History of the Rise and Influence of the Spirit of Rationalism in Europe, Volume 2Longmans, Green, 1866 - Rationalism |
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... Object - Their Ser- vices to Literature - And to Commerce - Tolerated at Leghorn , Venice , Pisa , and Genoa - Industrial Habits of Thought make Men estimate lowly the Influence of Dogma - Injury Persecution has done to Industry - Spain ...
... Object - Their Ser- vices to Literature - And to Commerce - Tolerated at Leghorn , Venice , Pisa , and Genoa - Industrial Habits of Thought make Men estimate lowly the Influence of Dogma - Injury Persecution has done to Industry - Spain ...
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... object ? But if you knew that this man was inflicting not temporal but eternal death , if he was not a guiltless though dangerous madman , but one whose conduct you believed to involve the most heinous criminality , would you not act ...
... object ? But if you knew that this man was inflicting not temporal but eternal death , if he was not a guiltless though dangerous madman , but one whose conduct you believed to involve the most heinous criminality , would you not act ...
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... objects with a mag- netism of which he is perhaps entirely unconscious . He will reason not to ascertain what is true , but to as- certain whether he can conscientiously affirm certain opinions to be true . He will insensibly withdraw ...
... objects with a mag- netism of which he is perhaps entirely unconscious . He will reason not to ascertain what is true , but to as- certain whether he can conscientiously affirm certain opinions to be true . He will insensibly withdraw ...
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... object for which it is employed , but that it has , as a matter of fact , exercised an enormous influence over the belief of mankind . The two main causes of theological changes seem to be the appearance from time to time of great ...
... object for which it is employed , but that it has , as a matter of fact , exercised an enormous influence over the belief of mankind . The two main causes of theological changes seem to be the appearance from time to time of great ...
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... objects is to promote the interests of their faith , and that by the employ- ment of force they can most fully attain that object , their persecution will be measured by their power and their zeal.1 These are the general logical ...
... objects is to promote the interests of their faith , and that by the employ- ment of force they can most fully attain that object , their persecution will be measured by their power and their zeal.1 These are the general logical ...
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