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Page 78
... feel , too , as if the appeal of religion were made to our own active good will , as if evidence for its truth might be forever withheld from us unless we met the hypothesis halfway . This feeling , forced on us we know not whence ...
... feel , too , as if the appeal of religion were made to our own active good will , as if evidence for its truth might be forever withheld from us unless we met the hypothesis halfway . This feeling , forced on us we know not whence ...
Page 175
... feel no concern about such chimaeras as the latter end of the world . Well , I can only say that if you say this , you do injustice to human nature . Religious melancholy is not disposed of by a simple flourish of the word insanity ...
... feel no concern about such chimaeras as the latter end of the world . Well , I can only say that if you say this , you do injustice to human nature . Religious melancholy is not disposed of by a simple flourish of the word insanity ...
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... feel a new impression , to wit , a customary transition in our thoughts or imagination between the cause and its effect . This impression is the original of that idea which we seek for . For , as this idea arises from a number of ...
... feel a new impression , to wit , a customary transition in our thoughts or imagination between the cause and its effect . This impression is the original of that idea which we seek for . For , as this idea arises from a number of ...
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