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" The analysis of every possible hypothesis proves, not simply that no hypothesis is sufficient, but that no hypothesis is even thinkable. And thus the mystery which all religions recognize, turns out to be a far more transcendent mystery than any of them... "
First Principles of a New System of Philosophy - Page 46
by Herbert Spencer - 1865 - 508 pages
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New Englander and Yale Review, Volume 22

Edward Royall Tyler, William Lathrop Kingsley, George Park Fisher, Timothy Dwight - 1863 - 878 pages
...and, indeed, makes it ever clearer ; for it shows that the mystery which all religions recognize, is a more transcendent mystery than any of them suspect; not a relative, but an absolute mystery. The conclusion arrived at is, that the ultimate Religious Idea — the vital element of all religions...
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First Principles

Herbert Spencer - 1864 - 650 pages
...but that no hypothesis is even thinkable. And thus the mystery which all religions recognize, turns out to be a far more transcendent mystery than any...there is a latent agreement among all mankind from the f etish-worshipper to the most stoical critic of human creeds, must be the one we seek. If Religion...
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First Principles

Herbert Spencer - 1870 - 588 pages
...but that no hypothesis is even thinkable. And thus the mystery which all religions recognize, turns out to be a far more transcendent mystery than any...relative, but an absolute mystery. Here, then, is an ultinmereligious truth of the highest possible certainty — a truth in which religions in general...
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First Principles of a New System of Philosophy

Herbert Spencer - 1870 - 600 pages
...but that no hypothesis is even thinkable. And thus the mystery which all religions recognize, turns out to be a far more transcendent mystery than any...suspect —not a relative, but an absolute mystery. Ilere, then, is an ultimate religious truth of the highest possible certainty—a truth in which religions...
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The British and Foreign Evangelical Review and Quarterly Record of Christian ...

1873 - 826 pages
...Philosophy," he says : "The ultimate truth of the highest lxwsible certainty — a truth in which religious in general are at one with each other, and with a philosophy antagonistic to their special dogmas ... is, that the Power which the universe manifests to us is utterly inscrutable" (p. 40) ; and further,...
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The Bible and the Doctrine of Evolution: Being a Complete Synthesis of Their ...

William Woods Smyth - 1873 - 412 pages
...evidence of a similar kind : " the mystery," says Mr. Spencer, "which all religions recognise, turns out to be a far more transcendent mystery, than any of them suspect—not a relative but an absolute mystery . . . ^ that, the power which the universe manifests...
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Bibliotheca Sacra and Theological Review, Volume 31

1874 - 818 pages
...simply that no hypothesis is sufficient, but that no hypothesis is even thinkable The mystery turns out to be a far more transcendent mystery than any...them suspect, not a relative, but an absolute mystery The power which the universe manifests to us is utterly inscrutable" (p. 45). "The reality underlying...
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The Paraclete: An Essay on the Personality and Ministry of the Holy Ghost ...

Joseph Parker - 1875 - 438 pages
...insufficiency of a good many hypotheses, he says — " Thus the mystery which all religions recognise, turns out to be a far more transcendent mystery than any...suspect — not a relative, but an absolute mystery. . . . The Power which the universe manifests to us is utterly inscrutable." In a theologian this tone...
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Education, Volume 10

1890 - 674 pages
...but that no hypothesis is even thinkable. And thus the mystery which all religions recognize, turns out to be a far more transcendent mystery than any...suspect — not a relative, but an absolute mystery." — Ultimate Religious Ideas, page 46, first Principles. Again, " Ultimate Scientific Ideas, then,...
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An Examination of the Philosophy of the Unknowable as Expounded by Herbert ...

William M. Lacy - 1883 - 254 pages
...but that no hypothesis is even thinkable. And thus the mystery which all religions recognize, turns out to be a far more transcendent mystery than any...a philosophy antagonistic to their special dogmas. • • • If Religion and Science are to be reconciled, the basis of reconciliation must be this...
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