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... sacrilegious intruder upon the domain of revealed truth , and that , among almost all denominations and phases of religious thought , there has been more or less suspicion , jeal- ousy , and abuse of physical investigation . It is.
... sacrilegious intruder upon the domain of revealed truth , and that , among almost all denominations and phases of religious thought , there has been more or less suspicion , jeal- ousy , and abuse of physical investigation . It is.
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... less strong , for almost every conceivable notion . Each past generation has found there its favorite theories in Tertullian's age , the materiality of the soul ; in Au- gustine's , the flatness of the earth ; in the time of the ...
... less strong , for almost every conceivable notion . Each past generation has found there its favorite theories in Tertullian's age , the materiality of the soul ; in Au- gustine's , the flatness of the earth ; in the time of the ...
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... less coincides with this , and forms a subdivision of science , just in the degree that its doctrines are valid and systematically coördinated with each other and the facts which were their data . Normally , then , science is not ...
... less coincides with this , and forms a subdivision of science , just in the degree that its doctrines are valid and systematically coördinated with each other and the facts which were their data . Normally , then , science is not ...
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... heavenly forces . Doubtless religion is in the Church , and the Church more or less representa- tive of religion ; but by no means so exclusively and purely is the Church filled and moved by religion , CAUSES OF ACTUAL ANTAGONISM . 37.
... heavenly forces . Doubtless religion is in the Church , and the Church more or less representa- tive of religion ; but by no means so exclusively and purely is the Church filled and moved by religion , CAUSES OF ACTUAL ANTAGONISM . 37.
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... less different representation of truth . Science must clear the ground of what it deems erroneous mental construc- tions before it can erect the systems which it believes to be truer . And Theology has become so convinced of the divine ...
... less different representation of truth . Science must clear the ground of what it deems erroneous mental construc- tions before it can erect the systems which it believes to be truer . And Theology has become so convinced of the divine ...
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Page 138 - 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...
Page 102 - Every body continues in its state of rest or of uniform motion in a straight line, except in so far as it may be compelled by impressed forces to change that state.
Page 69 - If we take in our hand any volume; of divinity or school metaphysics, for instance; let us ask, Does it contain any abstract reasoning concerning quantity or number'} No. Does it contain any experimental reasoning concerning matter of fact and existence? No. Commit it then to the flames: for it can contain nothing but sophistry and illusion.
Page 196 - The scientific imagination, which is here authoritative, demands, as the origin and cause of a series of ether-waves, a particle of vibrating matter . quite as definite, though it may be excessively minute, as that which gives origin to a musical sound.