A treatise on the nature and causes of doubt in religious questions [by D.B. Baker].1831 - Skepticism - 192 pages |
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... speak almost ex- clusively in the words of others , for I confess myself unable to express the same things so well . The object of this chapter is , as its title designates , to discuss the kind of proof on which we are , in reason ...
... speak almost ex- clusively in the words of others , for I confess myself unable to express the same things so well . The object of this chapter is , as its title designates , to discuss the kind of proof on which we are , in reason ...
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... speak of conviction prepared by examination . But , any man accustomed to observe the workings of the mind , will agree , that conviction , in intricate moral questions , comes finally in the shape of internal feeling . A perception ...
... speak of conviction prepared by examination . But , any man accustomed to observe the workings of the mind , will agree , that conviction , in intricate moral questions , comes finally in the shape of internal feeling . A perception ...
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... speaking contemp- tuously of others , who have not attained to some one particular standard of conviction , on every subject with themselves . the manner of mathematicians . " And then he subjoins RELIGIOUS DOUBT . 3.
... speaking contemp- tuously of others , who have not attained to some one particular standard of conviction , on every subject with themselves . the manner of mathematicians . " And then he subjoins RELIGIOUS DOUBT . 3.
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... speak of the evidence of religion as doubtful , and of this supposed doubtfulness as a positive argument against it , should be put upon considering , what that evidence is which they act upon with regard to their temporal interests ...
... speak of the evidence of religion as doubtful , and of this supposed doubtfulness as a positive argument against it , should be put upon considering , what that evidence is which they act upon with regard to their temporal interests ...
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... speaking supposes they are not satisfied that there is nothing in the evidence of which they speak thus ; or that they can avoid observing , if they do make this reflection , that it is , on such a subject - a very material one . - Part ...
... speaking supposes they are not satisfied that there is nothing in the evidence of which they speak thus ; or that they can avoid observing , if they do make this reflection , that it is , on such a subject - a very material one . - Part ...
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