History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volumen1Harper & brothers, 1918 |
Dentro del libro
Resultados 1-5 de 77
Página 2
... altogether determined by the voluntary action of men , some that the Providence of God directs us in every step , some that all events are fixed by Destiny . It is for us to ascertain how far each of these affirmations is true ...
... altogether determined by the voluntary action of men , some that the Providence of God directs us in every step , some that all events are fixed by Destiny . It is for us to ascertain how far each of these affirmations is true ...
Página 7
... altogether of a material kind . Since it is only physical con- within a narrow range of temperature that life ditions . can be maintained , it is needful that our planet should be at a definite mean distance from the source of light and ...
... altogether of a material kind . Since it is only physical con- within a narrow range of temperature that life ditions . can be maintained , it is needful that our planet should be at a definite mean distance from the source of light and ...
Página 8
... altogether dependent on the invariability of the material conditions under which they live . Any variation therein , no matter how insignificant it might be , would be forthwith followed by a corresponding vari- ation in the form . The ...
... altogether dependent on the invariability of the material conditions under which they live . Any variation therein , no matter how insignificant it might be , would be forthwith followed by a corresponding vari- ation in the form . The ...
Página 12
... altogether hopeless to disentangle the law which advance . is guiding them all , and demonstrate it clearly . Of such groups , each may exhibit , at the same moment , an advance to a different stage , just as we see in the same family ...
... altogether hopeless to disentangle the law which advance . is guiding them all , and demonstrate it clearly . Of such groups , each may exhibit , at the same moment , an advance to a different stage , just as we see in the same family ...
Página 14
... altogether different , it would appear spon- taneously in all its parts to commence a movement to come into harmony with the new conditions - a movement of a secular nature , and implying the consumption of many generations for its ...
... altogether different , it would appear spon- taneously in all its parts to commence a movement to come into harmony with the new conditions - a movement of a secular nature , and implying the consumption of many generations for its ...
Otras ediciones - Ver todas
A History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volumen1 John William Draper Vista completa - 1875 |
Términos y frases comunes
Africa Age of Faith Alexandria altogether Anaxagoras ancient animal appear Arabian Arabs Arian Aristotle Arius Asia asserted Athens became become Bishop Bishop of Rome body Buddhism Carthage centuries Charlemagne Christianity Church civilization clergy condition considered Constantine Constantinople council Council of Nicea criterion of truth dæmons death divine doctrine earth ecclesiastical Egypt Egyptian emperor empire eternal Europe European evil existence gods Greece Greek philosophy hence Hippocrates holy human ideas images individual influence intellectual Italy Jews khalifs kings knowledge labour manner matter Mediterranean ment mind monks moral nations nature Nestorians Nestorius never opinion organization origin pagan Pantheism papacy passed period Persian philo physical Plato Plotinus political polytheism pope principle Ptolemy reason religion religious respects result Roman Rome Saracens social Socrates soon soul spirit theology things thought thousand tion true universe views worship
Pasajes populares
Página 287 - The holy Catholic and Apostolic Church anathematizes those who say that, there was a time when the Son of God was not, and that before he was begotten he was not, ' Comforter,' or,
Página 224 - This universe existed only in the first divine idea yet unexpanded, as if involved in darkness, imperceptible, undefinable, undiscoverable by reason, and undiscovered by revelation, as if it were wholly immersed in sleep : then the sole self-existing power, himself undiscerned, but making this world discernible, with five elements and other principles of nature, appeared with undiminished glory, expanding his idea, or dispelling the gloom.
Página 225 - He, whom the mind alone can perceive, whose essence eludes the external organs, who has no visible parts, who exists from eternity, even he, the soul of all beings, whom no being can comprehend, shone forth in person. He, having willed to produce various beings from his own divine substance, first with a thought created the waters, and placed in them a productive seed...
Página 371 - Long life and victory to Charles, the most pious Augustus, crowned by God the great and pacific emperor of the Romans!
Página 60 - The fundamental tenet of the Vedanti school consisted, not in denying the existence of matter, that is, of solidity, impenetrability, and extended figure, (to deny which would be lunacy) but in correcting the popular notion of it, and in contending, that it has no essence independent of mental perception, that existence and perceptibility are convertible terms...
Página 331 - Mary, and a spirit proceeding from him. Believe therefore in God, and his apostles, and say not, There are three Gods; forbear this; it will be better for you. God is but one God. Far be it from him that he should have a son!
Página 315 - If you ask them how they defend these monstrosities ' how things do not fall away from the earth on that side ': they reply that the nature of things is such, that heavy bodies tend...
Página 207 - The sixth age shifts Into the lean and slippered pantaloon, With spectacles on nose and pouch on side, His youthful hose, well saved, a world too wide For his shrunk shank; and his big manly voice, Turning again toward childish treble, pipes And whistles in his sound. Last scene of all, That ends this strange eventful history, Is second childishness and mere oblivion, Sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans everything.
Página 381 - III, declared that his life was so shameful, so foul, so execrable, that he shuddered to describe it. He ruled like a captain of banditti rather than a prelate. The people at the last, unable to bear his adulteries, homicides, and abominations any longer, rose against him.
Página 22 - I am to lead my reader, perhaps in a reluctant path, from the outward phantasmagorial illusions which surround us, and so ostentatiously obtrude themselves on our attention, to something that lies in silence and strength behind. I am to draw his thoughts from the tangible to the invisible, from the limited to the universal, from the changeable to the invariable, from the transitory to the eternal; from the expedients and volitions so largely amusing the life of man, to the predestined and resistless...