On the relation between science and religion /
"The present work first appeared in 1847 as a pamphlet, and attracted considerable attention. It has for some time been out of print, and as it continues in demand, I have been led by circumstances to enlarge it in the present edition. As the investigation contained in it is of great extent, an...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Edinburgh :
Maclachlan and Stewart,
1857.
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| Edition: | 4th--and people's ed. |
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | "The present work first appeared in 1847 as a pamphlet, and attracted considerable attention. It has for some time been out of print, and as it continues in demand, I have been led by circumstances to enlarge it in the present edition. As the investigation contained in it is of great extent, and embraces a consideration of the present religious creeds of Europe, I shall introduce it by a brief notice of the incidents which led me to take an interest in the subject. By pursuing this course, I shall be under the necessity of introducing a portion of my personal history--which may expose me to the charge of vanity and egotism; but on the other hand, the narrative will shew that the questions here discussed have long formed topics of earnest and serious consideration in my mind, and that the views now advanced are brought forward in no light spirit, but are founded on deep and solemn convictions"--Introduction. "I should say that in this condition of mind they were inspired by pure and exalted religious emotions, but misled by great errors in theology. It was under the influence of such views of the Divine administration, that the existing standards of the Church of England, and of the Presbyterian Church of Scotland, were framed; and hence perhaps arose the very meagre recognition of the order of God's providence in the course of nature, as religious truth, and as a system of practical instruction for the guidance of human conduct, which characterizes them. After that age, however, the human understanding, by a profounder and more exact study of nature, obtained a different view of the course of Providence in the administration of temporal affairs. Science revealed a system in which every object, animate and inanimate, appears to be endowed with peculiar qualities and agencies, which it preserves and exerts with undeviating regularity, as long as its circumstances continue unchanged; and in which each object is adapted, with wisdom and benevolence, to the others, and all to man"--Chapter. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2013 APA, all rights reserved). |
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| Item Description: | Published later under title: Science and religion. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xxxi, 280 pages) : illustrations |