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... tion is a highly speculative theory , but the evidence is sufficient to satisfy most minds which have considered it fairly . It is well known that the great intellectual struggle over evolu- tionary theory which took place almost a ...
... tion is a highly speculative theory , but the evidence is sufficient to satisfy most minds which have considered it fairly . It is well known that the great intellectual struggle over evolu- tionary theory which took place almost a ...
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... tion at the hands of the very people who constitute the martyr's audience . Paul of Tarsus , though obviously a well - educated man of the world , who could quote Greek poets , used the same narrative approach when he gave his great ...
... tion at the hands of the very people who constitute the martyr's audience . Paul of Tarsus , though obviously a well - educated man of the world , who could quote Greek poets , used the same narrative approach when he gave his great ...
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... tion . We naturally look for something sufficiently objective so that others can see it , as when we photograph a planet . We cannot , of course , have an imprint of God on photographic plates , but others might be able to see marks on ...
... tion . We naturally look for something sufficiently objective so that others can see it , as when we photograph a planet . We cannot , of course , have an imprint of God on photographic plates , but others might be able to see marks on ...
Contents
The Possibility of Truth | 33 |
The Mystery of Knowledge | 47 |
The Nature of Evidence | 59 |
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