H. G. Wells and the World StateYale University Press, 1961 - 301 pages |
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Page 76
... faith " the assumption that he lived in an orderly universe in which all things were invested with meaning and connected to some vast purpose . First and Last Things , p . 66. Uncle Robert Kentlake had similar thoughts in Babes in the ...
... faith " the assumption that he lived in an orderly universe in which all things were invested with meaning and connected to some vast purpose . First and Last Things , p . 66. Uncle Robert Kentlake had similar thoughts in Babes in the ...
Page 81
... Faith and History ( New York , 1949 ) , pp . 162–63 ; Joseph Wood Krutch , The Measure of Man ( In- dianapolis , 1953 ) , pp . 15-33 ; and St. John Ervine , Bernard Shaw ( New York , 1956 ) , p . 471. Not only is it unfair and ...
... Faith and History ( New York , 1949 ) , pp . 162–63 ; Joseph Wood Krutch , The Measure of Man ( In- dianapolis , 1953 ) , pp . 15-33 ; and St. John Ervine , Bernard Shaw ( New York , 1956 ) , p . 471. Not only is it unfair and ...
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... faith in what is potential in time , in place of the traditional Christian and mystical faith in a power outside of time . Hegel's Weltgeist , Comte's Humanité , Spencer's organismic humanity inevi- tably improving itself by the laws of ...
... faith in what is potential in time , in place of the traditional Christian and mystical faith in a power outside of time . Hegel's Weltgeist , Comte's Humanité , Spencer's organismic humanity inevi- tably improving itself by the laws of ...
Contents
Acknowledgments vii | 1 |
The Prophetic Office | 12 |
Fundamental Assumptions | 60 |
Copyright | |
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