A Treatise on Theism, and on the Modern Skeptical TheoriesLippincott, 1859 - 395 páginas |
Otras ediciones - Ver todas
A Treatise on Theism, and on the Modern Skeptical Theories Francis Wharton Sin vista previa disponible - 2016 |
Términos y frases comunes
absolute animals argument August Comte believe Buckle Buckle's Calvinistic cause Christian Clotilde de Vaux Comte Comte's connection conscience consciousness creation creatures death Deity distinct Divine doctrine earth effect energy equal eternal evil exhibits thought existence fact faith Fetich-worship Fetichism G. H. Lewes give Gulf Stream hand heaven Henry Thomas Buckle human Hylozoism hypothesis illustration individual induction infinite influence intellectual laws least matter ment merely metaphysical mind moral agency nature nebula necessitarian object observation ocean once organic pain pantheistic pass perfect period phenomena philosophy physical placed polytheism positive positive laws positivism positivist present principles produced progress Protestantism race religion religious remarkable river says scheme sense Sir William Hamilton soul speaking specific spiritual suppose supreme tells theism theistic theology theory things thousand tion true truth universe whole wisdom worship
Pasajes populares
Página 338 - I have lived, sir, a long time, and the longer I live, the more convincing proofs I see of this truth: That God governs in the affairs of men. And if a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without His notice, is it probable that an empire can rise without His aid? We have been assured, sir, in the sacred writings, that 'except the Lord build the House they labour in vain that build it.
Página 198 - There was a certain creditor which had two debtors: the one owed five hundred pence, and the other fifty. And when they had nothing to pay, he frankly forgave them both. Tell me therefore, which of them will love him most? Simon answered and said, I suppose that he to whom he forgave most.
Página 135 - Behold, I go forward, but he is not there ; and backward, but I cannot perceive him : on the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him : he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him : but he knoweth the way that I take : when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
Página 75 - There is a river in the ocean. In the severest droughts it never fails, and in the mightiest floods it never overflows. Its banks and its bottom are of cold water, while its current is of warm. The Gulf of Mexico is its fountain, and its mouth is in the Arctic Seas.. It is the Gulf Stream.
Página 206 - WHEN I consider how my light is spent, Ere half my days, in this dark world and wide, And that one talent which is death to hide Lodged with me useless, though my soul more bent To serve therewith my Maker, and present My true account, lest he returning chide, ' Doth God exact day-labor, light denied ?
Página 86 - ... was impossible we should spend so much next year; and still we found our slender capital decreasing. But then, betwixt ways, and projects, and compromises of one sort or another, and talk of curtailing this charge, and doing without that for the future, and the hope that youth brings, and laughing spirits (in which you were never poor till now), we pocketed up our loss, and in conclusion, with ' lusty brimmers ' (as you used to quote it out of hearty cheerful Mr. Cotton, as you called him), we...
Página 85 - ... for four or five weeks longer than you should have done, to pacify your conscience for the mighty sum of fifteen, or sixteen shillings, was it ? — a great affair we thought it then — which you had lavished on the old folio? Now you can afford to buy any book that pleases you ; but I do not see that you ever bring me home any nice old purchases now. "'When you came home with twenty apologies for laying out a less number of shillings upon that print after Lionardo which we christened the "Lady...
Página 83 - I wish the good old times would come again," she said, "when we were not quite so rich. I do not mean that I want to be poor; but there was a middle state" — so she was pleased to ramble on — "in which I am sure we were a great deal happier. A purchase is but a purchase, now that you have money enough and to spare. Formerly it used to be a triumph. When we coveted a cheap luxury (and, O!
Página 338 - Britain, when we were sensible of danger, we had daily prayers in this room for the divine protection. Our prayers, Sir, were heard ;-and they were graciously answered.
Página 84 - ... cumbersome, and when you presented it to me, and when we were exploring the perfectness of it (collating you called it), and while I was repairing some of the loose leaves with paste, which your impatience would not suffer to be left till daybreak — was there no pleasure in being a poor man?