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... existence of Christianity Secondly , the insignificance to which science has reduced the earth Thirdly , the intense self - consciousness that has been developed in the modern world . • • It is often said that a parallel to our present ...
... existence of Christianity Secondly , the insignificance to which science has reduced the earth Thirdly , the intense self - consciousness that has been developed in the modern world . • • It is often said that a parallel to our present ...
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... existence ? This is our question . 38 It has never yet been answered properly 38 And though two sets of answers have been given it , neither of them are satisfactory 39 I shall deal with these two questions in order • 300 40 800 33 33 ...
... existence ? This is our question . 38 It has never yet been answered properly 38 And though two sets of answers have been given it , neither of them are satisfactory 39 I shall deal with these two questions in order • 300 40 800 33 33 ...
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... existence of evil ; 2nd . Man's free will and God's free will • • PAGE • • 212 212 James Mill's statement of the case represents the popular anti - religious arguments But his way of putting the case is full of distortion and ...
... existence of evil ; 2nd . Man's free will and God's free will • • PAGE • • 212 212 James Mill's statement of the case represents the popular anti - religious arguments But his way of putting the case is full of distortion and ...
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... existence . Nor will the mere emotion of reverence towards life necessarily go any farther to- wards proving that life deserves reverence . It is distinctly asserted by the modern school that the right state in which to approach ...
... existence . Nor will the mere emotion of reverence towards life necessarily go any farther to- wards proving that life deserves reverence . It is distinctly asserted by the modern school that the right state in which to approach ...
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William Hurrell Mallock. 6 of existence has appeared to them as but a deceiving show . An entire book of the Hebrew Scriptures is devoted to a deliberate exposition of this philosophy . In the most high and palmy state ' of Athens it was ...
William Hurrell Mallock. 6 of existence has appeared to them as but a deceiving show . An entire book of the Hebrew Scriptures is devoted to a deliberate exposition of this philosophy . In the most high and palmy state ' of Athens it was ...
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Page 118 - While all melts under our feet, we may well catch at any exquisite passion, or any contribution to knowledge that seems by a lifted horizon to set the spirit free for a moment, or any stirring of the senses, strange dyes, strange colours, and curious odours, or work of the artist's hands, or the face of one's friend.
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