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... FEELING , BELIEF , AND KNOWLEDGE IN RELIGION , · 355 XI . THE THEOLOGICAL INFERENCE FROM THE THEORY OF ENERGY , . · 359 XII . THE HISTORY OF THE ETIOLOGICAL ARGUMENT , . 364 XIII . MATHEMATICS AND THE DESIGN ARGUMENT , XIV . ASTRONOMY ...
... FEELING , BELIEF , AND KNOWLEDGE IN RELIGION , · 355 XI . THE THEOLOGICAL INFERENCE FROM THE THEORY OF ENERGY , . · 359 XII . THE HISTORY OF THE ETIOLOGICAL ARGUMENT , . 364 XIII . MATHEMATICS AND THE DESIGN ARGUMENT , XIV . ASTRONOMY ...
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... feeling and will are not as important constituents in the reli- gious life as intellectual apprehension . Mere know- ledge , however clear , profound , and comprehensive it may be , can never be religion . There can be no religion where ...
... feeling and will are not as important constituents in the reli- gious life as intellectual apprehension . Mere know- ledge , however clear , profound , and comprehensive it may be , can never be religion . There can be no religion where ...
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... feeling or volition separate from knowledge . Some have represented it as consisting essentially in the feeling of de- pendence , others in that of love , and others in fear ; but these are all feelings which must be elicited by ...
... feeling or volition separate from knowledge . Some have represented it as consisting essentially in the feeling of de- pendence , others in that of love , and others in fear ; but these are all feelings which must be elicited by ...
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... feeling and willing involved in religion must be delusive -must be of a kind which reason and duty com- mand us to resist and suppress . But religion is certainly a very large pheno- menon . It is practically coextensive , indeed , with ...
... feeling and willing involved in religion must be delusive -must be of a kind which reason and duty com- mand us to resist and suppress . But religion is certainly a very large pheno- menon . It is practically coextensive , indeed , with ...
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... feeling , to perform any religious act . And the result to which the investigation leads us must largely decide what sort of a religious theory we shall hold , and what sort of a religious life we shall lead . Almost all religious ...
... feeling , to perform any religious act . And the result to which the investigation leads us must largely decide what sort of a religious theory we shall hold , and what sort of a religious life we shall lead . Almost all religious ...
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