"Pantheism, when explained to mean the absorption of the infinite in the finite, of God in nature, is atheism; and the…"

"As the passions are the springs of most of our actions, a state of apathy has come to signify a sort of moral inertia…"

"It is a fine observation of Plato in his Laws — that atheism is a disease of the soul before it becomes an error of t…"

"Atheists are confounded with Pantheists, such as Xenophanes among the ancients, or Spinoza and Schelling among the mo…"

"A sense of grandeur and sublimity has been recognized as one of the reflex senses belonging to man. It is different f…"

"SYNTHESIS (σύν θέσις, a putting together, composition) — "consists in assuming the causes discovered and established …"

"SYSTEM (σύστημα, σύν ἵστημι, to place together) — is a full and connected view of all the truths of some department o…"

"Common sense is a phrase employed to denote that degree of intelligence, sagacity, and prudence, which is common to a…"

"Ferguson states that the history of mankind, in their rudest state, may be considered under two heads, viz., that of …"

"He who is certain, or presumes to say he knows, is, whether he be mistaken or in the right, a dogmatist."