Lowell Lectures: On the Application of Metaphysical and Ethical Science to the Evidence of Religion"These lectures were given under the auspices of the Lowell Institute of Boston, MA in 1848-1849. In this series of lectures Bowen endeavours to show that the fundamental doctrines of religion rest upon the same basis that supports all science, and that they cannot be denied without also rejecting familiar truths that are adopted almost unconsciously, and upon which the conduct of life and the regulation of our ordinary concerns. Bowen argues that the time seems to have arrived for a more practical and immediate verification than the world has ever witnessed of the great truth, that the civilization that is not based upon Christianity is big with the elements of its own destruction." (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2008 APA, all rights reserved). |
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... earth exists , or is ; it is equally a fact that the earth moves . That there is a sun in the heavens is a fact of one order ; that this sun illumines objects on the earth is a fact of a different order , — it is an event which takes ...
... earth exists , or is ; it is equally a fact that the earth moves . That there is a sun in the heavens is a fact of one order ; that this sun illumines objects on the earth is a fact of a different order , — it is an event which takes ...
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... earth , nor air , nor fire , nor water . It is neither hot , nor cold , nor dry , nor moist , nor solid , nor extended . It is the universal element , but can never become objective to sense . " How , then , can we obtain a view of this ...
... earth , nor air , nor fire , nor water . It is neither hot , nor cold , nor dry , nor moist , nor solid , nor extended . It is the universal element , but can never become objective to sense . " How , then , can we obtain a view of this ...
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... earth , really distinct from nature , though pervading it with his presence , all - wise and all - powerful , the conscious Cause and present Ruler of all things . I am not taking these attributes for granted , but simply stating the ...
... earth , really distinct from nature , though pervading it with his presence , all - wise and all - powerful , the conscious Cause and present Ruler of all things . I am not taking these attributes for granted , but simply stating the ...
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... earth , put together with slow toil , and their history with difficulty spelt out . They do not rest on a few experiments carefully devised and with great labor repeated . The study of years is not required before their import can be ...
... earth , put together with slow toil , and their history with difficulty spelt out . They do not rest on a few experiments carefully devised and with great labor repeated . The study of years is not required before their import can be ...
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... earth is but a part , even on the supposition that the laws which now seem to control its action shall continue for ever in force , without restraint , limit , or interference from the omnipo- tent hand which first established them ...
... earth is but a part , even on the supposition that the laws which now seem to control its action shall continue for ever in force , without restraint , limit , or interference from the omnipo- tent hand which first established them ...
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