 | John Stuart Mill - 1874 - 280 pagina’s
...raised and maintained by Eeason round the outward bounds. On these principles it appears to me that the indulgence of hope with regard to the government...a clear truth that we have no ground for more than a hope, is legitimate and philosophically defensible. The beneficial effect of such a hope is far from... | |
 | John Stuart Mill - 1874 - 328 pagina’s
...raised and maintained by Reason round the outward bounds. On these principles it appears to me that the indulgence of hope with regard to the government...while we recognize as a clear truth that we have no grounJ for more than a hope, is legitimate and philosophically defensible. The beneficial effect of... | |
 | Frances Power Cobbe - 1874 - 310 pagina’s
...philosophically defensible while we recognize * Essays on Religion, pp. 209, 210. t P. 245. J P. 250. as a clear truth that we have no ground for more than a hope." Now to those amongst us who do not believe that great benefits are ever derived from crediting... | |
 | 1875 - 620 pagina’s
...as an elevating hope which we shall do well to cherish. " On these principles it appears to me that the indulgence of hope with regard to the government...a clear truth that we have no ground for more than a hope, is legitimate and philosophically defensible. The beneficial effect of such a hope is far from... | |
 | 1875 - 808 pagina’s
...Before, religion was a foe of good — worse than useless in the world. Now, it appears to him " that the indulgence of hope with regard to the government...clear truth, that we have no ground for more than a hope — is legitimate and philosophically defensible. The beneficial effect of such a hope is far... | |
 | 1875 - 1012 pagina’s
...always to remain," (1*. 244) Mr. Mill presently adds — " On these principles, it appears to me that the indulgence of hope with regard to the government...of man after death, while we recognize as a clear trnth'that we have no ground formore than a hope, is legitimate and philosophically defensible. The... | |
 | John Morley - 1877 - 468 pagina’s
...grounds of expectation will ever be obtained. For himself, he confesses that it seems to him ' that the indulgence of hope with regard to the government...universe and the destiny of man after death, while we recognise as a clear truth that we have no ground for more than a hope, is legitimate and philosophically... | |
 | 1878 - 302 pagina’s
...Mr. Mill for his refutation. It must have been in a mood of strange human weakness he wrote this : " The indulgence of hope with regard to the government...universe and the destiny of man after death, while we have no ground for more than a hope, is legitimate and philosophically defensible." " It allays that... | |
 | 1878 - 650 pagina’s
...man universally admired, trusted, and beloved by those who best know him." "The beneficial effect of the indulgence of hope with regard to the government...of the universe and the destiny of man after death is far from trifling," says John Stuart Mill in his "Essay on Theism," the work which he wrote last.... | |
 | Frances Power Cobbe - 1880 - 236 pagina’s
...of the general scale of the feelings,"*)" and that it is " legitimate and philosophically defensible while we recognize as a clear truth that we have no ground for more than a hope." Now to those amongst us who do not believe that great benefits are ever derived from crediting... | |
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On these principles it appears to me that the indulgence of hope with regard to the government of the universe and the destiny of man after death, while we recognize as a clear truth that we have no ground for more than a hope, is legitimate and philosophically... 
