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Page 42
1 On the loss and gain to humanity by the decay of religious belief , historians
have wrangled interminably , some stressing the blow to human pride , some the
contribution to human despair by depriving man of the hope of a meeting beyond
...
1 On the loss and gain to humanity by the decay of religious belief , historians
have wrangled interminably , some stressing the blow to human pride , some the
contribution to human despair by depriving man of the hope of a meeting beyond
...
Page 109
The enlightenment taught evil as the product of economic and material
environment ; that bad conditions , not innate depravity , were the cause of
human vileness ; that it was within man ' s power to create a society from which
war , plague ...
The enlightenment taught evil as the product of economic and material
environment ; that bad conditions , not innate depravity , were the cause of
human vileness ; that it was within man ' s power to create a society from which
war , plague ...
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... its contribution to human progress and to the reduction of superstition and
ignorance ; they believed in the progress of the human race , but not its
perfectibility ; they believed with a quiet optimism that they were advancing
towards a unique ...
... its contribution to human progress and to the reduction of superstition and
ignorance ; they believed in the progress of the human race , but not its
perfectibility ; they believed with a quiet optimism that they were advancing
towards a unique ...
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Contents
THE EARLIEST TIMES TO CATHOLIC CHRISTENDOM | 5 |
THE CONTRIBUTION OF THE PROTESTANTS | 23 |
THE SONS OF ENLIGHTENMENT | 41 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | A History of Australia, Volume 1 A History of Australia, Charles Manning Hope Clark, ISBN 0522842356, 9780522842357 |
| Author | Charles Manning Hope Clark |
| Publisher | Melbourne University Press, 1963 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 13 Sep 2008 |
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