The Condition of ManHarcourt, Brace & World, 1944 - 467 pages |
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Page 69
... Faith was needed now : faith in the incredible and the impossible : such a faith as men need on a sinking ship . Nothing less than faith would enable the survivors of this world to go on . Until Rome's military power came to the aid of ...
... Faith was needed now : faith in the incredible and the impossible : such a faith as men need on a sinking ship . Nothing less than faith would enable the survivors of this world to go on . Until Rome's military power came to the aid of ...
Page 135
... faith as well as an economy of hypotheses : if faith is incontinent , it will spawn fig- ments and chimeras - and reason will then be impotent . Without faith in his senses and his symbolisms man cannot create a reasonable world : but ...
... faith as well as an economy of hypotheses : if faith is incontinent , it will spawn fig- ments and chimeras - and reason will then be impotent . Without faith in his senses and his symbolisms man cannot create a reasonable world : but ...
Page 136
... faith would be deprived of its absolute certitude was to pitch faith at the level of obstinate irrationality and to dishonor all true authority . Faced with the need for choosing between experimental evidence and rational demonstration ...
... faith would be deprived of its absolute certitude was to pitch faith at the level of obstinate irrationality and to dishonor all true authority . Faced with the need for choosing between experimental evidence and rational demonstration ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 3 |
PRELUDE TO AN ERA | 17 |
THE PRIMACY OF THE PERSON | 52 |
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