The Philosophy of Natural Theology: An Essay in Confutation of the Scepticism of the Present Day, which Obtained a Prize at Oxford, Nov. 26th, 1872A. D. F. Randolph, 1875 - 398 páginas |
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... body dies the soul ; then the false morals of theology will no longer lead the human mind astray . " ( 2. ) " We teach that the soul is immortal ; we teach that there is a future life ; we teach that there is a Heaven in the ages far ...
... body dies the soul ; then the false morals of theology will no longer lead the human mind astray . " ( 2. ) " We teach that the soul is immortal ; we teach that there is a future life ; we teach that there is a Heaven in the ages far ...
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... body , accounted at the same time for the relations of times and distances in the planetary orbits and for the amount of the moon's deflection from the tangent of her orbit , such a doctrine became most convincing : or , again , when ...
... body , accounted at the same time for the relations of times and distances in the planetary orbits and for the amount of the moon's deflection from the tangent of her orbit , such a doctrine became most convincing : or , again , when ...
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... they are so fir doctrine of a gravity from the body , ace times and distan moon's defle imself m by phil ly as same orb at o raj became uni ged file he tin pha g Objections against some peculi-. THE PHILOSOPHY OF NATURAL THE.
... they are so fir doctrine of a gravity from the body , ace times and distan moon's defle imself m by phil ly as same orb at o raj became uni ged file he tin pha g Objections against some peculi-. THE PHILOSOPHY OF NATURAL THE.
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... body corporate has , like the indivi- dual body , its childhood , growth , and maturity . The argument became generally accepted , and got extended to the distinc- tions between healthy increase and sickly degeneration , with other like ...
... body corporate has , like the indivi- dual body , its childhood , growth , and maturity . The argument became generally accepted , and got extended to the distinc- tions between healthy increase and sickly degeneration , with other like ...
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... bodies , the objects of our senses , rises in its value when directed towards the operations of the mind , in proportion to the difficulty and labour which we meet with in performing it . And if we can go no farther than this mental ...
... bodies , the objects of our senses , rises in its value when directed towards the operations of the mind , in proportion to the difficulty and labour which we meet with in performing it . And if we can go no farther than this mental ...
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Página 365 - Stern Lawgiver ! yet thou dost wear The Godhead's most benignant grace; Nor know we anything so fair As is the smile upon thy face : Flowers laugh before thee on their beds And fragrance in thy footing treads; Thou dost preserve the stars from wrong; And the most ancient heavens, through thee, are fresh and strong.
Página 63 - He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? he that formed the eye, shall he not see?
Página 364 - STERN Daughter of the Voice of God ! O Duty ! if that name thou love Who art a light to guide, a rod To check the erring, and reprove ; Thou, who art victory and law When empty terrors overawe, From vain temptations dost set free, And calm'st the weary strife of frail humanity!
Página 211 - ... his ways are not as our ways, nor his thoughts as our thoughts.
Página 2 - Speak to Him thou for He hears, and Spirit with Spirit can meet — Closer is He than breathing, and nearer than hands and feet.
Página 173 - For my part, when I enter most intimately into what I call myself, I always stumble on some particular perception or other, of heat or cold, light or shade, love or hatred, pain or pleasure. I never can catch myself at any time without a perception, and never can ORSERVE anything but the perception.
Página 364 - But thee I now would serve more strictly, if I may. Through no disturbance of my soul, Or strong...
Página 172 - THERE are some philosophers who imagine we are every moment intimately conscious of what we call our self; that we feel its existence and its continuance in existence; and are certain, beyond the evidence of a demonstration, both of its perfect identity and simplicity.
Página 300 - For take an example of a dog, and mark what a generosity and courage he will put on when he finds himself maintained by a man, who to him is instead of a God, or melior natura, which courage is manifestly such as that creature, without that confidence, of a better nature than his own could never attain. So man, when he resteth and assureth himself upon divine protection and favor, gathereth a force and faith which human nature in itself could not obtain.
Página 170 - Thus the ideas, as well as children of our youth, often die" before us ; and our minds represent to us those tombs to which we are approaching ; where though the brass and marble remain, yet the inscriptions are effaced by time, and the imagery moulders away.