Religious and Moral Ideas in the Novels of George EliotUniversity of Wisconsin--Madison, 1963 - 398 pages |
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... existence of time and space . All that exists is either what is perceived or a perceiving mind . The material world has no existence except as mental content . The mind is a succession of perceptions unified by the faculty of ...
... existence of time and space . All that exists is either what is perceived or a perceiving mind . The material world has no existence except as mental content . The mind is a succession of perceptions unified by the faculty of ...
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... existence without any choice on his part , and moved by in- fluences over which he has no more control than an atom of matter over attraction or repulsion , or whatever other laws 43 it may be constituted to obey . Eliot had a deep ...
... existence without any choice on his part , and moved by in- fluences over which he has no more control than an atom of matter over attraction or repulsion , or whatever other laws 43 it may be constituted to obey . Eliot had a deep ...
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... existence over against man . The result is such mistaken beliefs as the belief in revelation , a be- lief which not only injures the moral sense but destroys the divinest feeling in man . Belief in such sacraments as the Lord's Supper ...
... existence over against man . The result is such mistaken beliefs as the belief in revelation , a be- lief which not only injures the moral sense but destroys the divinest feeling in man . Belief in such sacraments as the Lord's Supper ...
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