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... Observation of Facts , Classification , Inductions , and Verification PAGE 66 116 164 · 186 CHAPTER VIII . Conclusion . - Science and Religion as Fellow - Laborers in the Divine Service · • 220 PHYSICAL AND RELIGIOUS KNOWLEDGE ...
... Observation of Facts , Classification , Inductions , and Verification PAGE 66 116 164 · 186 CHAPTER VIII . Conclusion . - Science and Religion as Fellow - Laborers in the Divine Service · • 220 PHYSICAL AND RELIGIOUS KNOWLEDGE ...
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... observation naturally give diverse views , especially when the subject of study , as in this case , is immense and complex . Positive testimony , of course , would have to be received 20 PHYSICAL AND RELIGIOUS KNOWLEDGE .
... observation naturally give diverse views , especially when the subject of study , as in this case , is immense and complex . Positive testimony , of course , would have to be received 20 PHYSICAL AND RELIGIOUS KNOWLEDGE .
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... observation and experience , to rea- son and the moral sense . Mediæval scholasticism especially sinned griev- ously in these respects . It delighted in hair - splitting disputations over frivolous puzzles and in endless speculations ...
... observation and experience , to rea- son and the moral sense . Mediæval scholasticism especially sinned griev- ously in these respects . It delighted in hair - splitting disputations over frivolous puzzles and in endless speculations ...
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... observation being securely locked out when the soul is at its devotions , or con- sidering its creed - it is exceedingly likely that those practically inclined should judge this realm of faith to be not a realm of fact , but of fancy ...
... observation being securely locked out when the soul is at its devotions , or con- sidering its creed - it is exceedingly likely that those practically inclined should judge this realm of faith to be not a realm of fact , but of fancy ...
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... observation and experience furnished by the senses . This may be either ( a ) original ; or ( b ) in verification of something already discovered , testified to , expected , or predicted . 2. Intuition . This comprehends ( a ) immediate ...
... observation and experience furnished by the senses . This may be either ( a ) original ; or ( b ) in verification of something already discovered , testified to , expected , or predicted . 2. Intuition . This comprehends ( a ) immediate ...
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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.