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... fulfil their idea of religion , a Su- preme Creator and Ruler of the Universe ; the incor- poration of the individual spirit into this transcendental sphere ; and a direct interposition from the Almighty to ORTHODOX CRITICISM 9.
... fulfil their idea of religion , a Su- preme Creator and Ruler of the Universe ; the incor- poration of the individual spirit into this transcendental sphere ; and a direct interposition from the Almighty to ORTHODOX CRITICISM 9.
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... Universe , and the sphere of Absolute Per- fection , we are wandering into the mystical and even the inconceivable - a region of endless debate and self- deception . The result of piling up unintelligible phrases about an insoluble ...
... Universe , and the sphere of Absolute Per- fection , we are wandering into the mystical and even the inconceivable - a region of endless debate and self- deception . The result of piling up unintelligible phrases about an insoluble ...
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Frederic Harrison. Positivism , neither denying nor affirming anything about the Origin of the Universe or the will of a Being assumed to be Absolute ( i.e. , incomprehensible ) pre- sents the ideal of a Human Providence which for some ...
Frederic Harrison. Positivism , neither denying nor affirming anything about the Origin of the Universe or the will of a Being assumed to be Absolute ( i.e. , incomprehensible ) pre- sents the ideal of a Human Providence which for some ...
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... Universe , and not measurable " by man's intellect and conscience . The idea of crea- " tion and its Supreme Ruler can never be silenced . " Men can never feel reverence for any Power , however " real and present , if it be less than ...
... Universe , and not measurable " by man's intellect and conscience . The idea of crea- " tion and its Supreme Ruler can never be silenced . " Men can never feel reverence for any Power , however " real and present , if it be less than ...
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... universe , the universal application through- out space of the primary laws of mathematics and of logic - all these historic problems cease to interest solid minds . They are not solved : they are not proved to be insoluble : they are ...
... universe , the universal application through- out space of the primary laws of mathematics and of logic - all these historic problems cease to interest solid minds . They are not solved : they are not proved to be insoluble : they are ...
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Page 181 - ... the Dissidence of Dissent and the Protestantism of the Protestant religion. I do not say that other and more intelligent forces than this were not opposed to the Oxford movement : but this was the force which really beat it ; this was the force which Dr. Newman...