A treatise on the nature and causes of doubt in religious questions [by D.B. Baker].1831 - Skepticism - 192 pages |
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... 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 laboured ; which Bacon * so memorably describes ; vi PREFACE .
... 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 laboured ; which Bacon * so memorably describes ; vi PREFACE .
Page xi
... philosophical in- quirer into the truth of Revelation , confessedly are in themselves ; he has remarked , that they , almost universally , set out from a point too much in advance of a man hedged in by a thousand popular difficulties ...
... philosophical in- quirer into the truth of Revelation , confessedly are in themselves ; he has remarked , that they , almost universally , set out from a point too much in advance of a man hedged in by a thousand popular difficulties ...
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... philosophers , both in those days and at all times ? It is evident to me , though I confess I did not myself , amidst the confusion of a somewhat irregular course of study and mode of life , see it so clearly formerly , that , our ...
... philosophers , both in those days and at all times ? It is evident to me , though I confess I did not myself , amidst the confusion of a somewhat irregular course of study and mode of life , see it so clearly formerly , that , our ...
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... philosophical creed , or the philo- sophical scepticism , of by far the greater number of those who value themselves on an emancipation from popular errors , arises from the very same weakness with the credulity of the multitude . There ...
... philosophical creed , or the philo- sophical scepticism , of by far the greater number of those who value themselves on an emancipation from popular errors , arises from the very same weakness with the credulity of the multitude . There ...
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... philosophical rejection , not only of the truths of revealed , but of natural religion likewise ; and the toilings of ambition to reach some coveted elevation , may also leave a man nei- ther inclination nor leisure for those immo ...
... philosophical rejection , not only of the truths of revealed , but of natural religion likewise ; and the toilings of ambition to reach some coveted elevation , may also leave a man nei- ther inclination nor leisure for those immo ...
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