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... rest on knowledge of its object . This is not to say that it is exclu- sively knowledge , or that knowledge is its one essential element . It is not to say that feeling and will are not as important constituents in the reli- gious life ...
... rest on knowledge of its object . This is not to say that it is exclu- sively knowledge , or that knowledge is its one essential element . It is not to say that feeling and will are not as important constituents in the reli- gious life ...
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... of reason and yet reasonable . In order to be a legitimate act it must spring out of good affec- tions , and these affections must be enlightened ; We cannot they must rest on the knowledge of an object worthy Religious Issues . 3.
... of reason and yet reasonable . In order to be a legitimate act it must spring out of good affec- tions , and these affections must be enlightened ; We cannot they must rest on the knowledge of an object worthy Religious Issues . 3.
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Being the Baird Lecture for 1876 Robert Flint. they must rest on the knowledge of an object worthy of them , and worthy of the self - sacrifice to which they prompt . Unless there be such an object , and unless it can be known , all the ...
Being the Baird Lecture for 1876 Robert Flint. they must rest on the knowledge of an object worthy of them , and worthy of the self - sacrifice to which they prompt . Unless there be such an object , and unless it can be known , all the ...
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... can scarcely be supposed that per- sonal and social morality will not suffer when the claims of religion are unheeded . It has seemed to 1 See Appendix II . some that morality rests on religion , and cannot exist Moral Issues . 9.
... can scarcely be supposed that per- sonal and social morality will not suffer when the claims of religion are unheeded . It has seemed to 1 See Appendix II . some that morality rests on religion , and cannot exist Moral Issues . 9.
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Being the Baird Lecture for 1876 Robert Flint. some that morality rests on religion , and cannot exist apart from it . And almost all who believe that there are religious truths which men , as reasonable beings , are bound to accept ...
Being the Baird Lecture for 1876 Robert Flint. some that morality rests on religion , and cannot exist apart from it . And almost all who believe that there are religious truths which men , as reasonable beings , are bound to accept ...
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