A treatise on the nature and causes of doubt in religious questions [by D.B. Baker].1831 - Skepticism - 192 pages |
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... less doubt : for doubtless conviction is only to be found about objects of sense , or those abstract creations of the mind , pure number and dimension , which em- ploy the ingenuity of mathematicians . " * * Blanco White's Internal ...
... less doubt : for doubtless conviction is only to be found about objects of sense , or those abstract creations of the mind , pure number and dimension , which em- ploy the ingenuity of mathematicians . " * * Blanco White's Internal ...
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... 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 of the Mind . Vol . ii . ch . 4 . the learned to the latest posterity , will ...
... 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 of the Mind . Vol . ii . ch . 4 . the learned to the latest posterity , will ...
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... less even than this . For numberless instances might be mentioned respecting the common pursuits of life , where a man would be thought , in a literal sense , distracted , who would not act , and with great application too , not only on ...
... less even than this . For numberless instances might be mentioned respecting the common pursuits of life , where a man would be thought , in a literal sense , distracted , who would not act , and with great application too , not only on ...
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... less than nothing of their nature , only that we feel assured in our understanding that they are so ; if we can yet believe , these unfathomable mysteries upon such grounds , and under such circumstances , let us remember , that we may ...
... less than nothing of their nature , only that we feel assured in our understanding that they are so ; if we can yet believe , these unfathomable mysteries upon such grounds , and under such circumstances , let us remember , that we may ...
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... less secretly , and in great measure from the causes just enumerated , prevail , - may no effort be expected from men who see this palpable fault in their own early education , to remove it ? It has been demonstrated , in the preceding ...
... less secretly , and in great measure from the causes just enumerated , prevail , - may no effort be expected from men who see this palpable fault in their own early education , to remove it ? It has been demonstrated , in the preceding ...
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