The Great Problem: The Higher Ministry of Nature Viewed in the Light of Modern Science, and as an Aid to Advanced Christian PhilosophyG.P. Putnam, 1872 - Всего страниц: 543 |
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... special function as a proof of purpose ; and of speaking of the function of an organ and of its purpose as if the ... creation , the meaning appears to be that the relation of special struc- ture to special function , or what I have ...
... special function as a proof of purpose ; and of speaking of the function of an organ and of its purpose as if the ... creation , the meaning appears to be that the relation of special struc- ture to special function , or what I have ...
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... , for nothing can be special which may be uni- versal under the same actor , and nothing can be exceptional which with him may be uniform and continuous . If there be an omnipotent Creator , who can create 252 DERIVATIVE CREATION .
... , for nothing can be special which may be uni- versal under the same actor , and nothing can be exceptional which with him may be uniform and continuous . If there be an omnipotent Creator , who can create 252 DERIVATIVE CREATION .
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... Special Creation , and substitute for it what you name Evolution . Employ all the science at your command to establish it , and after all and by all you establish the Evolver . Of Him you cannot rid this earth , of Him you cannot rid ...
... Special Creation , and substitute for it what you name Evolution . Employ all the science at your command to establish it , and after all and by all you establish the Evolver . Of Him you cannot rid this earth , of Him you cannot rid ...
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... creation was special , whether so as to body and soul , or only as to soul , I am not about to discuss at this moment ; but in distinct terms , the human creation is represented as a special or overt act of God . In contra- diction to ...
... creation was special , whether so as to body and soul , or only as to soul , I am not about to discuss at this moment ; but in distinct terms , the human creation is represented as a special or overt act of God . In contra- diction to ...
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... special creation , at least in part . " I am aware , " confesses Mr. Darwin , " that the conclusions arrived at in this work will be denounced by some as highly irreligious , but he who thus denounces them is bound to show why it is ...
... special creation , at least in part . " I am aware , " confesses Mr. Darwin , " that the conclusions arrived at in this work will be denounced by some as highly irreligious , but he who thus denounces them is bound to show why it is ...
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Стр. 49 - For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness ; because that which may be known of God is manifest in them, for God hath shewed it unto them.
Стр. 264 - There is grandeur in this view of life, with its several powers, having been originally breathed by the Creator into a few forms or into one; and that, whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been, and are being evolved.
Стр. 510 - True love in this differs from gold and • clay, That to divide is not to take away.
Стр. 264 - It is interesting to contemplate a tangled bank, clothed with many plants of many kinds, with birds singing on the bushes, with various insects flitting about, and with worms crawling through the damp earth...
Стр. 113 - Besides that definite consciousness of which Logic formulates the laws, there is also an indefinite consciousness which cannot be formulated. Besides complete thoughts, and besides the thoughts which though incomplete admit of completion, there are thoughts which it is impossible to complete; and yet which are still real, in the sense that they are normal affections of the intellect.
Стр. 313 - The following proposition seems to me in a high degree probable — namely, that any animal whatever, endowed with well-marked social instincts, would inevitably acquire a moral sense or conscience as soon as its intellectual powers had become as well developed, or nearly as well developed as in man.
Стр. 32 - If we take in our hand any volume; of divinity or school metaphysics, for instance; let us ask, Does it contain any abstract reasoning concerning quantity or number'} No. Does it contain any experimental reasoning concerning matter of fact and existence? No. Commit it then to the flames: for it can contain nothing but sophistry and illusion.
Стр. 33 - We live in a world which is full of misery and ignorance, and the plain duty of each and all of us is to try to make the little corner ho can influence somewhat less miserable and somewhat less ignorant than it was before he entered it.
Стр. 227 - It has been said that I speak of natural selection as an active power or Deity; but who objects to an author speaking of the attraction of gravity as ruling the movements of the planets? Everyone knows what is meant and is implied by such metaphorical expressions; and they are almost necessary for brevity.
Стр. 99 - Lo, these are parts of his ways: but how little a portion is heard of him? but the thunder of his power who can understand?