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Author : Alfred Russel Wallace
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1875
Category : Miracles
ISBN : HARVARD:HNXB93
Author : Wallace Alfred Russel
Publisher : Legare Street Press
Page : 0 pages
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Release : 2022-10-26
Category : History
ISBN : 1015633870
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Author : Alfred Russel Wallace
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2019-10-07
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1698205007
The nineteenth-century British naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace was a major influence on Darwin's theory of natural selection. He was later moved by a variety of personal experiences to examine the concept of spirituality, but his exploration into the potential for compatibility between spiritualism and natural selection alienated him from the scientific community. The three controversial essays in this 1875 book attempt to reinforce his beliefs and validate his claims. The first, written in 1871 and read before The Dialectic Society, reconsiders the credibility or incredibility of miracles. The second, 'The Scientific Aspect of the Supernatural', had been published in a secularist periodical several years earlier, and 'A Defence of Modern Spiritualism' appeared in the Fortnightly Review shortly before this book was published. Wallace's book takes the modern reader to the heart of the raging debates engendered by Darwin, many of which continue over a century later.
Author : Alfred Russel Wallace
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2016-07-02
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 3741185302
On miracles and modern spiritualism - Three essays is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1875. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres.As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature.Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hansebooks newly publishes these books and contributes to the preservation of literature which has become rare and historical knowledge for the future.
Author : Alfred Russel Wallace
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1875
Category : Miracles
ISBN : OCLC:21767990
Author : Alfred Russel Wallace
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1881
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:311729410
Author : Alfred Russel Wallace
Publisher : Theclassics.Us
Page : 74 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2013-09
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1230235353
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1875 edition. Excerpt: ... A DEFENCE OF MODERN SPIRITUALISM/ (reprinted With Notes And Additions From The "Fobtniohtlt Review.") It is with great diffidence, but under an imperative sense of duty, that the present writer accepts the opportunity afforded him of submitting to the readers of the Fortnightly Eeview some general account of a wide-spread movement, which, though for the most part treated with ridicule or contempt, he believes to embody truths of the most vital importance to human progress. The subject to be treated is of such vast extent; the evidence concerning it is so varied and so extraordinary; the prejudices that surround it are so inveterate, that it is not possible to do it justice without entering into considerable detail. The reader who ventures on the perusal of the succeeding pages may, therefore, have his patience tried; but if he is able to throw aside his preconceived ideas of what is possible and what is impossible, and in the acceptance or rejection of what is submitted to him will carefully weigh * The following are the more important works which have been used in the preparation of this article: --Judge Edmond's "Spiritual Tracts," New York, 1858--1860. Robert Dale Owen's "Footfalls on the Boundary of Another World," Triibner and Co., 1861. E. Hardinge's "Modern American Spiritualism," New York, 1870. Robert Dale Owen's "Debateable Land between this World and the Next," Triibner, and Co., 1871. "Report on Spiritualism of the Committee of the London Dialectical Society," Longmans and Co., 1871. "Year Book of Spiritualism," Boston and London, 1871. Hudson Tuttle's "Arcana of Spiritualism," Boston 1871. The Spiritual Magazine, 1861--1874. The Spiritualist Newspaper, 1872--1874. The Medium and Daybreak, 1869-- 1874 and be solely guided by...
Author : Alfred Russel Wallace
Publisher : Trieste Publishing
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2017-09-17
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0649662520
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Author : Alfred Russel Wallace
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2024-05-08
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9783385257085
Reprint of the original, first published in 1875.
Author : Alfred Russel Wallace
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2015-06-05
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 1440046093
Excerpt from Miracles and Modern Spiritualism "A presumption scepticism that reject facts without examination of their truth, is, in some respects, more injurious than unquestioning credulity." Humboldt. "One good experiment is of more value than the ingenuity of a brain like Newtons. Facts are more useful when they contradict, than when they support, received theories." - Sir Humphry Davy. "The perfect observer in any department of science will have his eyes, as it were, opened, that they may he struck at once by any occurrence which, according to received theories, ought not to happen, for these are the facts which serve as clues to new discoveries." Sir John Herschell. "Before experience itself can be used with advantage, there is one preliminary step to make which depends wholly on ourselves: it is, the absolute dismissal and clearing the mind of all prejudice, and the determination to stand or fall by the result of a direct appeal to facts in the first instance, and of strict logical deduction from them afterwards." - Sir John Herschell. "With regard to the miracle question, I can only say that the word 'impossible' is not, to my mind, applicable to matters of philosophy. That the possibilities of nature are infinite is an aphorism with which I am wont to worry my friends." - Professor Huxley. 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.
Author : Alfred Russel Wallace
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2016-07-07
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1535161051
From the introductory. AN ANSWER TO THE ARGUMENTS OF HUME, LECKY, AND OTHERS, AGAINST MIRACLES. (A Paper Read Before The Dialectical Society in 1871) It is now generally admitted, that those opinions and beliefs in which men have been educated generation after generation, and which have thus come to form part of their mental nature, are especially liable to be erroneous, because they keep alive and perpetuate the ideas and prejudices of a bygone and less enlightened age. It is therefore in the interest of truth that every doctrine or belief, however well established or sacred they may appear to be, should at certain intervals be challenged to arm themselves with such facts and reasonings as they possess, to meet their opponents in the open field of controversy, and do battle for their right to live. Nor can any exemption be claimed in favour of those beliefs which are the product of modern civilisation, and which have, for several generations, been held unquestioned by the great mass of the educated community; for the prejudice in their favour will be proportionately great, and, as was the case with the doctrines of Aristotle and the dogmas of the schoolmen, they may live on by mere weight of authority and force of habit, long after they have been shown to be opposed alike to fact and to reason. There have been times when popular beliefs were defended by the terrors of the law, and when the sceptic could only attack them at the peril of his life. Now, we all admit that truth can take care of itself, and that only error needs protection. But there is another mode of defence which equally implies a claim to certain and absolute truth, and which is therefore equally unworthy and unphilosophical-: that of ridicule and misrepresentation of our opponents, or a contemptuous refusal to discuss the question at all. This method is used among us even now; for there is one belief, or rather disbelief, whose advocates claim more than papal infallibility, by refusing to examine the evidence brought against it, and by alleging general arguments which have been in use for two centuries to prove that it cannot be erroneous. The belief to which I allude is, that all alleged miracles are false; that what is commonly understood by the term supernatural does not exist, or if it does is incapable of proof by any amount of human testimony; that all the phenomena we can have cognisance of depend on ascertainable physical laws, and that no other intelligent beings than man and the inferior animals can or do act upon our material world. These views have been now held almost unquestioned for many generations; they are inculcated as an essential part of a liberal education; they are popular, and are held to be one of the indications of our intellectual advancement; and they have become so much a part of our mental nature that all facts and arguments brought against them are either ignored as unworthy of serious consideration, or listened to with undisguised contempt. Now this frame of mind is certainly not one favourable to the discovery of truth, and strikingly resembles that by which, in former ages, systems of error have been fostered and maintained. The time has, therefore, come when it must be called upon to justify itself....
Author : Alfred Russel Wallace
Publisher : Palala Press
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2016-05-09
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1356091776
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Author : Alfred Russel Wallace
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2017-10-11
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 0266176224
Excerpt from Miracles and Modern Spiritualism I am well aware that my scientific friends are some what puzzled to account for what they consider to be my delusion, and believe that it has injuriously affected what ever power I may have once possessed of dealing with the philosophy of Natural History. One of them - Mr. Anton Dohrn - has expressed this plainly. I am informed that, in an article entitled Englische Kritiker und Anti Kritiker des Darwinismus, published in 1861, he has put forth the opinion that Spiritualism and Natural Selection are incompatible, and that my divergence from the views of Mr. Darwin arises from my belief in Spiritualism. He also supposes that in accepting the spiritual doctrines I have been to some extent influenced by clerical and reli gions prejudice. As Mr. Dohrn's views may be those of other scientific friends, I may perhaps be excused for entering into some personal details in reply. 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.
Author : Alfred Russell Wallace
Publisher : Literary Licensing, LLC
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2014-03
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1498024688
This Is A New Release Of The Original 1896 Edition.
Author : Alfred Russel Wallace
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1875
Category : London (England)
ISBN : UOM:39015006946878
