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Natural Religion; Consciousness and its Implications1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 November 2011

James Bissett Pratt
Affiliation:
Williams College

Extract

Eighteen years ago, when Emerson Hall was nearing its completion, the motto chosen for its portal was that insistent query of the psalmist, “What is man that Thou art mindful of him?” No words could have been more appropriate for a building devoted to philosophy and psychology; and if we knew the answer to the question they propound we should have at least the key to the more fundamental problems of Natural Religion.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © President and Fellows of Harvard College 1923

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References

1 The annual Dudleian Lecture, delivered in Emerson Hall, Harvard University, April 3, 1923. The direction of the Founder (1751) is: “The first lecture or anniversary sermon to be for the proving, explaining, and proper use and improvement of the principles of Natural Religion, as it is commonly called and understood by divines and learned men.”