Lowell Lectures: On the Application of Metaphysical and Ethical Science to the Evidence of Religion |
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... duties , and all our hopes . In no age of the world , of which we have any clear and trustworthy record , in no ... duty of examining our opinions respecting them is incumbent upon all , under an awful weight of responsibility , 1 ...
... duties , and all our hopes . In no age of the world , of which we have any clear and trustworthy record , in no ... duty of examining our opinions respecting them is incumbent upon all , under an awful weight of responsibility , 1 ...
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... duty of examination is one which is perpetually re- newed , as from age to age the nature of the problem shifts , or we encounter new difficulties in the way of the inquiry , proceed- ing from new habits of thought , from the progress ...
... duty of examination is one which is perpetually re- newed , as from age to age the nature of the problem shifts , or we encounter new difficulties in the way of the inquiry , proceed- ing from new habits of thought , from the progress ...
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... duty , and immortality . The religion of the Greeks and Romans , so far as it existed in a definite and consistent form , that is , as it was conceived by enlightened and thinking men among them , — was wholly drawn from their ...
... duty , and immortality . The religion of the Greeks and Romans , so far as it existed in a definite and consistent form , that is , as it was conceived by enlightened and thinking men among them , — was wholly drawn from their ...
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... duty are intuitive , and therefore absolute , I an- swer , that duty relates only to motives and a choice of ends ; action is always a use of means , and the selection of means is the work of experience . The moral law , for instance ...
... duty are intuitive , and therefore absolute , I an- swer , that duty relates only to motives and a choice of ends ; action is always a use of means , and the selection of means is the work of experience . The moral law , for instance ...
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... duty of paramount obligation , I affirm what no human being , in the full possession of his reason , will dare to deny , any more than to question the conclusions of the geometer . But if in- formed , on some express occasion , that I ...
... duty of paramount obligation , I affirm what no human being , in the full possession of his reason , will dare to deny , any more than to question the conclusions of the geometer . But if in- formed , on some express occasion , that I ...
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Abraham Tucker absolute abstract action admit agency animal antecedent appear appetites applied argument argument from design atheistic attributes believe benevolence body brute called causation character chemical affinity Christianity conceive conception conclusion conduct conscience consciousness consequences considered constitution creation Creator Deity direct distinct Divine doctrine Dugald Stewart duty earth effect efficient cause ence enjoyment evidence evil exertion existence experience external fact faculty faith happiness human ical idea induction infer infinite infinite series inquiry instance instinct intellect knowledge Lecture manifested mankind matter means ment metaphysical mind moral government moral universe motion motives Natural Religion natural theology necessary never object obligation observation organ origin outward peculiar perfect person phenomena philosophical physical science pleasure polytheism principles proof prove purpose question reason religious respect revelation sense skepticism soul Spinoza suppose theory things tion truth universe virtue whole wisdom