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... whole . But it is unavoidable -nay rather , it is the true force of our position . The central idea of Positivism is simply this : that , until our dominant convictions can be got into one plane with our deepest affections and also with ...
... whole . But it is unavoidable -nay rather , it is the true force of our position . The central idea of Positivism is simply this : that , until our dominant convictions can be got into one plane with our deepest affections and also with ...
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... whole field of Science , of Economics , of Politics , of Art , even of daily intercourse . It covers the whole range of human happiness , power , well - being , and enjoyment of life . It does not crush out earth in order to win Heaven ...
... whole field of Science , of Economics , of Politics , of Art , even of daily intercourse . It covers the whole range of human happiness , power , well - being , and enjoyment of life . It does not crush out earth in order to win Heaven ...
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... whole history of human thought . We shall certainly not minimise the vast difference between a scheme which has God , as its centre , Heaven as its sphere , and Revelation as its foundation , and a scheme which has its centre in ...
... whole history of human thought . We shall certainly not minimise the vast difference between a scheme which has God , as its centre , Heaven as its sphere , and Revelation as its foundation , and a scheme which has its centre in ...
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... whole religious training . Orthodox Christianity and Positivism are on the same ground in these things - understanding them differently in an intellectual sense , but not using them differently in the spiritual sense . But they go much ...
... whole religious training . Orthodox Christianity and Positivism are on the same ground in these things - understanding them differently in an intellectual sense , but not using them differently in the spiritual sense . But they go much ...
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... whole region of thought and of action , as well as of feeling . In our day this is im- possible . It could not be done sincerely , except by some coarse fanatic , and the assumption of such author- ity is fiercely resented by the public ...
... whole region of thought and of action , as well as of feeling . In our day this is im- possible . It could not be done sincerely , except by some coarse fanatic , and the assumption of such author- ity is fiercely resented by the public ...
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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...