Ancient Religion and Modern ThoughtChapman and Hall, 1884 - 371 pages |
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... physical , does not testify , if rightly interrogated , to the incor- poreal nature , the independent action , the distinct personality , and the indestructibleness of the soul . PREFACE . Such , in brief outline , is the iv PREFACE .
... physical , does not testify , if rightly interrogated , to the incor- poreal nature , the independent action , the distinct personality , and the indestructibleness of the soul . PREFACE . Such , in brief outline , is the iv PREFACE .
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... superior . In his hypothesis , as in theirs , Nature is a scale of graduated forms passing from one to another by a continued progress . But for them this progress PREFACE . ix is only a complication of fortuitous changes viii PREFACE .
... superior . In his hypothesis , as in theirs , Nature is a scale of graduated forms passing from one to another by a continued progress . But for them this progress PREFACE . ix is only a complication of fortuitous changes viii PREFACE .
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... Natural Religion , by the author of Ecce Homo " This author's account of the two opposite theories of the Universe ... Nature and Physical Science - apart from the Supernatural - can furnish a religion CONTENTS . Such a religion would ...
... Natural Religion , by the author of Ecce Homo " This author's account of the two opposite theories of the Universe ... Nature and Physical Science - apart from the Supernatural - can furnish a religion CONTENTS . Such a religion would ...
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... Natural Religion The Church of this Natural Religion . The Clergy of this Natural Religion . Will this Natural ... Nature and of the Moral Law be identified with the Christian God ? . 255 • The Mystery of Sin and Suffering 257 Our ...
... Natural Religion The Church of this Natural Religion . The Clergy of this Natural Religion . Will this Natural ... Nature and of the Moral Law be identified with the Christian God ? . 255 • The Mystery of Sin and Suffering 257 Our ...
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... nature and the facts of human life The great facts of human nature The great facts of human life Dieu se retrouve à la fin de tout CHAPTER V. PAGE 288 290 291 293 294 295 296 297 299 306 MATTER AND SPIRIT . The case as to belief in ...
... nature and the facts of human life The great facts of human nature The great facts of human life Dieu se retrouve à la fin de tout CHAPTER V. PAGE 288 290 291 293 294 295 296 297 299 306 MATTER AND SPIRIT . The case as to belief in ...
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Anglican Apologia argument arose the light arose the understanding arose the wisdom author of Ecce author of Natural Avesta believe Bhikkhus Buddha Buddhism called Cardinal Newman Catholic Church century CHAP Christ Christianity conscience consider creed DAMON death discredit Divine doctrines handed doubt Ecce Homo Essays eternal evil existence expression fact faith Four Noble Truths Grammar of Assent heart holy human idea infinite intellectual Islâm John Henry Newman judge living manifestations mankind matter Max Müller means ment mind miracles modern Mohammedan moral mystery Natural Religion noble eightfold path noble truth concerning pain pantheism phenomena philosophy physical science present principle profess Professor PYTHIAS question reason religious Renan Sacred Books Schopenhauer Schopenhauer's sense soul speak spiritual supernatural suppose supreme teaching theology Theophilanthropists theory things thou thought tion Tract 90 Tractarian true universe Upanishads words worship writes
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Page 258 - Go, wiser thou ! and, in thy scale of sense, Weigh thy opinion against Providence ; Call imperfection what thou fanciest such, Say, here he gives too little, there too much...
Page 206 - Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus Christ, that great Shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant...
Page 145 - There are two extremes, O Bhikkhus, which the man who has given up the world ought not to follow — the habitual practice, on the one hand, of those things whose attraction depends upon the passions, and especially of sensuality — a low and pagan way (of seeking satisfaction) unworthy, unprofitable, and fit only for the worldlyminded — and the habitual practice, on the other hand, of asceticism (or self-mortification), which is painful, unworthy, and unprofitable.
Page 238 - Things and actions are what they are, and the consequences of them will be what they will be : Why then should we desire to be deceived?
Page 178 - THE sun, the moon, the stars, the seas, the hills and - the plains — Are not these, O Soul, the Vision of Him who reigns ? Is not the Vision He ? tho...
Page 146 - There is a middle path, O Bhikkhus, avoiding these two extremes, discovered by the Tathagata (ie, the Perfect One, The Buddha) — a path which opens the eyes, and bestows understanding, which leads to peace of mind, to the higher wisdom, to full enlightenment, to Nirvana!
Page 91 - To consider the world in its length and breadth, its various history, the many races of man, their starts, their fortunes, their mutual alienation, their conflicts; and then their ways, habits, governments, forms of worship ; their enterprises, their aimless courses, their random achievements and acquirements, the impotent conclusion of long-standing facts, the tokens so faint and broken of a superintending design, the blind evolution of what turn out to be great powers...
Page 92 - ... the disappointments of life, the defeat of good, the success of evil, physical pain, mental anguish, the prevalence and intensity of sin, the pervading idolatries, the corruptions, the dreary hopeless irreligion, that condition of the whole race so fearfully yet exactly described in the Apostle's words: "Having no hope and without God in the world...
Page 252 - What is the course of the life Of mortal men on the earth ? — Most men eddy about Here and there — eat and drink, Chatter and love and hate, Gather and squander, are raised Aloft, are hurl'd in the dust, Striving blindly, achieving Nothing...
Page 217 - In vain, they gaze, turn giddy, rave, and die. Religion, blushing, veils her sacred fires, And unawares Morality expires. Nor public flame, nor private dares to shine; Nor human spark is left, nor glimpse divine Lo, thy dread empire, Chaos ! is restored; Light dies before thy uncreating word : Thy hand, great Anarch, lets the curtain fall, And universal darkness buries all.