The Seven Pillories of WisdomMercer University Press, 1990 - 137 páginas |
Contenido
| 1 | |
The Argument from Probable Certainty | 17 |
The Argument from Primitive Culture | 31 |
The Argument from Silence | 39 |
The Argument from Creative Background | 49 |
The Argument from Consistency | 67 |
The Argument from Specialization | 89 |
A Reappraisal of Rudolf Bultmann in the Light of Form Criticism | 103 |
Bibliography | 109 |
Index of Names and Subjects | 117 |
Términos y frases comunes
A. E. Housman approach argument from silence authorship believed Bible Bulver C. S. Lewis calories Cambridge Charles Neill Collins culture David Friedrich Strauss described disciples dogma Dorothy Sayers early Christians early church evidence F. C. Baur F. J. A. Hort form critics Gilmour and Howard gospel writers Greek historians historical facts Ibid ideas Interpretation John Kee London letters literary Luke Magnus Pyke Mark Mark's Martin Hengel McLean Gilmour Messianic Secret method mind miracles modern critical motives Nineham opinion original Oxford parable Paul Paul's Penguin Books Peter presuppositions primitive problem prove question quoting regarded Rudolf Bultmann Sayers scientific SCM Press Sherlock Holmes situation sources statement Stephen Neill story Strauss style Synoptic teaching of Jesus Testament Testament scholars Testament scholarship Testament study Testament writers Theology theory things thought tradition trans truth twentieth century University Press Werner Georg Kümmel William words Wrede writing written York
Pasajes populares
Página 89 - A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines. With consistency a great soul has simply nothing to do.
Página 38 - When a distinguished but elderly scientist states that something is possible, he is almost certainly right. When he states that something is impossible, he is very probably wrong.
Página 3 - New occasions teach new duties ; Time makes ancient good uncouth ; They must upward still, and onward, who would keep abreast of Truth ; Lo, before us gleam her camp-fires ! we ourselves must Pilgrims be, Launch our Mayflower, and steer boldly through the desperate winter sea, Nor attempt the Future's portal with the Past's blood-rusted key.
Página 89 - In a higher world it is otherwise ; but here below to live is to change, and to be perfect is to have changed often.
Página 33 - I attribute the insane arrogance of the later Roman emperors almost entirely to the fact that, never having played golf, they never knew that strange chastening humility which is engendered by a topped chip-shot. If Cleopatra had been outed in the first round of the Ladies' Singles, we should have heard a lot less of her proud imperiousness.
Página 41 - Is there any point to which you would wish to draw my attention?" "To the curious incident of the dog in the night-time." "The dog did nothing in the night-time.
Página 77 - The King and Cordelia ought by no means to have dy'd, and therefore Mr Tate has very justly alter'd that particular, which must disgust the Reader and Audience to have Vertue and Piety meet so unjust a Reward. So that this Plot, tho' of so celebrated a Play, has none of the Ends of Tragedy moving neither Fear nor Pity.
Página 77 - Put him to shame by their serious and disinterested purpose and the honesty of their dealings with themselves. His buoyant mind, elated by the exercise of its powers, too often forgot the nature of its business, and turned from work to play ; and many a time when he feigned and half fancied that he was correcting the scribe, he knew in his heart (and of his Paradise Lost they tell us he confessed it) that he was revising the author.
Página 27 - You can have no idea," said Peter, irrelevantly, "how refreshing it is to talk to somebody who has a grasp of method. The police are excellent fellows, but the only principle of detection they have really grasped is that wretched phrase, Cui bono? They will hare off after motive, which is a matter for psychologists. Juries are just the same. If they can see a motive they tend to convict, however often the judge may tell them that there's no need to prove motive, and that motive by itself will never...
Página 39 - ... my habit has been to make the speakers say what was in my opinion demanded of them by the various occasions, of course adhering as closely as pos14 sible to the general sense of what they really said.