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... HISTORY OF THE TELEOLOGICAL ARGUMENT , . 387 XXII . CREATION AND EVOLUTION , 390 XXIII . THEOLOGICAL INFERENCES FROM THE DOCTRINE OF SPONTANEOUS GENERATION , 394 XXIV . DARWIN AND PALEY , XXV . KANT'S MORAL viii Contents .
... HISTORY OF THE TELEOLOGICAL ARGUMENT , . 387 XXII . CREATION AND EVOLUTION , 390 XXIII . THEOLOGICAL INFERENCES FROM THE DOCTRINE OF SPONTANEOUS GENERATION , 394 XXIV . DARWIN AND PALEY , XXV . KANT'S MORAL viii Contents .
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... creation , so that His being thus thought of can be no proof that He is its creation . The fact that we can think of God as wise and righteous and free is no evidence that He is an image which our own minds have set up . The man who ...
... creation , so that His being thus thought of can be no proof that He is its creation . The fact that we can think of God as wise and righteous and free is no evidence that He is an image which our own minds have set up . The man who ...
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... creation of our minds ; it is different for each creature , each mind ; it is the mere result and reflection of our ... creations of our minds least worthy , perhaps , of being worshipped . There is , at least , no kind of worship less ...
... creation of our minds ; it is different for each creature , each mind ; it is the mere result and reflection of our ... creations of our minds least worthy , perhaps , of being worshipped . There is , at least , no kind of worship less ...
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... creations of a mental power which , while occupied in their origination and elaboration , requires to borrow little , if any- thing , from matter ; and yet , it is only with their help that the constitution of the material universe has ...
... creations of a mental power which , while occupied in their origination and elaboration , requires to borrow little , if any- thing , from matter ; and yet , it is only with their help that the constitution of the material universe has ...
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... creation . Just as it was those so - called " disturbances " in the planetary orbits , which appeared at first to point to some dis- order and error in the construction of the sidereal system , that prompted Lagrange to the investiga- 1 ...
... creation . Just as it was those so - called " disturbances " in the planetary orbits , which appeared at first to point to some dis- order and error in the construction of the sidereal system , that prompted Lagrange to the investiga- 1 ...
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Page 176 - When he established the clouds above : When he strengthened the fountains of the deep : When he gave to the sea his decree, That the waters should not pass his commandment: When he appointed the foundations of the earth : 235 Then I was by him, as one brought up with him : And I was daily his delight, Rejoicing always before him ; Rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth ; And my delights were with the sons of men.
Page 229 - He, that has light within his own clear breast, May sit in the centre, and enjoy bright day: But he, that hides a dark soul and foul thoughts, Benighted walks under the mid-day sun; Himself is his own dungeon.
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