The Philosophy of Christ's Temptation

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Excerpt from The Philosophy of Christ's Temptation: A Study in Interpretation Our Christian conceptions of religion are based primarily upon the Bible as the canon of our sa cred literature. This literature is one, but the interpretation of its meaning and implications have been many. Unfortunately, in our time there has been a rather slavish following of tradi tion in thought instead of a coming to first-hand consideration of the problems. This process may have resulted in inculcating truth, but it has like wise been the means of perpetuating error, and has issued in general barrenness of thought. We may reasonably assume that there is a unity of truth in this literature if we may but attain to it. It, however, makes no pretense at a system atic or organic presentation of thought, but is rather a mosaic made up of isolated incidents, or a compilation of disconnected conceptions. Ac cordingly, there is the perennial need of rationally presenting an orderly system of doctrine, that is, a philosophy of religion is the ultimate demand of thought. But we shall find that this is a seri ous matter, dependent upon the science of inter pretation, which is as complex and extensive as the problem of knowledge itself. And the fulness of human experience and the demands of reason must stand as the criterion of final validity. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.