...At Sea, Sunday, September 8 Back again to myself. I believe that the error of religionists lies in this, that they do not know the extent or the harmony...imperfect versions too, while the infinite laws, the laws of the Law, the great circling truths whose only adequate symbol is the material laws, the astronomy,...

...Göttlichen besser als die dogmatische Theologie: I believe that the error of religionists lies in this, that they do not know the extent or the harmony...positive, verbal, formal versions of the moral law & very imperfect versions too, while the infinite laws, the laws of the Law, great circling truths...

...himself outside the Church. Back again to myself. I believe that the error of the religionists lies in this, that they do not know the extent or the harmony...positive, verbal, formal versions of the moral law & very imperfect versions too, while the infinite laws, the laws of the Law, the great circling truths...

...that the fatal deficiency of contemporary religious thinkers was their uncomprehending blindness to "the extent or the harmony or the depth of their moral nature." When European intellectuals asked him to expound his new teaching on this theme, he reflected, he had...

...long journal entry set down in 1833, he identified the "error of religionists" with their inability to know "the extent or the harmony or the depth of their moral nature." So they cling to "little, positive, verbal, formal versions of the moral law" while ignoring "the infinite...