The Mystery of Matter, and Other EssaysMacmillan and Company, 1873 - 492 páginas |
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... conceive the soul transmuted into a potato - dealer's iron weight , and they shudder with a righteous horror of such a materialistic doctrine . Yet , if they could but realize that all their knowledge of weight is the conscious * Lay ...
... conceive the soul transmuted into a potato - dealer's iron weight , and they shudder with a righteous horror of such a materialistic doctrine . Yet , if they could but realize that all their knowledge of weight is the conscious * Lay ...
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... conceive clearly the mental condition of a man who feels most acutely the apparent encroachments of materialism . Such a man uses familiarly the word " substance , " in what he thinks to be a clear and definite sense ; although , ten to ...
... conceive clearly the mental condition of a man who feels most acutely the apparent encroachments of materialism . Such a man uses familiarly the word " substance , " in what he thinks to be a clear and definite sense ; although , ten to ...
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... conceive of them as dead . But let us suppose this error discovered and corrected . In contemplating the clock in itself , then , we have got rid of all notion of time - of all significance , which , on reflection , we find to be due to ...
... conceive of them as dead . But let us suppose this error discovered and corrected . In contemplating the clock in itself , then , we have got rid of all notion of time - of all significance , which , on reflection , we find to be due to ...
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... conceive , then , that the superficial molecules of our illuminated ceiling are kept in a constant state of agitation under the beating waves of the light . Now , as Milton's imagination reduced his unmanage- able host of devils to ...
... conceive , then , that the superficial molecules of our illuminated ceiling are kept in a constant state of agitation under the beating waves of the light . Now , as Milton's imagination reduced his unmanage- able host of devils to ...
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... conceive this molecular agitation converted into anything other than material movement , or resis- tance to movement . Let any one in thought follow up the ethereal vibrations to their last flutter in the inmost recesses of the brain ...
... conceive this molecular agitation converted into anything other than material movement , or resis- tance to movement . Let any one in thought follow up the ethereal vibrations to their last flutter in the inmost recesses of the brain ...
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analogy appearance argument argument from design associated atheism atomic theory atoms believe Broad Church Christ Christian conceive conception conscious relation consciousness contemplation creation creature Descartes devotion distinct divine divine grace doctrine dogma element emotions endeavour energy essay essential eternal existence experience explain fact faith farther feeling felt fetishism force germ give glory heart heaven Herbert Spencer human idea idolatry ignorance imagination impossible impressions impulse incongruous inevitable Infinite Power insist inspiration intellectual involved knowledge living loyalty of soul Lucretius manifest meaning metaphysical mind miraculous molecules moral mystery of matter mystic nature necessarily notion object opinion optic nerve original pantheism pheno phenomena philosophy position possible pre-established harmony predisposition present prophetic reality realize regard religion religious retina sacred seems sense sight significance Spinoza spiritual substance suggested supposed surely Theologia Germanica theory things tion true truth ultimate unity universe vibrations vision whole words worship
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Página 409 - And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.
Página 427 - But when the husbandmen saw the son, they said among themselves, 'This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and let us seize on his inheritance.
Página 388 - Of old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth: and the heavens are the work of thy hands. They shall perish, but thou shalt endure: yea, all of them shall wax old like a garment; as a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall be changed: but thou art the same, and thy years shall have no end.
Página 329 - Neither pray I for these alone but for them also which shall believe on me through their word, that they all may be one,— as thou Father art in me and I in thee that they also may be one in us : that the world may believe that thou hast sent me. And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them, that they may be one even as we are one.
Página 387 - Our revels now are ended. These our actors, As I foretold you, were all spirits, and Are melted into air, into thin air: And, like the baseless fabric of this vision, The cloud-capp'd towers, the gorgeous palaces, The solemn temples, the great globe itself, Yea, all which it inherit, shall dissolve, And, like this insubstantial pageant faded, Leave not a rack behind. We are such stuff As dreams are made on ; and our little life Is rounded with a sleep.
Página 403 - ... who by him do believe in God, that raised him up from the dead, and gave him glory; that your faith and hope might be in God.
Página 388 - Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness, looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat ? Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness.
Página 380 - Tho' mix'd with God and Nature thou, I seem to love thee more and more. Far off thou art, but ever nigh; I have thee still, and I rejoice; I prosper, circled with thy voice; I shall not lose thee tho
Página 427 - Jesus saith unto them, Did ye never read in the Scriptures, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner : this is the Lord's doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes...
Página 36 - 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.