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... prove this , but refer us to the world and our own hearts for the means and materials of proof . They may draw away from nature , and from before the eyes of men , a veil which covers and conceals the proof ; they may be a record of ...
... prove this , but refer us to the world and our own hearts for the means and materials of proof . They may draw away from nature , and from before the eyes of men , a veil which covers and conceals the proof ; they may be a record of ...
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... prove that a purely rational philo- sophy can establish theism as the creed of a nation ; but it is amply sufficient to prove that it can destroy polytheism , and find out all the prin- cipal arguments for theism . We know , further ...
... prove that a purely rational philo- sophy can establish theism as the creed of a nation ; but it is amply sufficient to prove that it can destroy polytheism , and find out all the prin- cipal arguments for theism . We know , further ...
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... proved , must either maintain a position obviously erroneous , or use the term proof in some extraordinary sense , fitted only to perplex and mislead . True and weighty , therefore , seem to me these words of one of the most ...
... proved , must either maintain a position obviously erroneous , or use the term proof in some extraordinary sense , fitted only to perplex and mislead . True and weighty , therefore , seem to me these words of one of the most ...
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... proved . Even theologians readily assent to this . opinion , deride the vain attempts , and imagine that in so doing they are serving the faith which they preach . But the proofs for the existence of God coincide with the grounds for ...
... proved . Even theologians readily assent to this . opinion , deride the vain attempts , and imagine that in so doing they are serving the faith which they preach . But the proofs for the existence of God coincide with the grounds for ...
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... prove God infinite . Their not proving that is therefore no reason for denying them to prove what they pro- fess to prove . No argument can stand if we may reject it because it does not prove more than it undertakes to prove . It is ...
... prove God infinite . Their not proving that is therefore no reason for denying them to prove what they pro- fess to prove . No argument can stand if we may reject it because it does not prove more than it undertakes to prove . It is ...
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