Logic in Theology

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Excerpt from Logic in Theology: And Other Essays This prodigious illusion - such we now think it - was already passing off from the mind of Europe, as a dark cloud, at the moment when Bacon, in formal terms, challenged it as a folly, and the parent of error. Since that time realities, one by one, have been coming into their due position in the room of dreams. This, with an allowance made for exceptional instances, may be affirmed concerning the physical sciences of this modern period. In turning toward those regions of thought where we cease to be concerned with things palpable, visible, measurable, ponderable, a corresponding affirmation cannot be advanced, apart from exceptive statements, so large, that we may well doubt whether the affirmative side and the exceptive should not change places, or whether, in the regions of non-material philosophy, what we may affirm with truth is only this - that in these fields the antiquated Logic still holds its sway - a due allowance being made for instances in which juster modes of thinking have gained ground. In proportion as the human mind is compelled to feel its dependence upon its instrument, namely - language, it is led, almost irresistibly, to expect far more aid from the logical collocation of words and propositions than these implements of thought can ever yield. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.