A treatise on the nature and causes of doubt in religious questions [by D.B. Baker].1831 - Skepticism - 192 pages |
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... various difficulties which obstruct a free approach to that coun- try , which is described , when reached , to be so tranquil and superior . Feeling deeply for the pain of that state of universal scepticism , under which , in common as ...
... various difficulties which obstruct a free approach to that coun- try , which is described , when reached , to be so tranquil and superior . Feeling deeply for the pain of that state of universal scepticism , under which , in common as ...
Page ix
... various objections , which either were not of sufficient importance to interrupt the general argument , or which seemed to require a separate and fuller dis- cussion than would have been there proper . Lists of Books will be also given ...
... various objections , which either were not of sufficient importance to interrupt the general argument , or which seemed to require a separate and fuller dis- cussion than would have been there proper . Lists of Books will be also given ...
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... various society , the implicit conviction of their child- hood receives a blow ; which is quickly re- peated ; and , aided by a variety of certain and concomitant events , they soon find themselves gliding , into the shoreless sea , of ...
... various society , the implicit conviction of their child- hood receives a blow ; which is quickly re- peated ; and , aided by a variety of certain and concomitant events , they soon find themselves gliding , into the shoreless sea , of ...
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... various collateral things 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 ...
... various collateral things 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 ...
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... various and simple statements of facts which are never- * For instance , it is not long since I met with a young man , I should suppose about twenty years of age , of as good general education as most I write chiefly for , who had not ...
... various and simple statements of facts which are never- * For instance , it is not long since I met with a young man , I should suppose about twenty years of age , of as good general education as most I write chiefly for , who had not ...
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