Reason, the Only Oracle of Man: Or, A Compenduous System of Natural ReligionMendum, Cornhill, 1854 - 171 pages |
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... faith , are the favorites of heaven exclusively ; but these are narrow and bigotted conceptions , which are degrading to a rational nature , and utterly unworthy of God , of whom we should form the most exalted ideas . It may be ...
... faith , are the favorites of heaven exclusively ; but these are narrow and bigotted conceptions , which are degrading to a rational nature , and utterly unworthy of God , of whom we should form the most exalted ideas . It may be ...
Page 43
... faith- ful observance of these laws make obedient subjects , but does not make virtuous men ; and would any one seri- ously think himself possessed of a virtue the more for not having dealt in painted calico ; or if the Prince should by ...
... faith- ful observance of these laws make obedient subjects , but does not make virtuous men ; and would any one seri- ously think himself possessed of a virtue the more for not having dealt in painted calico ; or if the Prince should by ...
Page 73
... faith or trust to be any longer reposed in them or their successors . For these signs were those which were to perpetuate their mission , and were to be continued as the only evidences of the validity and authenticity of it , and as ...
... faith or trust to be any longer reposed in them or their successors . For these signs were those which were to perpetuate their mission , and were to be continued as the only evidences of the validity and authenticity of it , and as ...
Page 77
... faith ; for a more robust constitu- tion handsomer figure , or more of a gigantic size , would be the same as telling God , that we are dissatisfied - with our inferiority in the order of being ; that ORACLES OF REASON . 77.
... faith ; for a more robust constitu- tion handsomer figure , or more of a gigantic size , would be the same as telling God , that we are dissatisfied - with our inferiority in the order of being ; that ORACLES OF REASON . 77.
Page 78
... faith . But it is too common for great faith and little knowledge to unite in the same person ; such persons are beyond the reach of argument and their faith immovable , though it cannot remove mountains . The only way to procure food ...
... faith . But it is too common for great faith and little knowledge to unite in the same person ; such persons are beyond the reach of argument and their faith immovable , though it cannot remove mountains . The only way to procure food ...
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