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Page 183
... understand- ing itself . What things is it capable of knowing ? How does knowledge arise ? Are there not some questions to which the answers lie beyond the reach of human understanding ? Would not a cool hour spent in a reflective ...
... understand- ing itself . What things is it capable of knowing ? How does knowledge arise ? Are there not some questions to which the answers lie beyond the reach of human understanding ? Would not a cool hour spent in a reflective ...
Page 197
... understand the meaning of the expression by which it is delivered . If the evidence of its being a revelation , or that we do understand its true meaning , be only on probable proofs , our assent can rise no higher than that probability ...
... understand the meaning of the expression by which it is delivered . If the evidence of its being a revelation , or that we do understand its true meaning , be only on probable proofs , our assent can rise no higher than that probability ...
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... understanding things as unity and plurality , substance and quality , cause and effect , and so on . He enumerates twelve . The number is not so important as his recognition that conceptual knowl- edge has form as well as content , and ...
... understanding things as unity and plurality , substance and quality , cause and effect , and so on . He enumerates twelve . The number is not so important as his recognition that conceptual knowl- edge has form as well as content , and ...
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The pragmatic approach to natural theology | 73 |
A METAPHYSICAL PROBLEM | 91 |
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