For my own part, therefore, I believe in the immortality of the soul, not in the sense in which I accept• the demonstrable truths of science, but as a supreme act of faith in the reasonableness of God's work. Science - Page 4011884Full view - About this book
| Paul Revere Frothingham - 1927 - 342 pages
..."properly understood, replaces as much Teleology as it destroys." And, "for my own part," he wrote, " I believe in the Immortality of the Soul, not in the...act of faith in the reasonableness of God's work." 8 That Fiske allowed his heart to influence his head in these matters is undoubtedly a fact. In his... | |
| Frederick DeLand Leete - 1928 - 396 pages
...judgment by saying : "For my own part I believe in the immortality of the soul, not in the sense that I accept the demonstrable truths of science, but as...supreme act of faith in the reasonableness of God's work."18 Fiske also expressed the conviction that modern scientific discoveries and hypotheses support... | |
| Boyd Edwards - 1928 - 288 pages
...says : "I believe in the immortality of the soul, not in the sense in which I accept demonstration of truths of Science, but as a supreme act of faith in the reasonableness of God's work." So, then, Philosophy renders its verdict and as History has said: "Man everywhere and always has believed... | |
| 1902 - 1154 pages
...believe in the immortality of the soul, not in the sense in which I accept the demonstrable proofs of science, but as a supreme act of faith in the reasonableness of God's work " — could not have found place in the pages of Cosmic Philosophy. Fiske may not have changed his... | |
| James McCorkle - 1990 - 608 pages
...persecuted and struck down, there are some things that do not pass away. (Like John Fiske, ) "we believe as a supreme act of faith in the reasonableness of God's work;" falteringly even doubtingly believe that this corruptible shall put on the in corruptible. So let not... | |
| Paul Lawrence Farber - 1994 - 228 pages
...advantageously press him into our service. 50 In response to Fiske's Destiny of Man (1884), which asserted, "I believe in the immortality of the soul, not in...act of faith in the reasonableness of God's work," 51 Spencer wrote diplomatically to the author, "You approach more nearly to a positive conclusion than... | |
| Newell Dwight Hillis - 1900 - 116 pages
...its meaning. For my part, therefore, I believe in the immortality of the soul, not in the sense on which I accept the demonstrable truths of science,...act of faith in the reasonableness of God's work." Thus we see that Science also has become a prophet of faith. Centuries ago Socrates affirmed that immortality... | |
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