A treatise on the nature and causes of doubt in religious questions [by D.B. Baker].1831 - Skepticism - 192 pages |
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Page vi
... Feeling deeply for the pain of that state of universal scepticism , under which , in common as he supposes with most students of the pre- sent day , at the outset of their philosophical speculations , he himself once most unpleas- ingly ...
... Feeling deeply for the pain of that state of universal scepticism , under which , in common as he supposes with most students of the pre- sent day , at the outset of their philosophical speculations , he himself once most unpleas- ingly ...
Page viii
... feel the weight of difficulties and objections , which are here considered and prescribed for . It would indeed be an overwhelming pre- sumption against the truth of any proposed revelation , if it imposed this on us all : the posture ...
... feel the weight of difficulties and objections , which are here considered and prescribed for . It would indeed be an overwhelming pre- sumption against the truth of any proposed revelation , if it imposed this on us all : the posture ...
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... feeling . A perception perfectly distinct from syllogistic reasoning , but which exerts the strongest power over our moral nature . Such percep- tion of the truth , is , indeed , the spring of our most important actions , the common ...
... feeling . A perception perfectly distinct from syllogistic reasoning , but which exerts the strongest power over our moral nature . Such percep- tion of the truth , is , indeed , the spring of our most important actions , the common ...
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... feel , upon every point which they propose . Faith , is not sight , to however high a degree it may attain . The Scriptures never assert it to be so ; though some intemperate expounders have seemed to imply this ; ( for instance , the ...
... feel , upon every point which they propose . Faith , is not sight , to however high a degree it may attain . The Scriptures never assert it to be so ; though some intemperate expounders have seemed to imply this ; ( for instance , the ...
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... them , to the unspeakable relief of their heartfelt and perplexing difficulties . Without producing any of Butler's arguments in support of the Christian revelation in particular , I feel that I shall B 2 RELIGIOUS DOUBT . 5.
... them , to the unspeakable relief of their heartfelt and perplexing difficulties . Without producing any of Butler's arguments in support of the Christian revelation in particular , I feel that I shall B 2 RELIGIOUS DOUBT . 5.
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