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... better than other things : religion says that the best things are the more eternal things , the things in the universe that throw the last stone , so to speak , and say the final word : and that we are better off , even now , if we ...
... better than other things : religion says that the best things are the more eternal things , the things in the universe that throw the last stone , so to speak , and say the final word : and that we are better off , even now , if we ...
Page 84
... better and better position toward it ; and on this line we agree to fight out our thinking lives . But if a skeptic asks us how we know all this , can our logic find a reply ? It cannot . It is just one volition against another ; we are ...
... better and better position toward it ; and on this line we agree to fight out our thinking lives . But if a skeptic asks us how we know all this , can our logic find a reply ? It cannot . It is just one volition against another ; we are ...
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... better than try once for all to sweep them completely away . Later on they might be replaced , either by others which were better , or by the same when I had made them conform to the uniformity of a rational scheme . I firmly believed ...
... better than try once for all to sweep them completely away . Later on they might be replaced , either by others which were better , or by the same when I had made them conform to the uniformity of a rational scheme . I firmly believed ...
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The pragmatic approach to natural theology | 73 |
A METAPHYSICAL PROBLEM | 91 |
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