Evolution and InvolutionTrübner & Company, 1880 - 205 páginas |
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... suppose , any one will allow that a flower is an existence , and that a man is an existence , each of them having its own typical individuality , and that they are both living existences , although their lives differ very much in extent ...
... suppose , any one will allow that a flower is an existence , and that a man is an existence , each of them having its own typical individuality , and that they are both living existences , although their lives differ very much in extent ...
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... suppose and say that a lower animal is omnipotent . I say , without any fear of reasonable contradiction , that a lower animal is not free ; and I say , with equal confidence in the justness of my assertion , that a lower animal is ...
... suppose and say that a lower animal is omnipotent . I say , without any fear of reasonable contradiction , that a lower animal is not free ; and I say , with equal confidence in the justness of my assertion , that a lower animal is ...
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... suppose that moral science is not founded and built on his idea of oneness with existence and being ? How can any man have any regard for that to which he has not an idea of relation , or dis- regard for that to which he has an idea of ...
... suppose that moral science is not founded and built on his idea of oneness with existence and being ? How can any man have any regard for that to which he has not an idea of relation , or dis- regard for that to which he has an idea of ...
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... suppose that it will have an end . We believe , however , that the universe , as it is to man , never had a beginning but in man , and that it comes and goes , typically , in each of the human species ; and to talk of the universe as ...
... suppose that it will have an end . We believe , however , that the universe , as it is to man , never had a beginning but in man , and that it comes and goes , typically , in each of the human species ; and to talk of the universe as ...
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... suppose that that superior being has a power over matter that is supernatural to him , in other words , to suppose that such a being could work what to him would be a miracle , just as he knows that he himself has a power over matter ...
... suppose that that superior being has a power over matter that is supernatural to him , in other words , to suppose that such a being could work what to him would be a miracle , just as he knows that he himself has a power over matter ...
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Evolution and involution George Thomson (author of 'The world of being'.) Vista completa - 1880 |
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absolute personality attribute Balfour Stewart capacity complete knowledge complete personality comprehend conscious creature Darwin development and preservation doctrine domain of reason evil Evolution and Involution existence and things extent eye of sense Herbert Spencer human family Huxley idea of absolute idea of complete idea of existence idea of sense idealise the universe impossible individual inference inorganic universe intelligence Jesus of Nazareth knowledge of idea Law of Evolution living lower animal man's moral concept materialise the universe matter and space mind miracle mode moral science nations necessity niscience notwithstanding objective ideality omniscient ourselves partially pebble plete possible practical and utilitarian principles of reason proper proportion propositions prove race real knowledge realise reality of matter respect to knowledge scale of existence simple living simply solution of existence species sphere spiritual thought tion truth typically limited understanding universal ideas universe of matter Unseen Universe utilitarian idealising wholly words
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Página 99 - When we run over libraries, persuaded of these principles, what havoc must we make? If we take in our hand any volume; of divinity or school metaphysics, for instance; let us ask, Does it contain any abstract reasoning concerning quantity or number'} No. Does it contain any experimental reasoning concerning matter of fact and existence? No. Commit it then to the flames: for it can contain nothing but sophistry and illusion.
Página 52 - Whither shall I go from thy Spirit ? or whither shall I flee from thy presence ? If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there : if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there. If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea; Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me. If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me ; even the night shall be light about me. Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee ; but the night shineth as the day : the darkness...
Página 14 - FLOWER in the crannied wall, I pluck you out of the crannies, I hold you here, root and all, in my hand, Little flower — but if I could understand What you are, root and all, and all in all, I should know what God and man is.
Página 52 - LORD, thou hast searched me, and known me. Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off. Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways. For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O Lord, thou knowest it altogether.
Página 53 - I will praise thee ; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made : marvellous are thy works ; and that my soul knoweth right well. My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.
Página 53 - How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God ! how great is the sum of them : If I should count them they are more in number than the sand; when I awake, 1 am still with thee.
Página 109 - Ocean and earth, the solid frame of earth And ocean's liquid mass, in gladness lay Beneath him: - Far and wide the clouds were touched, And in their silent faces could he read Unutterable love. Sound needed none, Nor any voice of joy ; his spirit drank The spectacle: sensation, soul, and form, All melted into him; they swallowed up His animal being ; in them did he...
Página 155 - For first, is there any principle in all nature more mysterious than the union of soul with body; by which a supposed spiritual substance acquires such an influence over a material one, that the most refined thought is able to actuate the grossest matter?
Página 34 - The consciousness of this great truth weighs like a nightmare, I believe, upon many of the best minds of these days. They watch what they conceive to be the progress of materialism in such fear and powerless anger as a savage feels when, during an eclipse, the great shadow creeps over the face of the sun. The advancing tide of matter threatens to drown their souls; the tightening grasp of law impedes their freedom; they are alarmed lest man's moral nature be debased by the increase of his wisdom.
Página 52 - Thou compassest my path, and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways. For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, 0 Lord, thou knowest it altogether. Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon me. Such knowledge is too wonderful for me ; it is high, I cannot attain unto it.