BOWNE'S THEISM 



BY BOROEN P. BOWNE 



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FOR COLLEGES AND THEOLOGICAL SCHOOLS 

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THIS BOOK Is a revision and extension of the author's 

 previous work. Philosophy of Theism." In the 

 present volume the arguments, especially from eptste- 

 mology and metaphysics, receive fuller treatment. The work 

 has been largely rewritten, and about half as much additional 

 new matter has been included. 



The author, however, still adheres to his original plan of 

 giving the essential arguments, so that the reader may discern 

 their true nature and be enabled to estimate their rational 

 value. He does this from the conviction that the Important 

 thing in theistlc discussion Is not to make bulky collections of 

 striking facts and eloquent Illustrations, nor to produce learned 

 catalogues of theistic writers and their works, but to clear up 

 the logical principles which underlie the subject. From this 

 point of view the work might rightly be called the Logic of 

 Theism." 



Special attention Is given to the fact that atheistic argu- 

 ment is properly no argument at all. but a set of Illusions which 

 Inevitably spring up on the plane of sense-thought, and acquire 

 plausibility with the uncritical. The author seeks to lay bare 

 the root of these fallacies and to expose them in their base- 

 lessness. In addition, the practical and vital nature of the 

 theistic argument is emphasized, and It is shown to be not 

 merely nor mainly a matter of syllogistic and academic 

 Inference, but one of life, action, and history. 



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