ISSUES OF THE AGE;

OR,

Consequences Involved in Modern Thought

.

BY

HENRY C. PEDDER.

“Everything that we now deem of antiquity was at one time new; and what we now defend by examples will at a future period stand as precedents.”—Tacitus.

New York:
Asa K. BUTTS & Co., 36 DEY STREET.

1874.

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1874, by

ASA K. BUTTS, & CO.,
In the office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington.

ENNIS BRO., PRINT, 42 DEY ST., N.Y.

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The Scientific Spirit and Its Consequences.

Science and Theology. – Enlarged Views of Nature Con-

sequent on the Scientific Spirit. Fallacy of Appear-

Possibility of a Science of Human Nature.

Benefits Conferred by Science. Science and Religion.

Advantages of the Socratic Method of Reasoning. –

Evil Effects of Prejudice. — Science in its Relationship

to Human Happiness and Advancement.

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ances.

CHAPTER III.

Skepticism: Its Function and Importance.

Necessity of Skepticism. — Doubt and Knowledge. — Skep-

ticism and Civilization. Skepticism and Protestantism.

Reason and Sentiment. Skepticism and Christi.

anity. Skepticism of the Present Age Defined. 29 – 45

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