A treatise on the nature and causes of doubt in religious questions [by D.B. Baker].1831 - Skepticism - 192 pages |
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... able , to believe ; the author ventures to lay the following observa- tions before the public . They will , indeed , interest few , but such as have been in the habit of using their minds closely upon subjects of this kind ; and there ...
... able , to believe ; the author ventures to lay the following observa- tions before the public . They will , indeed , interest few , but such as have been in the habit of using their minds closely upon subjects of this kind ; and there ...
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... able in moral inquiries , and which , if it could be attained , would not be less liable to the cavils of sceptics . " * On the subject of this only attainable spe- cies of proof in moral and religious inquiries , * Stewart's Elements ...
... able in moral inquiries , and which , if it could be attained , would not be less liable to the cavils of sceptics . " * On the subject of this only attainable spe- cies of proof in moral and religious inquiries , * Stewart's Elements ...
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... able to answer all the objections which bad , ingenious men may urge against them , we shall then , indeed , have " very narrow thoughts , and find very little that we shall assent to . " But if , though we can neither understand , nor ...
... able to answer all the objections which bad , ingenious men may urge against them , we shall then , indeed , have " very narrow thoughts , and find very little that we shall assent to . " But if , though we can neither understand , nor ...
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... able , to give to every one that asketh him , a reason for the hope that is in him ! Much as we may have loved our parents and reverenced our instruc- tors , it is too much to assume , that their sim- ple assertion as to the value and ...
... able , to give to every one that asketh him , a reason for the hope that is in him ! Much as we may have loved our parents and reverenced our instruc- tors , it is too much to assume , that their sim- ple assertion as to the value and ...
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... able advocates ? The neglect of such inquiries among thou- sands of otherwise well informed and scientific and amiable men of the present day , is the undoubted cause of a large portion of their prevailing scepticism RELIGIOUS DOUBT . 27.
... able advocates ? The neglect of such inquiries among thou- sands of otherwise well informed and scientific and amiable men of the present day , is the undoubted cause of a large portion of their prevailing scepticism RELIGIOUS DOUBT . 27.
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