The Philosophy of the SupernaturalE.P. Dutton, 1886 - 342 pages |
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... end - are these changes made ? Again , in this water , as in everything , from a grain of sand to worlds and systems of worlds , we see it to be a fact that , ( b ) Matter is mechanically moved . What is mechanic force ? Is that , too ...
... end - are these changes made ? Again , in this water , as in everything , from a grain of sand to worlds and systems of worlds , we see it to be a fact that , ( b ) Matter is mechanically moved . What is mechanic force ? Is that , too ...
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... ends and where nature begins ; for , in a sense , each is the other . There is subjective identity and objective difference . As said before , all is supernatural or above nature for which nature cannot account , such as its own origin ...
... ends and where nature begins ; for , in a sense , each is the other . There is subjective identity and objective difference . As said before , all is supernatural or above nature for which nature cannot account , such as its own origin ...
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... end all that agnostic evolution has to say about the origin of the universe . Indeed evo- lutionists cannot deny that facts have a Factor ; but who or what that Factor is , whether personal or im- personal , intelligent or unintelligent ...
... end all that agnostic evolution has to say about the origin of the universe . Indeed evo- lutionists cannot deny that facts have a Factor ; but who or what that Factor is , whether personal or im- personal , intelligent or unintelligent ...
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... end as they meet each other . One Power takes many forms . One line may be rounded into curves , or sharpened into angles . " We must , therefore , accept , " says Prof. T. , “ the observed association as an empiricle fact , without ...
... end as they meet each other . One Power takes many forms . One line may be rounded into curves , or sharpened into angles . " We must , therefore , accept , " says Prof. T. , “ the observed association as an empiricle fact , without ...
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... end or the other of this line of evo- lution . The materialists insist upon the imperson- ality of the Factor of all facts ; and offer , in proof , two conflicting theories of nature . The first theory claims that uniform law is the im ...
... end or the other of this line of evo- lution . The materialists insist upon the imperson- ality of the Factor of all facts ; and offer , in proof , two conflicting theories of nature . The first theory claims that uniform law is the im ...
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Page 85 - ... faintness begin to stand and to rest himself ; if the Moon should wander from her beaten way, the times and seasons of the year blend themselves by disordered and confused mixture, the winds breathe out their last gasp, the clouds yield no rain, the earth be defeated of heavenly influence, the fruits of the earth pine away as children at the withered breasts of their mother no longer able to yield them relief; what would become of man himself, whom these things now do all serve...
Page 26 - Amid the mysteries which become the more mysterious the more they are thought about, there will remain the ONE absolute certainty, that he is ever in the presence of an Infinite and Eternal Energy from which all things proceed.
Page 280 - And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.
Page 226 - For when the Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature the things contained in the law, these, having not the law, are a law unto themselves ; which show the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts the meanwhile accusing or else excusing one another,) in the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ according to my gospe.1.
Page 226 - Nevertheless he left not himself without witness, in that he did good, and gave us rain from heaven, and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness.
Page 84 - Now if nature should intermit her course, and leave altogether though it were but for a while the observation of her own laws; if those principal and mother elements of the world, whereof all things in this lower world are made, should lose the qualities which now they have ; if the frame of that heavenly arch erected over our heads should loosen and dissolve itself; if celestial spheres...
Page 289 - By me kings reign, and princes decree justice. By me princes rule, and nobles, even all the judges of the earth. I love them that love me ; and those that seek me early shall find me.
Page 75 - And consequently as man depends absolutely upon his Maker for everything, it is necessary that he should, in all points, conform to his Maker's will. This will of his Maker is called the law of nature.
Page 184 - The definition of conduct which emerges is either acts adjusted to ends, or else the adjustment of acts to ends, according as we contemplate the formed body of acts, or think of the form alone. And conduct in its full acceptation must be taken as comprehending all adjustments of acts to ends, from the simplest to the most .complex, whatever their special natures and whether considered separately or in their totality.
Page 40 - Is it not just possible that there is a mode of being as much transcending Intelligence and Will, as these transcend mechanical motion ? It is true that we are totally unable to conceive any such higher mode of being. But this is not a reason for questioning its existence; it is rather the reverse. Have we not seen how utterly incompetent our minds are to form even an approach to a conception of that which underlies all phenomena ? Is it not proved that this incompetency is the incompetency of the...