It is evident, therefore, that the recognition of second causes cannot preclude the idea of the existence of God. If, in tracing the chain of causes upward, we stop at any cause, or force, or principle, that force or principle becomes for us God, since... Matter, Force, and Spirit; Or, Scientific Evidence of a Supreme Intelligence - الصفحة 1001895 - عدد الصفحات: 144عرض كامل - لمحة عن هذا الكتاب
| 1874 - عدد الصفحات: 792
...causes cannot preclude the idea of the existence of God. If in tracing the chain of causes upward, we stop at any cause, or force, or principle, that...it is an efficient agent controlling the universe. Thus we cannot get rid of Theism if we would. Turn it ont, as we may do, in its nobler forms as revealed... | |
| Joseph Le Conte - 1874 - عدد الصفحات: 332
...causes cannot preclude the idea of the existence of God. If, in tracing the chain of causes upward, we stop at any cause, or force, or principle, that...force or principle becomes for us God, since it is the efficient agent controlling the phenomena of the universe. Thus Theism is necessary, intuitive,... | |
| Stephen Merrill Allen - 1875 - عدد الصفحات: 200
...scientifically excluded or repressed. ' If,' says Professor Le Comte, ' in tracing the chain of causes upward, we stop at any cause or force or principle, that force...it is an efficient agent controlling the universe.' " In order to be something more than mere Scepticism, and to offer a consistent theory of the universe,... | |
| William Icrin Gill - 1875 - عدد الصفحات: 320
...instinctively ascends from phenomena to their cause. ... If, in tracing the chain, of causes upward, we stop at any cause or force or principle, that force or principle becomes for us God, since it is the efficient agent controlling the phenomena of the universe. Thus Theism is necessary, intuitive... | |
| Joseph LeConte - 1875 - عدد الصفحات: 336
...causes cannot preclude the idea of the existence of God. If, in tracing the chain of causes upward, we stop at any cause, or force, or principle, that...force or principle becomes for us God, since it is the efficient agent controlling the phenomena of the universe. Thus, Theism is necessary, intuitive,... | |
| Epes Sargent - 1876 - عدد الصفحات: 246
...scientifically excluded or repressed. " If," says Professor Le Conte, " in tracing the chain of causes upward, we stop at any cause, or force, or principle, that...it is an efficient agent controlling the universe." The claim that Spiritualism is atheistic, has no authority either in philosophy or science. "In order... | |
| Edwin Anderson Alderman, Joel Chandler Harris, Charles W. Kent - 1909 - عدد الصفحات: 514
...causes cannot preclude the idea of the existence of God. If, in tracing the chain of causes upward, we stop at any cause, or force, or principle, that...force or principle becomes for us God, since it is the efficient agent controlling the phenomena of the universe. Thus, Theism is necessary, intuitive,... | |
| 1874 - عدد الصفحات: 812
...causes cannot preclude the idea of the existence of God. If in tracing the chain of causes upward, we stop at any cause, or force, or principle, that...it is an efficient agent controlling the universe. Thus we cannot get rid of Theism if we would. Turn it out, as we may do, in its nobler forms as revealed... | |
| Congregational Association of Oregon. Meeting - 1872 - عدد الصفحات: 918
...preclude the idea of the existence of God. If in tracing the chain of causes upward, we stop at any cause, force, or principle, that force or principle becomes for us God, since it is the efficient agent controlling the phenomena of the universe. Thus theism is necessary, intuitive,... | |
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