A treatise on the nature and causes of doubt in religious questions [by D.B. Baker].1831 - Skepticism - 192 pages |
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... , or else never act at all ; that , to us , probability , and not certainty , is the guide of life ; that , it is not necessary to understand all D the properties , relations , and laws of a thing RELIGIOUS DOUBT . 25.
... , or else never act at all ; that , to us , probability , and not certainty , is the guide of life ; that , it is not necessary to understand all D the properties , relations , and laws of a thing RELIGIOUS DOUBT . 25.
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... necessary connexion with the truth or falsehood of the tenets they profess : the tenets may be true , though their conduct belies their conviction of them . So that this circumstance - no more than the cavils of clever sceptics — is a ...
... necessary connexion with the truth or falsehood of the tenets they profess : the tenets may be true , though their conduct belies their conviction of them . So that this circumstance - no more than the cavils of clever sceptics — is a ...
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... necessary for attaining such information : in this case , they must remain in doubtfulness , ignorance , or error ; in the same way as they must with regard to common sciences aud matters of common life , if they neglect the necessary ...
... necessary for attaining such information : in this case , they must remain in doubtfulness , ignorance , or error ; in the same way as they must with regard to common sciences aud matters of common life , if they neglect the necessary ...
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... necessary to suppose any other , than , a desire of worldly eminence , and ambitious thirsting after popular applause , more or less connected with , those haughty misconceptions of the powers of the human intellect , and the obligation ...
... necessary to suppose any other , than , a desire of worldly eminence , and ambitious thirsting after popular applause , more or less connected with , those haughty misconceptions of the powers of the human intellect , and the obligation ...
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... necessary to suppose any other than such impediments as these , to ac- count for the religious difficulties of many who surround us . The spirit , in which such men approach the subject , is the most hope- less imaginable , for the calm ...
... necessary to suppose any other than such impediments as these , to ac- count for the religious difficulties of many who surround us . The spirit , in which such men approach the subject , is the most hope- less imaginable , for the calm ...
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