The Chief End of ManHoughton, Mifflin, 1897 - 296 sider |
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... religion . When the idea of an author- itative revelation of divine truth has been finally dislodged , there are moments when moral chaos seems to impend . We are still upheld by old habits and associations , we are borne along by ...
... religion . When the idea of an author- itative revelation of divine truth has been finally dislodged , there are moments when moral chaos seems to impend . We are still upheld by old habits and associations , we are borne along by ...
Side 2
... religion of to - day bases itself directly on the Old and New Testaments ; so that our lineage must clearly be traced from this as one of its origins . Another ancient line attracts us , by a history which blends 2 THE CHIEF END OF MAN 2.
... religion of to - day bases itself directly on the Old and New Testaments ; so that our lineage must clearly be traced from this as one of its origins . Another ancient line attracts us , by a history which blends 2 THE CHIEF END OF MAN 2.
Side 3
... religions of Egypt , Arabia , and the East ; and we can but lightly glance at the early Teutonic people from whom we are descended after the flesh . It will suf- ficiently serve our purpose if we touch a few salient points among our ...
... religions of Egypt , Arabia , and the East ; and we can but lightly glance at the early Teutonic people from whom we are descended after the flesh . It will suf- ficiently serve our purpose if we touch a few salient points among our ...
Side 8
... religion . But the ethical philosophy and the higher poetry of the two peoples belong not only to our imme- diate lineage but to our present possessions . A humanity common with our own brings us into closest sympathy with certain great ...
... religion . But the ethical philosophy and the higher poetry of the two peoples belong not only to our imme- diate lineage but to our present possessions . A humanity common with our own brings us into closest sympathy with certain great ...
Side 9
... the foundation of logic and of natural science . Lucretius resolutely puts away from him the whole pageant of fictitious religion . He scouts its terrors , and scorns to depend on unreal consolation . OUR SPIRITUAL ANCESTRY 9.
... the foundation of logic and of natural science . Lucretius resolutely puts away from him the whole pageant of fictitious religion . He scouts its terrors , and scorns to depend on unreal consolation . OUR SPIRITUAL ANCESTRY 9.
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