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I cannot do so for this plain reason : A rule of thinking which would prevent me from acknowledging certain kinds of truth if those kinds of truths were really there , would be an irrational rule . That , for me , is the long and short ...
I cannot do so for this plain reason : A rule of thinking which would prevent me from acknowledging certain kinds of truth if those kinds of truths were really there , would be an irrational rule . That , for me , is the long and short ...
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In this way the statements about the tree and the mountains are said to be verified indirectly . To put all this negatively , you would not satisfy yourself of their truth or falsity , probability or improbability , by merely reflecting ...
In this way the statements about the tree and the mountains are said to be verified indirectly . To put all this negatively , you would not satisfy yourself of their truth or falsity , probability or improbability , by merely reflecting ...
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Thus the sentence “ It is your duty to tell the truth ” may be regarded both as the expression of a certain sort of ethical feeling about truthfulness and as the expression of the command " Tell the truth . ” The sentence " You ought to ...
Thus the sentence “ It is your duty to tell the truth ” may be regarded both as the expression of a certain sort of ethical feeling about truthfulness and as the expression of the command " Tell the truth . ” The sentence " You ought to ...
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Contents
AN INTRODUCTION | 2 |
The principles of natural theologyfrom St Thomas Aquinas | 9 |
The religious wagerfrom Blaise Pascal | 22 |
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