On the Relation Between Religion and Science
by George Combe
Format: Paperback
ISBN13: 9780217267281
Paperback|9780217267281
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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER II. DEFINITION OF THE WORDS SCIENCE AND RELIGION, AND ELUCIDATIONS OF THE COMPLEX CHARACTER OF RELIGION. In an enquiry into the relation between science and religion, it is necessary to define what is meant by these terms. By science, then, I understand a systematic exposition of correctly observed facts concerning the constitution, qualities, modes of action, and relations of the objects of nature. It is unnecessary to enlarge on the definition of science; but, as much obscurity exists with respect to the nature and objects of religion, it may be useful to enter more fully into an elucidation of this subject. It is generally acknowledged that there is a distinction between the emotional and intellectual faculties of men, but the mind being considered by many persons as a single power, the distinction is, in their view, one of nomenclature merely. Phrenological observations lead to a different view. There is in the brain an organ for each primitive emotion, and one for each primitive intellectual faculty. And not only are these organs distinct from each other in space, but the natural vigour of each emotion, and of each intellectual power, depends on the size and condition of its organ. Eeligion is not a product of intellect alone. No kind, quantity, or quality, of intellectual conceptions, will generate religious emotions. On the other hand, the religious emotions which prompt us to reverence and adore, cannot reach definite objects without the aid of the intellectual powers. These objects, also, may be physical or mental. Entwine the reverential emotions from infancy with the statue of Jupiter, and it will become a religious object: connect them with dogmas and articles of faith, and these will be reverenced as religious truths. The kind of intellec...
| ISBN-13 | 9780217267281 |
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| ISBN-10 | 0217267289 |
| Weight | 0.84 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.58 In |
| List Price | $22.26 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 256 pages |
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| Published On | 2009-08-01 |
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