Anti-theistic Theories: Being the Baird Lecture for 1877 |
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... I wish to subject to examination the theories which are opposed to theism , and I hope to be able to prove that they are essentially irrational and erroneous . When A engaged in the attempt to establish that theism . has ATHEISM,
... I wish to subject to examination the theories which are opposed to theism , and I hope to be able to prove that they are essentially irrational and erroneous . When A engaged in the attempt to establish that theism . has ATHEISM,
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... essentially irrational when not merely critical . And even when merely critical it is not very rational . This statement is based on the entire argumentation in the previous course of lectures . The chief aim of that course was to ...
... essentially irrational when not merely critical . And even when merely critical it is not very rational . This statement is based on the entire argumentation in the previous course of lectures . The chief aim of that course was to ...
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... essentially active ; sometimes it endows it with life , with sen- sation , with volition , with intelligence . Systems which agree in verbally representing matter as the foundation and explanation of the universe , differ enormously as ...
... essentially active ; sometimes it endows it with life , with sen- sation , with volition , with intelligence . Systems which agree in verbally representing matter as the foundation and explanation of the universe , differ enormously as ...
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... essentially the union , or , per- haps , rather the fusion of theology and philosophy . It proceeded on the assumption that there are not two studies , one of philosophy and the other of religion , but that true philosophy is true ...
... essentially the union , or , per- haps , rather the fusion of theology and philosophy . It proceeded on the assumption that there are not two studies , one of philosophy and the other of religion , but that true philosophy is true ...
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... essentially active . Obser- vation and reflection , he says , ought to convince us that everything in nature is in continual mo- tion ; that there is not one of its parts , however minute , that enjoys true repose ; that nature acts in ...
... essentially active . Obser- vation and reflection , he says , ought to convince us that everything in nature is in continual mo- tion ; that there is not one of its parts , however minute , that enjoys true repose ; that nature acts in ...
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