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Moral Values and the Idea of God: The Gifford Lectures, Delivered in the University of Aberdeen in 1914 and 1915 (Classic Reprint)

Name: Moral Values and the Idea of God: The Gifford Lectures, Delivered in the University of Aberdeen in 1914 and 1915 (Classic Reprint)
Author: W. R. Sorley
ISBN: 9781330533116

by W. R. Sorley

ISBN: 9781330533116

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Excerpt from Moral Values and the Idea of God: The Gifford Lectures, Delivered in the University of Aberdeen in 1914 and 1915 "I Having been for many years deeply and firmly convinced that the true knowledge of God, that... Excerpt from Moral Values and the Idea of God: The Gifford Lectures, Delivered in the University of Aberdeen in 1914 and 1915 "I Having been for many years deeply and firmly convinced that the true knowledge of God, that is, of the Being, Nature, and Attributes of the Infinite, of the All, of the First and the Only Cause, that is, the One and Only Substance and Being, and the true and felt knowledge (not mere nominal knowledge) of the relations of man and of the universe to Him, and of the true foundations of all ethics and morals, being, I say, convinced that this knowledge, when really felt and acted on, is the means of man's highest well-being, and the security of his upward progress, I have resolved, from the 'residue' of my estate as aforesaid, to institute and found, in connection, if possible, with the Scottish Universities, lectureships or classes for the promotion of the study of said subjects, and for the teaching and diffusion of sound views regarding them... "The lecturers appointed shall be subjected to no test of any kind, and shall not be required to take any oath, or to emit or subscribe any declaration of belief, or to make any promise of any kind; they may be of any denomination whatever, or of no denomination at all (and many earnest and high-minded men prefer to belong to no ecclesiastical denomination); they may be of any religion or way of thinking, or as is sometimes said, they may be of no religion, or they may be so-called sceptics or agnostics or freethinkers, provided only that the 'patrons' will use diligence to secure that they be able reverent men, true thinkers, sincere lovers of and earnest inquirers after truth... 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 i

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