The Great Problem: The Higher Ministry of Nature Viewed in the Light of Modern Science, and as an Aid to Advanced Christian PhilosophyG.P. Putnam, 1872 - 543 páginas |
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The Higher Ministry of Nature Viewed in the Light of Modern Science, and as an Aid to Advanced Christian Philosophy John R. Leifchild. 10 ) A Feel MIP 7-6-90 The royal Psalmist said , " The.
The Higher Ministry of Nature Viewed in the Light of Modern Science, and as an Aid to Advanced Christian Philosophy John R. Leifchild. 10 ) A Feel MIP 7-6-90 The royal Psalmist said , " The.
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... feel as to the inroads of Science upon Religion are groundless and foolish . This is true of of Science itself , as this volume aims to esta- blish ; but it is untrue of certain philosophers and men of Science , as a few quotations ...
... feel as to the inroads of Science upon Religion are groundless and foolish . This is true of of Science itself , as this volume aims to esta- blish ; but it is untrue of certain philosophers and men of Science , as a few quotations ...
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... feels of erroneous systems and speculations . Its That there should exist such an exalted Ministry of Nature as the author describes , he is himself convinced . That it may be made a most power- ful and persuasive ministry , he is ...
... feels of erroneous systems and speculations . Its That there should exist such an exalted Ministry of Nature as the author describes , he is himself convinced . That it may be made a most power- ful and persuasive ministry , he is ...
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... feel that he holds his religious opinions at the mercy of Science , if he believes only at the point of its sword , he lives an unworthy and valueless life . Baseless superstition is at the mercy of the sword of Science , and must be ...
... feel that he holds his religious opinions at the mercy of Science , if he believes only at the point of its sword , he lives an unworthy and valueless life . Baseless superstition is at the mercy of the sword of Science , and must be ...
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... feel myself fixed to a corner of that vast space , without knowing why I am placed in this spot rather than in another , nor why the little mo- ment which is given me to live , has been as- signed to me at this particular point , rather ...
... feel myself fixed to a corner of that vast space , without knowing why I am placed in this spot rather than in another , nor why the little mo- ment which is given me to live , has been as- signed to me at this particular point , rather ...
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Página 49 - For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness ; because that which may be known of God is manifest in them, for God hath shewed it unto them.
Página 264 - There is grandeur in this view of life, with its several powers, having been originally breathed by the Creator into a few forms or into one; and that, whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been, and are being evolved.
Página 510 - True love in this differs from gold and • clay, That to divide is not to take away.
Página 264 - It is interesting to contemplate a tangled bank, clothed with many plants of many kinds, with birds singing on the bushes, with various insects flitting about, and with worms crawling through the damp earth...
Página 113 - Besides that definite consciousness of which Logic formulates the laws, there is also an indefinite consciousness which cannot be formulated. Besides complete thoughts, and besides the thoughts which though incomplete admit of completion, there are thoughts which it is impossible to complete; and yet which are still real, in the sense that they are normal affections of the intellect.
Página 313 - The following proposition seems to me in a high degree probable — namely, that any animal whatever, endowed with well-marked social instincts, would inevitably acquire a moral sense or conscience as soon as its intellectual powers had become as well developed, or nearly as well developed as in man.
Página 32 - If we take in our hand any volume; of divinity or school metaphysics, for instance; let us ask, Does it contain any abstract reasoning concerning quantity or number'} No. Does it contain any experimental reasoning concerning matter of fact and existence? No. Commit it then to the flames: for it can contain nothing but sophistry and illusion.
Página 33 - We live in a world which is full of misery and ignorance, and the plain duty of each and all of us is to try to make the little corner ho can influence somewhat less miserable and somewhat less ignorant than it was before he entered it.
Página 227 - It has been said that I speak of natural selection as an active power or Deity; but who objects to an author speaking of the attraction of gravity as ruling the movements of the planets? Everyone knows what is meant and is implied by such metaphorical expressions; and they are almost necessary for brevity.
Página 99 - Lo, these are parts of his ways: but how little a portion is heard of him? but the thunder of his power who can understand?