 I learned and reflected, the less ready was the answer ; until, at last, I came to the conclusion that I had neither art nor part with any of these denominations, except the last. The one thing in which most of these good people were agreed was the one...  The God Delusion - Page 66by Richard Dawkins - 2011 - 464 pagesLimited preview - About this book
 | Roger Shattuck - Knowledge, Theory of, in literature - 1997 - 388 pages
...in which most of these good people were agreed was the one thing in which I differed from them. They were quite sure they had attained a certain "gnosis"...myself presumptuous in holding fast by that opinion. (LiFE AND LETTERS, I, 343) Huxley had, in other words, a strong philosophical position, for which there... | |
 | Thomas Henry Huxley - Science - 1997 - 398 pages
...thing in which I differed from them. They were quite sure they had attained a certain "gnosis,"—had, more or less successfully, solved the problem of existence;...on my side, I could not think myself presumptuous m holdmg fast by that opinion. Like Dante, Nel mezzo del cammin di nostra vita Mi ritrovai per una... | |
 | Michael D. Vose - Computers - 1999 - 650 pages
...word which would define his state of mind perceived that the men who surrounded him were certain that 'they had attained a certain "gnosis" — had, more...strong conviction that the problem was insoluble'; so he invented the word Agnostic. The floodgates opened and a torrent of books and articles openly... | |
 | Hubert Harrison - History - 2001 - 510 pages
...coined the word "agnosticism": [Others] were quite sure they had attained a certain "gnosis"—had, more or less successfully, solved the problem of existence;...strong conviction that the problem was insoluble. ... So I took thought and invented what I perceived to be the appropriate title of "agnostic." It came... | |
 | Michael Shermer - Psychology - 2003 - 372 pages
...... I found that the more I learned and reflected, the less ready was the answer. They [believers] were quite sure they had attained a certain 'gnosis,'...strong conviction that the problem was insoluble." In the now-classic 1966 Time magazine cover story, "Is God Dead?," the editors came to the same conclusion... | |
 | Niels Henrik Gregersen - Religion - 388 pages
...... I found that the more I learned and reflected, the less ready was the answer. They [believers] were quite sure they had attained a certain 'gnosis'...had a pretty strong conviction that the problem was insoluble.18 Maturity, it is assumed here, refers to an open-minded agnosticism that has outgrown the... | |
 | Francis S. Collins - Religion - 2006 - 305 pages
...good people were agreed was the one thing in which I differed from them. They were quite sure that they had attained a certain "gnosis" — had more...strong conviction that the problem was insoluble. ... So 1 took thought, and invented what I conceived to be the appropriate title of "agnostic." It... | |
 | Nineteenth century - 1889 - 1018 pages
...in which most of these good people were agreed was the one thing in which I differed from them. They were quite sure they had attained a certain ' gnosis,'...myself presumptuous in holding fast by that opinion. Like Dante, Nel mezzo del cammin di nostra vita Mi ritrovai per una selva oscura, but, unlike Dante,... | |
 | Sir Norman Lockyer - Electronic journals - 1901 - 688 pages
...in which most of these good people were agreed was the one thing in which I differed from them. They were quite sure they had attained a certain " gnosis...pretty strong conviction that the problem was insoluble . . . ." These considerations pressed forcibly on him when htj joined the Metaphysical Society. " Every... | |
 | Science - 1901 - 768 pages
...in which most of these good people were agreed was the one thing in which I differed from them. They were quite sure they had attained a certain 'gnosis'...strong conviction that the problem was insoluble. . . ." These considerations pressed forcibly on him when he joined the Metaphysical Society. "Every... | |
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