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SweetFreedom Posted 12 years ago
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To authority, whether that of tradition or that of revelation?

Does "to authority, whether that of tradition or that of revelation" mean "to authority, whether authority of tradition or authority of revelation"?

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Philosophy, as I shall understand the word, is something intermediate

between theology and science. Like theology, it consists of speculations

on matters as to which definite knowledge has, so far, been un

ascertainable; but like science, it appeals to human reason rather than

to authority, whether that of tradition or that of revelation. All definite

knowledge -- so I should contend - belongs to science; all dogma as to

what surpasses definite knowledge belongs to theology. But between

theology and science there is a No Man's Land, exposed to attack from

both sides; this No Man's Land is philosophy.
  

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Thanks.
Does "revelation" refer to "the last book of the New Testament"?

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