Shelley's Prose: Or, The Trumpet of a Prophecy |
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... knowledge to the mind , they claim the strongest evidence to assent ; the decision of the mind based on experience gives the next best proof ; and finally the weakest evidence is the testimony of others . Consequently no testimony ...
... knowledge to the mind , they claim the strongest evidence to assent ; the decision of the mind based on experience gives the next best proof ; and finally the weakest evidence is the testimony of others . Consequently no testimony ...
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... knowledge ; advancing Paine's arguments in The Age of Reason against the the historicity , the accuracy , and the inspiration of the Bible ; following closely Hume's agnostic course of reasoning , and em- bracing Spinoza's pantheistic ...
... knowledge ; advancing Paine's arguments in The Age of Reason against the the historicity , the accuracy , and the inspiration of the Bible ; following closely Hume's agnostic course of reasoning , and em- bracing Spinoza's pantheistic ...
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... knowledge - religious , moral , scientific - is the sole basis of virtuous living . A man can be virtuous and wise and good only through knowledge of himself and the world in which he lives . Closely linked with his war on superstition ...
... knowledge - religious , moral , scientific - is the sole basis of virtuous living . A man can be virtuous and wise and good only through knowledge of himself and the world in which he lives . Closely linked with his war on superstition ...
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ESSAYS | 28 |
PROPOSALS FOR AN ASSOCIATION | 169 |
A VINDICATION | 181 |
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action Age of Reason animals assert beauty believe benevolence called Catholic Emancipation cause character conception considered contemplation death Defence of Poetry degree Deism deist Deity Devil divine doctrines earth edition effect equal Essay eternal evil existence expression feel fragment genius Godwin Greek habits happiness heart human mind Hume Hume's idea imagination Jesus Christ justice labor Laocoön letter liberty live Lord Ellenborough mankind Mary Shelley ment misery moral nation nature necessity Necessity of Atheism never object opinion pain Paine's paragraph passion Percy Bysshe Shelley perfect person philosophy Plato pleasure poem poet poetry political possess present principles produce prose punishment Queen Mab reason reform Refutation of Deism rendered Roger Ingpen ruin seems sense sentiments Shelley Shelley's Note social society sophisms soul Spinoza spirit superstition suppose sympathy things thought tion Translation true truth tyrants universe virtue words writers