Theories and Beliefs

In an essay entitled “The Scepticism of Believers,” Leslie Stephen remarks a common confusion between unbelief and contrary belief. The term “belief” is at any historical moment almost invariably used to denote the established belief, that is, the belief supported by authority or by the consensus of...

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Published in:Harvard theological review
Main Author: Perry, Ralph Barton (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: Cambridge Univ. Press 1910
In: Harvard theological review
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