The Theistic Conception of the World: An Essay in Opposition to Certain Tendencies of Modern ThoughtCocker, B. F. (Benjamin Franklin)
Religion
The Theistic Conception of the World: An Essay in Opposition to Certain Tendencies of Modern Thought
Cocker, B. F. (Benjamin Franklin)
Theism
[Footnote 18: "We can see the sun, we can greet it in the morning and
mourn for it in the evening, without necessarily naming it, that is to
say, comprehending it under some general notion. It is the same with the
perception of the Divine. It may have been perceived, men may have
welcomed it or yearned after it, long before they knew how to name
it."--Max Müller, "Science of Language," 2d Series, p. 454.]
[Footnote 19: "Meditations," vol. i. p. 313.]
[Footnote 20: "Works," vol. i. p. 218; vol. v. p. 18; Hamilton's
"Philosophy," p. 176; Murphy's "Scientific Basis of Faith," p. 130.]
[Footnote 21: Morell, "Philosophy of Religion," p. 3.]
[Footnote 22: Müller, "Christian Doctrine of Sin," vol. i. p. 28.]
[Footnote 23: Green, "Spiritual Philosophy," vol. i. p. 2.]
[Footnote 24: Morell, "Psychology," p. 61.]
[Footnote 25: Cousin, "Elements of Psychology," p. 452.]
[Footnote 26: Martineau's "Essays," p. 188, 2d Series.]
[Footnote 27: "Timæus," ch. ix.]
[Footnote 28: "Philebus," § 50.]
[Footnote 29: "Sophist," § 72.]
[Footnote 30: "Timæus," ch. ix. x.]
[Footnote 31: "Correlation and Conservation of Forces," p. 199.]
[Footnote 32: "Outlines of Astronomy," pp. 233-4; also "Familiar
Lectures on Scientific Subjects," pp. 462, 475.]
[Footnote 33: "Human Physiology," p. 542; also art. "On Mutual Relation
of Vital and Physical Forces," _Philosophical Transactions_, p. 730.]
[Footnote 34: "Natural Selection," p. 368. See Mivart, "Genesis of
Species," p. 298; Laycock, "Mind and Brain," vol. i. pp. 225, 304;
Murphy, "Scientific Basis of Faith," p. 51.]
[Footnote 35: "Reign of Law," pp. 123, 129; Cooke, "Religion and
Chemistry," p. 340.]
[Footnote 36: "First Principles," p. 235. See also Challis, "Principles
of Mathematics and Physics," p. 681.]
[Footnote 37: Comte, "L'Ensemble du Positivisme," p. 46.]
[Footnote 38: M'Vicar, "Sketch of Philosophy," p. 8.]
[Footnote 39: These terms are frequently and somewhat loosely employed
as synonymous; but in reality each has its own peculiar shade of
meaning. Here we employ the term _Absolute_ to denote the underived,
independent, incomposite, and immutable. _Infinite_ is employed to
denote the absence of all limitation--that which can not be bounded,
measured, quantified. _Perfect_ is employed to denote that which is
complete, finished, self-sufficient--that which has no defect and no
want. _The unconditioned_ is a genus, of which the Infinite, Absolute,
and Perfect are species--not conditioned by quantity, kind, or degree.
For the Infinite there are no limits; for the Absolute no parts, no
equals, and no change; for the Perfect no wants. See Calderwood,
"Philosophy of the Infinite," p. 179; _North American Review_, Oct.
1864, pp. 407, 417.]
[Footnote 40: Saisset, "Modern Pantheism," vol. ii. p. 70.]
[Footnote 41: "The idea of God is the unity of three factors--the
logical (intelligence), the ethical (love), and the physical
(might)."--Dr. Martensen, "Die Christliche Ethik," § 19.]
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