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Excerpt from Belief in Christ
It is not that I am under the illusion that my own beliefs, or those of other men, orthodox or unorthodox, with very few exceptions, have been actually reached purely or mainly by an argumenta tive process. They have been the result Of a complex of movements within the soul, and of in?uences from without it, which are largely emotional, moral and social, and not in the narrower sense intellectual. But if the resultant belief or theory is to be described as rational, that must mean that it can account for the relevant experience in its widest sense, and the facts of nature and history, better than any other theory and the best way to test the ability of any theory to do this is not mainly by attacking other theories, but by approaching the facts constructively and critically and seeing what theory appears to emerge out of their free consideration.
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It is not that I am under the illusion that my own beliefs, or those of other men, orthodox or unorthodox, with very few exceptions, have been actually reached purely or mainly by an argumenta tive process. They have been the result Of a complex of movements within the soul, and of in?uences from without it, which are largely emotional, moral and social, and not in the narrower sense intellectual. But if the resultant belief or theory is to be described as rational, that must mean that it can account for the relevant experience in its widest sense, and the facts of nature and history, better than any other theory and the best way to test the ability of any theory to do this is not mainly by attacking other theories, but by approaching the facts constructively and critically and seeing what theory appears to emerge out of their free consideration.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Publisher - Forgotten Books
Language - English
Hardback
Contributors
Author
Charles Gore
Published Date -
ISBN - 9780265412114
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 1.9 cm
Page Count - 352
Paperback
Contributors
Author
Charles Gore
Published Date -
ISBN - 9781330391266
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 1.9 cm
Page Count - 354
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