a permanent practical need of Man in his final relation to the Whole . Faith and Faith . Theistic or moral faith in the ever - changing uni- Sensuous verse , without doubt , is not equally ...
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... ideal human being , the decay of that in which humanity culminates ? Can man be acting reasonably , or doing justice to his highest self , when he tries to extinguish this final and unconditional moral trust , which seems to enter ...
... ideal human being , the decay of that in which humanity culminates ? Can man be acting reasonably , or doing justice to his highest self , when he tries to extinguish this final and unconditional moral trust , which seems to enter ...
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