The Philosophical Basis of Theism: An Examination of the Personality of Man to Ascertain His Capacity to Know and Serve God, and the Validity of the Principles Underlying the Defence of TheismCharles Scribner's sons, 1883 - 564 pages |
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Page xi
... true the objection is fatal ; but it is the only objection . The objection itself appeals to the authority of reason . 3. The antinomies rightly un- derstood are not contradictions but complemental truths ; examples . 4. The true ...
... true the objection is fatal ; but it is the only objection . The objection itself appeals to the authority of reason . 3. The antinomies rightly un- derstood are not contradictions but complemental truths ; examples . 4. The true ...
Page xii
... true significance and reality . - IV . Known in its whole reality as substance and quality . The Greek usage . Does everything flow ? substance , persistence , existence . Not essential to being that it be eternal , self - existent ...
... true significance and reality . - IV . Known in its whole reality as substance and quality . The Greek usage . Does everything flow ? substance , persistence , existence . Not essential to being that it be eternal , self - existent ...
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... true , the right , the perfect . - IV . Distinction of good from evil , eternal and immutable . - V . Error of Ethics confounding the good and the right . - VI . The question as to the true good distinguished from that as to the highest ...
... true , the right , the perfect . - IV . Distinction of good from evil , eternal and immutable . - V . Error of Ethics confounding the good and the right . - VI . The question as to the true good distinguished from that as to the highest ...
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... true idea of him , knows also all the evidence of his existence which the universe contains now or ever has contained or ever will contain , and knows also that the evidence is inadequate and that God does not exist . This form of ...
... true idea of him , knows also all the evidence of his existence which the universe contains now or ever has contained or ever will contain , and knows also that the evidence is inadequate and that God does not exist . This form of ...
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... true meta- physics investigates and declares ideas and principles on which all science depends , and reaches results the reality of which cannot be im- pugned without disintegrating the results of all scientific thought . Empirical ...
... true meta- physics investigates and declares ideas and principles on which all science depends , and reaches results the reality of which cannot be im- pugned without disintegrating the results of all scientific thought . Empirical ...
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absolute Reason absurd according action æsthetic æther affirms agnosticism antinomies apprehended attained beauty belief cause Christianity conception consciousness constitution contradiction contrary Descartes distinct distinguished doctrine empirical science enjoyment error essential eternal ethics evil experience expressed fact faculties feeling finite Geschichte des Materialismus gives impossible individual induction inference intellectual intelligence intuitive knowledge J. G. Fichte J. S. Mill Kant law of love laws of thought ledge logical mind modes of existence moral nature necessary necessary inference notion noumenon observation particular realities perceptive intuition perfection person phenomena philosophy physical science possible presentative intuition primitive knowledge principles of reason rational intuition reality of knowledge recognizes reflective thought regulative relation relativity of knowledge religious reveals says scientific self-evident sense sense-perception skepticism spirit substance theism theology theory things tion transcendental Ego true truths and laws truths of reason unity universal principles unknowable worth
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Page 95 - For my part, when I enter most intimately into what I call myself, I always stumble on some particular perception or other, of heat or cold, light or shade, love or hatred, pain or pleasure. I never can catch myself at any time without a perception, and never can observe anything but the perception.
Page 414 - YES! in the sea of life enisled, With echoing straits between us thrown, Dotting the shoreless watery wild, We mortal millions live alone. The islands feel the enclasping flow, And then their endless bounds they know. But when the moon their hollows lights, And they are swept by balms of spring, And in their glens, on starry nights, The nightingales divinely sing; And lovely notes, from shore to shore, Across the sounds and channels pour — Oh!
Page 340 - Achilles ponders in his tent, The kings of modern thought are dumb; Silent they are, though not content, And wait to see the future come. They have the grief men had of yore, But they contend and cry no more.
Page 380 - So dear to Heaven is saintly chastity That, when a soul is found sincerely so, A thousand liveried angels lackey her, Driving far off each thing of sin and guilt...
Page 388 - But the wicked are like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest, whose waters cast up mire and dirt.
Page 324 - That not to know at large of things remote From use, obscure and subtle, but to know That which before us lies in daily life, Is the prime wisdom...
Page 304 - To conclude therefore, let no man, upon a weak conceit of sobriety or an ill-applied moderation, think or maintain that a man can search too far or be too well studied in the book of God's word or in the book of God's works ; divinity or philosophy; but rather let men endeavour an endless progress or proficience in both...
Page 314 - For the invisible things of God from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead...
Page 379 - Stone walls do not a prison make, Nor iron bars a cage; Minds innocent and quiet take That for an hermitage; If I have freedom in my love And in my soul am free, Angels alone, that soar above, Enjoy such liberty.
Page 327 - This Being governs all things, not as the soul of the world, but as Lord over all; and on account of his dominion he is wont to be called Lord God...