On Some of the Characteristics of Belief: Scientific and ReligiousMacmillan, 1870 - 126 pages |
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... circumstance already taken account of , namely , that our emotions enter in as part of the premises in the case of religious doctrines . If this be admitted it is a gain in two ways . For one thing it transfers the defect from the ...
... circumstance already taken account of , namely , that our emotions enter in as part of the premises in the case of religious doctrines . If this be admitted it is a gain in two ways . For one thing it transfers the defect from the ...
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... circumstances , -in other words find them somewhat vague and vacillating , -suggests the conclusion that these convictions are less the product of objective facts than of our own morbid fancies ; ( II ) The fact of there being such an ...
... circumstances , -in other words find them somewhat vague and vacillating , -suggests the conclusion that these convictions are less the product of objective facts than of our own morbid fancies ; ( II ) The fact of there being such an ...
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... circumstances make a man feel differently , they can also make him be- lieve differently . He may become wiser because he has been made sadder . So much for the facts . Let us now come to the explanation of them . Two common ...
... circumstances make a man feel differently , they can also make him be- lieve differently . He may become wiser because he has been made sadder . So much for the facts . Let us now come to the explanation of them . Two common ...
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... circumstances but those of danger and approaching death , whereas ( what is very important to our argument ) similar results are not unfrequently produced by any conditions of acute and prolonged distress . Moreover they are both ...
... circumstances but those of danger and approaching death , whereas ( what is very important to our argument ) similar results are not unfrequently produced by any conditions of acute and prolonged distress . Moreover they are both ...
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... circumstances in which we are actually placed . ( II ) But again ; not only are the facts upon which our conclusions rest thus infinite in number , they are also themselves far from possessing that simplicity which we commonly assign to ...
... circumstances in which we are actually placed . ( II ) But again ; not only are the facts upon which our conclusions rest thus infinite in number , they are also themselves far from possessing that simplicity which we commonly assign to ...
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