God and the Self: Three Types of Philosophy of ReligionThis book is a collection of essays on the philosophy of religion, but it draws on contemporary work in the social sciences as well as in philosophy. It examines the ways in which conceptions of God reflect notions of the self that are present in the thought and experience of each author. |
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... suppose from portrayals of Orestes , Lear , or Sisyphus . The issue can be stated quite simply . I am a son , husband , lover , friend , competitor , citizen , colleague , and teacher . Each of these identities , which operate on ...
... suppose from portrayals of Orestes , Lear , or Sisyphus . The issue can be stated quite simply . I am a son , husband , lover , friend , competitor , citizen , colleague , and teacher . Each of these identities , which operate on ...
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... suppose that the alternatives that we conceive form an exhaustive set . But the set of known finite substantial relations cannot be taken as exhaustive when the object of the search is a unique relation that cannot adequately be ...
... suppose that the alternatives that we conceive form an exhaustive set . But the set of known finite substantial relations cannot be taken as exhaustive when the object of the search is a unique relation that cannot adequately be ...
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... suppose that there is no solution , so that philosophy is without meaning ? Here Royce employs a variant form of his famous argument for the existence of the Absolute on the grounds of the neces- sity of accounting for error.31 The ...
... suppose that there is no solution , so that philosophy is without meaning ? Here Royce employs a variant form of his famous argument for the existence of the Absolute on the grounds of the neces- sity of accounting for error.31 The ...
Contents
This book originated in a curiosity about the various | 7 |
Introduction | 11 |
The Monistic Type | 36 |
Copyright | |
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