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Page 175
... feel no concern about such chimaeras as the latter end of the world . Well , I can only say that if you say this , you do injustice to human nature . Religious melancholy is not disposed of by a simple flourish of the word insanity ...
... feel no concern about such chimaeras as the latter end of the world . Well , I can only say that if you say this , you do injustice to human nature . Religious melancholy is not disposed of by a simple flourish of the word insanity ...
Page 210
... feel a new impression , to wit , a customary transition in our thoughts or imagination between the cause and its effect . This impression is the original of that idea which we seek for . For , as this idea arises from a number of ...
... feel a new impression , to wit , a customary transition in our thoughts or imagination between the cause and its effect . This impression is the original of that idea which we seek for . For , as this idea arises from a number of ...
Page 324
... feeling of approval or disapproval . . . they find certain feelings of approval and disapproval in themselves . . . a great part of all the ethical reasoning in books and in the world is of this sort . His criticism of this appeal to ...
... feeling of approval or disapproval . . . they find certain feelings of approval and disapproval in themselves . . . a great part of all the ethical reasoning in books and in the world is of this sort . His criticism of this appeal to ...
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AN ACCOUNT OF THIS BOOK | 1 |
The pragmatic approach to natural theology | 73 |
A METAPHYSICAL PROBLEM | 91 |
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