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... moral and spiritual being in man capable of eternal existence , and attains also a sense of an Infinite and Creative Spirit , on whom man is de- pendent , and to whom he owes gratitude , obedience , and reverence . This is the broader ...
... moral and spiritual being in man capable of eternal existence , and attains also a sense of an Infinite and Creative Spirit , on whom man is de- pendent , and to whom he owes gratitude , obedience , and reverence . This is the broader ...
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... moral universe ; and no religious stud- ies can be regarded as complete or satisfactory that neglect or ignore that grand source of divine in- struction which God's handiwork presents to us . CHAPTER II . CAUSES OF THE ACTUAL ANTAGONISM ...
... moral universe ; and no religious stud- ies can be regarded as complete or satisfactory that neglect or ignore that grand source of divine in- struction which God's handiwork presents to us . CHAPTER II . CAUSES OF THE ACTUAL ANTAGONISM ...
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... moral and philanthropical duties which it has demanded . They have studied carefully Scripture texts , and writings of the fathers , and the creeds of the councils ; but about the funda- mental principles of religion , its real grounds ...
... moral and philanthropical duties which it has demanded . They have studied carefully Scripture texts , and writings of the fathers , and the creeds of the councils ; but about the funda- mental principles of religion , its real grounds ...
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... morality as mere products of fear and custom . It does not need to be argued , I think , that religion is not a thing to be understood at a glance by every one who is not a born fool . Spirit- ual things need special , systematic ...
... morality as mere products of fear and custom . It does not need to be argued , I think , that religion is not a thing to be understood at a glance by every one who is not a born fool . Spirit- ual things need special , systematic ...
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... morals . Now , it is this false science , and this false reli- gion - this confounding of other things , different in character , with these two great factors of human welfare ( a confusion the more readily occurring be- cause of the ...
... morals . Now , it is this false science , and this false reli- gion - this confounding of other things , different in character , with these two great factors of human welfare ( a confusion the more readily occurring be- cause of the ...
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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.