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And as a matter of fact , is it not the case that there is no belief more difficult to acquire than belief in the existence of God ? If we avoid non - committal terms , such as ' the Absolute ' , and if we profess to believe in a Being ...
And as a matter of fact , is it not the case that there is no belief more difficult to acquire than belief in the existence of God ? If we avoid non - committal terms , such as ' the Absolute ' , and if we profess to believe in a Being ...
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We do , of course , experience power in ourselves ; but when we pass from the concept of power to that of omnipotence , the concept of power is modified in ways which presuppose for their possibility the existence of a Being quite other ...
We do , of course , experience power in ourselves ; but when we pass from the concept of power to that of omnipotence , the concept of power is modified in ways which presuppose for their possibility the existence of a Being quite other ...
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... from any knowledge antecedent to itself - then either we have no right to claim belief in the existence of God , or the one remaining alternative must be accepted , that we experience the Divine in a direct and immediate manner .
... from any knowledge antecedent to itself - then either we have no right to claim belief in the existence of God , or the one remaining alternative must be accepted , that we experience the Divine in a direct and immediate manner .
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ANNUAL REPORT 19301 | 7 |
VERGILS CREATIVE ARt Annual Lecture on Aspects of Art | 14 |
VIRGIL IN ITALIAN POETRY Annual Italian Lecture By Edmund | 28 |
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