Romanes, George John, 1848-1894 / 2008-07-24 00:00:00

EBOOK A CANDID EXAMINATION OF THEISM ***


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A
CANDID EXAMINATION
OF
THEISM.
BY
PHYSICUS.
BOSTON:
HOUGHTON, OSGOOD, & COMPANY.
1878.
[_All rights reserved_]
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_CANST THOU BY SEARCHING FIND OUT GOD?_
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PREFACE.
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The following essay was written several years ago; but I have hitherto
refrained from publishing it, lest, after having done so, I should find
that more mature thought had modified the conclusions which the essay sets
forth. Judging, however, that it is now more than ever improbable that I
shall myself be able to detect any errors in my reasoning, I feel that it
is time to present the latter to the contemplation of other minds; and in
doing so, I make this explanation only because I feel it desirable to state
at the outset that the present treatise was written before the publication
of Mr. Mill's treatise on the same subject. It is desirable to make this
statement, first, because in several instances the trains of reasoning in
the two essays are parallel, and next, because in other instances I have
quoted passages from Mr.
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