A treatise on the nature and causes of doubt in religious questions [by D.B. Baker].1831 - Skepticism - 192 pages |
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... interest few , but such as have been in the habit of using their minds closely upon subjects of this kind ; and there- Essay on Atheism . + Philos . Hum . Mind . - Introduction , Part ii . sec . 1 . See also , chap . ii . of part ii ...
... interest few , but such as have been in the habit of using their minds closely upon subjects of this kind ; and there- Essay on Atheism . + Philos . Hum . Mind . - Introduction , Part ii . sec . 1 . See also , chap . ii . of part ii ...
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... interest , to act upon that presumption or low probability , though it be so low as to leave the mind in very great doubt which is the truth . For surely , a man is as really bound in pru- dence to do what upon the whole appears ...
... interest , to act upon that presumption or low probability , though it be so low as to leave the mind in very great doubt which is the truth . For surely , a man is as really bound in pru- dence to do what upon the whole appears ...
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... interests . Numberless in- stances there are , in the daily course of life , in which all men think it reasonable to engage in pursuits , though the probability is greatly against succeeding ; and to make such pro- vision for themselves ...
... interests . Numberless in- stances there are , in the daily course of life , in which all men think it reasonable to engage in pursuits , though the probability is greatly against succeeding ; and to make such pro- vision for themselves ...
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... interest , they do not attend to it ; which is in no wise peculiar to Christianity . The inconsistencies above alluded to , are no more proofs in them- selves that the facts of Christianity are not true , than the often equally gross ...
... interest , they do not attend to it ; which is in no wise peculiar to Christianity . The inconsistencies above alluded to , are no more proofs in them- selves that the facts of Christianity are not true , than the often equally gross ...
Page 38
... interest did not depend upon that person ; no one , who had any sense of gratitude and of prudence , could possibly consider himself in the same situation , with regard to such person , as if he had no such doubt . In truth , it is as ...
... interest did not depend upon that person ; no one , who had any sense of gratitude and of prudence , could possibly consider himself in the same situation , with regard to such person , as if he had no such doubt . In truth , it is as ...
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