Philosophy and Religion: Selections from the Manuscripts of the Late James HintonK. Paul, Trench, 1884 - 331 pages |
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... tion - To have life is to be inspired — We must not be afraid of the Bible - The source of the Bible's power - We put the divine element away from the present - The difference between physical and spiritual is one of perception ...
... tion - To have life is to be inspired — We must not be afraid of the Bible - The source of the Bible's power - We put the divine element away from the present - The difference between physical and spiritual is one of perception ...
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... tion , which , brought into relation with God's ( spiritual ) action , is nature : i.e. man imposing a limit on God's action ( itself infinite ) perceives it as matter and motion . And the relation of nature to man should be that of ...
... tion , which , brought into relation with God's ( spiritual ) action , is nature : i.e. man imposing a limit on God's action ( itself infinite ) perceives it as matter and motion . And the relation of nature to man should be that of ...
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... tion to them appropriately , by no means involves that they have any such conception as that of " external things , " or that all is not purely subjective to them . An infant ( even anencephalous ) sucks immediately ; but it knows ...
... tion to them appropriately , by no means involves that they have any such conception as that of " external things , " or that all is not purely subjective to them . An infant ( even anencephalous ) sucks immediately ; but it knows ...
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... tion to time that the point does to space ; that we con- sider nothing , yet is symbol of eternity ; something which has neither past , present , nor future . Would not such a conception be aidful to science , even as that of une point ...
... tion to time that the point does to space ; that we con- sider nothing , yet is symbol of eternity ; something which has neither past , present , nor future . Would not such a conception be aidful to science , even as that of une point ...
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... tion , surely , as points , surrounded by infinite spheres of force ; but was he not wrong in introducing space again ? Is not the true infinite the point itself ? Substance comes , in physics as in metaphysics , from action of the ...
... tion , surely , as points , surrounded by infinite spheres of force ; but was he not wrong in introducing space again ? Is not the true infinite the point itself ? Substance comes , in physics as in metaphysics , from action of the ...
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