Theism: Being the Baird Lecture for 1876 |
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... reference to religion - to treat religious theory and scientific theory as entirely separate and unconnected . They either cared not or dared not to indicate how their scientific find- ings were rationally related to current religious ...
... reference to religion - to treat religious theory and scientific theory as entirely separate and unconnected . They either cared not or dared not to indicate how their scientific find- ings were rationally related to current religious ...
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... reference to each other ; and must continually direct them towards a preconceived goal . The complex and harmonious constitution of the universe is the expression of a Divine Idea , of a Creative Reason . This thought brings me to my ...
... reference to each other ; and must continually direct them towards a preconceived goal . The complex and harmonious constitution of the universe is the expression of a Divine Idea , of a Creative Reason . This thought brings me to my ...
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... reference to its actual use in a given indi- vidual or species , but to the capacity of being applied to use in countless other individuals and species.1 When we enter into the examination of organi- sation in itself , adjustment ...
... reference to its actual use in a given indi- vidual or species , but to the capacity of being applied to use in countless other individuals and species.1 When we enter into the examination of organi- sation in itself , adjustment ...
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... reference to the intrinsic , the extrinsic , and the ultimate ends of things , and the latter are design and intention viewed with reference to the same three ends . Final cause sometimes means the intrinsic end of what is orderly and ...
... reference to the intrinsic , the extrinsic , and the ultimate ends of things , and the latter are design and intention viewed with reference to the same three ends . Final cause sometimes means the intrinsic end of what is orderly and ...
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... reference to its own cords , lenses , fluids , and membranes , but it is a part with reference to the body ; sight is therefore not more certainly its end than the uses of sight . How can a man admit final cause to be involved in the ...
... reference to its own cords , lenses , fluids , and membranes , but it is a part with reference to the body ; sight is therefore not more certainly its end than the uses of sight . How can a man admit final cause to be involved in the ...
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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.
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