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... stand . Accordingly our beliefs will arrange themselves in a continuum , from those which for all practical purposes can be conclusively demonstrated to those which can claim scarcely any balance of evidence in their favor . We must not ...
... stand . Accordingly our beliefs will arrange themselves in a continuum , from those which for all practical purposes can be conclusively demonstrated to those which can claim scarcely any balance of evidence in their favor . We must not ...
Page 136
... stand on this point unequivocal . Nor do we mean that ideally every teacher should carefully balance his evaluations so as always to come out with the judgment that religion does just about exactly as much good as harm . Nothing could ...
... stand on this point unequivocal . Nor do we mean that ideally every teacher should carefully balance his evaluations so as always to come out with the judgment that religion does just about exactly as much good as harm . Nothing could ...
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... stand rapt in awe , is as good as dead . " Professor MacNeile Dixon makes the point by means of a com- parison . On ... stand in similar relation to the fullness of reality . When it seems flat and ordinary it is because our senses and ...
... stand rapt in awe , is as good as dead . " Professor MacNeile Dixon makes the point by means of a com- parison . On ... stand in similar relation to the fullness of reality . When it seems flat and ordinary it is because our senses and ...
Contents
PART | 5 |
OBJECTIVITY VERSUS COMMITMENT | 30 |
FREEDOM VERSUS AUTHORITY | 59 |
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