The Foundations of Religious Belief: The Methods of Natural Theology Vindicated Against Modern ObjectionsD. Appleton, 1883 - 386 halaman |
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absolute abstract terms action admit agent agnosticism animal Antinomies Antithesis appearance attributes become beginning believe body causation cause certainly chemical elements Christian claim co-ordination consciousness considered creation Creator denote Descartes Divine doctrine earth effect efferent nerves eternal evolution existence existence of God fact finite force Hamilton heat Hence Herbert Spencer human idea implies infinite influence John Stuart Mill Kant knowledge laws Lecture limit line of argument living logical manifest matter MAX MÜLLER means ment mind miracle mode motion Natural Theology noumena noumenon observation occurred persons phenomena of nature philosophy Plato present principles produced proof properties prove purpose question reality reason reflex action regard relation relativity of knowledge religion result scientific seen sense Sir William Hamilton soul space speak species spontaneity suppose Theism theory things thought tion truth universe word
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Halaman 353 - O Assyrian, the rod of mine anger ! and the staff in their hand is mine indignation : I will send him against an hypocritical nation, and against the people of my wrath will I give him a charge, to take the spoil, and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets.
Halaman 220 - For if it be reasonable to suppose and talk of faculties, as distinct beings that can act (as we do, when we say the will orders, and the will is free) it is fit that we should make a speaking faculty, and a walking faculty, and a dancing faculty, by which...
Halaman 110 - The mental act in which self is known, implies, like every other mental act, a perceiving subject and a perceived object. If, then, the object perceived is self, what is the subject that perceives ? or if it is the true self which thinks, what other self can it be that is thought of...
Halaman 362 - The theory that the system of Nature is under the control of a Being who changes phenomena in compliance with the prayers of men, is, in my opinion, a perfectly legitimate one. It may of course be rendered futile by being associated with conceptions which contradict it, but such conceptions form no necessary part of the theory. It is a matter of experience that an earthly father, who is at the same time both wise and tender, listens to the requests of his children, and, if they do not ask amiss,...
Halaman 322 - He, like every other man, may properly consider himself as one of the myriad agencies through whom works the Unknown Cause ; and when the Unknown Cause produces in him a certain belief, he is thereby authorized to profess and act out that belief.
Halaman 58 - We are obliged to regard every phenomenon as a manifestation of some Power by which we are acted upon; though Omnipresence is unthinkable, yet, as experience discloses no bounds to the diffusion of phenomena, we are unable to think of limits to the presence of this Power; while the criticisms of Science teach us that this Power is Incomprehensible.