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" Are the actions of / men, and therefore of societies, governed, by, fixed laws, or are they the result either of chance or of supernatural interference ? The discussion of these alternatives will suggest some speculations of considerable interest. "
The Quarterly Review - Page 40
edited by - 1858
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History of Civilization in England, Volume 1

Henry Thomas Buckle - Civilization - 1857 - 882 pages
...thus be led to one vast question, -which indeed lies at the root of the whole subject, and is simply this: Are the actions of / men, and therefore of societies,...result either of chance or of supernatural interference ? The discussion of these alternatives will suggest some speculations of considerable interest. For,...
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The Dublin University Magazine A Literary and Political Journal VOL.LI ...

The Dublin University Magazine A Literary and Political Journal VOL.LI.January to June,1858 - 1858 - 780 pages
...present empirical state, and never rise to the rank of a science. The 14 15 question, he says, is simply this — Are the actions of men and, therefore, of...result either of chance or of supernatural interference V Two obstacles must be cleared away before the positive method can hold its ground in the social sciences....
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The Christian observer [afterw.] The Christian observer and advocate

1858 - 878 pages
...Buckle opens his work with an inquiry, which lies, he observes, at the root of the whole subject : " Are the actions of men, and, therefore, of societies,...fixed laws; or are they the result either of chance or supernatural interference ?" He then traces briefly the way in which the notions of chance and fate...
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The Rambler, a Catholic journal of home and foreign literature ..., Volume 10

1858 - 456 pages
...all this, he pretends to begin from persons. The fundamental question of his book is thus stated : " Are the actions of men, and therefore of societies,...fixed laws, or are they the result either of chance or supernatural interference ?"* He discusses these latter alternatives, not mathematically, or metaphysically,...
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The Dublin University Magazine: A Literary and Political Journal, Volume 51

1858 - 798 pages
...present empirical state, and never rise to the rank of a science. The question, he says, is simply this — " Are the actions of men and, therefore, of societies, governed by fixed laws, or arc they the result either of chance or of supernatural interference 1" Two obstacles must be cleared...
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The Dublin University Magazine, Volume 51

Ireland - 1858 - 770 pages
...present empirical state, and never rise to the rank of a science. The question, he says, is simply this — Are the actions of men and, therefore, of societies, governed by fixed tews, or are they the result either of chance or of supernatural interference V Two obstacles must...
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Christian Examiner and Theological Review, Volume 64

Theology - 1858 - 492 pages
...only an empirical narrative of facts. But the question comes, Is it so ? Are the actions of men and societies governed by fixed laws, or are they the result either of blind chance or of supernatural interference ? In regard to all events there are two doctrines which...
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History of Civilization in England, Volume 1

Henry Thomas Buckle - France - 1857 - 886 pages
...thus be led to one vast question, which indeed lies at the root of the whole subject, and is simply this : Are the actions of men, and therefore of societies,...result either of chance or of supernatural interference 1 The discussion of these alternatives will suggest some speculations of considerable interest. For,...
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The Christian Examiner, Volume 71

Liberalism (Religion) - 1861 - 520 pages
...Am. ed.), " to one vast question, which, indeed, lies at the root of the whole subject, and is simply this : Are the actions of men, and therefore of societies,...result either of chance or of supernatural interference ? " Identifying freedom with chance, Mr. Buckle denies that there is such a thing, and maintains that...
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Sophron and Neologus; Or Common Sense Philosophy

William Gresley - Apologetics - 1861 - 422 pages
...civilisation by the following questions, which, he says, lie at the root of the whole subject : — " Are the actions of men, and therefore of societies, governed by fixed laws; or are they the result of chance or supernatural interference ?" Now this division is not logically correct, for actions may...
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