Basic Problems of Philosophy: Selected ReadingsDaniel J. Bronstein, Yervant Hovhannes Krikorian, Philip Paul Wiener |
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... believing . But this is not all which distinguishes doubt from belief . There is a practical difference . Our beliefs guide our desires and shape our actions . The Assassins , or followers of the Old Man of the Mountain , used to rush ...
... believing . But this is not all which distinguishes doubt from belief . There is a practical difference . Our beliefs guide our desires and shape our actions . The Assassins , or followers of the Old Man of the Mountain , used to rush ...
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... belief . It is certainly best for us that our beliefs should be such as may truly guide our actions so as to satisfy our desires ; and this reflection will make us reject any belief which does not seem to have been so formed as to ...
... belief . It is certainly best for us that our beliefs should be such as may truly guide our actions so as to satisfy our desires ; and this reflection will make us reject any belief which does not seem to have been so formed as to ...
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... belief in a finite God . According to them , as with James , God is all - good but not all - powerful . What , one may ask , is the basis for a belief in the theistic God , be it infinite or finite ? To validate belief in a supernatural ...
... belief in a finite God . According to them , as with James , God is all - good but not all - powerful . What , one may ask , is the basis for a belief in the theistic God , be it infinite or finite ? To validate belief in a supernatural ...
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