A Documentary History of American Thought and SocietyCharles Robert Crowe Allyn and Bacon, 1965 - 412 pages |
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... action affects , or is the object of our senses , and in the perception of the relations or ratios of these actions to each other . For if any thing produce no alteration in our senses , it is impossible for us to know that any such ...
... action affects , or is the object of our senses , and in the perception of the relations or ratios of these actions to each other . For if any thing produce no alteration in our senses , it is impossible for us to know that any such ...
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... action of that thing : and the different qualities or properties of any thing or substance are no other than the different actions or manner of acting of that thing . For we can have no idea or conception of the property or quality of ...
... action of that thing : and the different qualities or properties of any thing or substance are no other than the different actions or manner of acting of that thing . For we can have no idea or conception of the property or quality of ...
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... action , then , faith based on desire is certainly a lawful and possibly an indispensable thing . Since belief is measured by action , he who forbids us to believe religion to be true , necessarily also forbids us to act as we should if ...
... action , then , faith based on desire is certainly a lawful and possibly an indispensable thing . Since belief is measured by action , he who forbids us to believe religion to be true , necessarily also forbids us to act as we should if ...
Contents
PURITANISM AND THE ORIGINS | 1 |
PURITANISM AND POLITICS | 10 |
THE ARTS THE SCIENCES AND PURITANISM | 20 |
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