A treatise on the nature and causes of doubt in religious questions [by D.B. Baker].1831 - Skepticism - 192 pages |
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... urged , or is peculiar to our times . Though no one chapter in particular may meet the whole exigences of any one case ( for the modifica- tions of doubt are so infinitely varied ) , yet , it is hoped , that in the course of these ...
... urged , or is peculiar to our times . Though no one chapter in particular may meet the whole exigences of any one case ( for the modifica- tions of doubt are so infinitely varied ) , yet , it is hoped , that in the course of these ...
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... urged fallacy , that doubting is , in itself , any valid argument against it . For " doubt- ing , " he truly remarks , " necessarily implies some degree of evidence for that of which we doubt . It as much supposes evidence , lower ...
... urged fallacy , that doubting is , in itself , any valid argument against it . For " doubt- ing , " he truly remarks , " necessarily implies some degree of evidence for that of which we doubt . It as much supposes evidence , lower ...
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... urged against these things , and un- derstanding 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 ...
... urged against these things , and un- derstanding 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 ...
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... urged against them , —yet may we feel a moral conviction , an internal feeling , that they are nevertheless most certainly true . Our argument is , " I know , that the ' why ' and the ' how ' of these things is utterly beyond my feeble ...
... urged against them , —yet may we feel a moral conviction , an internal feeling , that they are nevertheless most certainly true . Our argument is , " I know , that the ' why ' and the ' how ' of these things is utterly beyond my feeble ...
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... urged in confirmation of it by its more learned and able advocates ? The neglect of such inquiries among thou- sands of otherwise well informed and scientific and amiable men of the present day , is the undoubted cause of a large ...
... urged in confirmation of it by its more learned and able advocates ? The neglect of such inquiries among thou- sands of otherwise well informed and scientific and amiable men of the present day , is the undoubted cause of a large ...
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