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... doubt . It is an indispensable duty to seek when we are in doubt . Therefore he who doubts and neglects to seek to dispel these doubts , is at once in a sorry plight and guilty of great perversity . If he is calm and contented in his doubt ...
... doubt . It is an indispensable duty to seek when we are in doubt . Therefore he who doubts and neglects to seek to dispel these doubts , is at once in a sorry plight and guilty of great perversity . If he is calm and contented in his doubt ...
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... doubt God's existence , and are indif- ferent to their doubts . For them Pascal has nothing to say . But others doubt , and are concerned . Like the man in the New Testament they cry , paradoxically : " Lord , I believe , help Thou my ...
... doubt God's existence , and are indif- ferent to their doubts . For them Pascal has nothing to say . But others doubt , and are concerned . Like the man in the New Testament they cry , paradoxically : " Lord , I believe , help Thou my ...
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... doubt , not merely through want of thought or through facetious- ness , but for reasons which are very powerful and ... doubt everything , " until doubt becomes impossible of being pushed further , Descartes has had re- course to heroic ...
... doubt , not merely through want of thought or through facetious- ness , but for reasons which are very powerful and ... doubt everything , " until doubt becomes impossible of being pushed further , Descartes has had re- course to heroic ...
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