Author: John FiskePublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 360
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The Unseen World
Author: John FiskeThe Unseen World and Other Essays
Author: John FiskePublisher: CreateSpace
ISBN: 9781514217184
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 230
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I. THE UNSEEN WORLD II. "THE TO-MORROW OF DEATH" III. THE JESUS OF HISTORY IV. THE CHRIST OF DOGMA V. A WORD ABOUT MIRACLES VI. DRAPER ON SCIENCE AND RELIGION VII. NATHAN THE WISE VIII.HISTORICAL DIFFICULTIES IX. THE FAMINE OF 1770 IN BENGAL X. SPAIN AND THE NETHERLANDS XI. LONGFELLOW'S DANTE XII. PAINE'S "ST. PETER" XIII.A PHILOSOPHY OF ART XIV. ATHENIAN AND AMERICAN LIFE
The Unseen World and Other Essays
Author: John FiskePublisher: BookRix
ISBN: 3736819188
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 460
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"What are you, where did you come from, and whither are you bound?"—the question which from Homer's days has been put to the wayfarer in strange lands—is likewise the all-absorbing question which man is ever asking of the universe of which he is himself so tiny yet so wondrous a part. From the earliest times the ultimate purpose of all scientific research has been to elicit fragmentary or partial responses to this question, and philosophy has ever busied itself in piecing together these several bits of information according to the best methods at its disposal, in order to make up something like a satisfactory answer. In old times the best methods which philosophy had at its disposal for this purpose were such as now seem very crude, and accordingly ancient philosophers bungled considerably in their task, though now and then they came surprisingly near what would to-day be called the truth.
The Unseen World
Author: John FiskePublisher:
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Category : American essays
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
The Unseen World, and Other Essays, by John Fiske
Author: John FiskeThe Unseen World, and Other Essays
Author: John FiskePublisher:
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Category : Essays
Languages : en
Pages : 382
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The Writings of John Fiske ...: The unseen world and other essays
Author: John FiskePublisher:
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 498
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The unseen world and other essays
Author: John FiskeThe miscellaneous writings of John Fiske
Author: John FiskeThe Unseen World
Author: John FiskePublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780332478562
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 486
Book Description
Excerpt from The Unseen World: And Other Essays A savage condition. The theories of the world wrought out by early priest - philosophers were in great part made up of such grotesque notions and having become variously implicated with ethical opinions as to the nature and couse quences Of right and wrong behaviour, they ac quired a kind of sanctity, SO that any thinker who in the light Of a Wider experience ventured to alter or amend the primitive theory was likely to be vituperated as an irreligious man or atheist. This sort of inference has not yet been wholly abandoned, even in civilized communi ties. Even to-day books are written about the conflict between religion and science, and other books are written with intent to reconcile the two presumed antagonists. But when we look beneath the surface of things, we see that in reality there has never been any conflict between religion and science, nor is any reconciliation called for where harmony has always existed. The real historical conflict, which has been thus curiously misnamed, has been the conflict be tween the more-crude opinions belonging to the science of an earlier age and the less-crude opin ions belonging to the science of a later age. In the course of this contest the more-crude opin ions have usually been defended in the name of religion, and the less-crude opinions have inva riably won the victory; but religion itself, which is not concerned with opinion, but With the as. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
