I believe there are tens of thousands whose prayers are nothing but a mere form,--a set of words repeated by rote, without a thought about their meaning.
Nay, rather, it is teaching which is calculated to do immense harm to men's souls, and to turn the reception of the sacrament into a mere form.
From a mere form of the movement exchange value becomes its substance.
The motive and essence of sale for the sake of payment becomes from a mere form of the process of circulation its self emanating substance.
Hence the teleological view is a mere form of human representation, a subjective principle.
Space is a mere form of combination in representation or for the observer, and yet it is objective, i.
Pleasure in mere form, without a concept, and without the idea of an end, is impossible.
Both Abbott and Bowne regard righteousness as a mere form of benevolence, and the atonement as only a means to a utilitarian end, namely, the restoration and happiness of the creature.
The chief psychological defect of New School theology, next to its making holiness to be a mere form of love, is its ignoring of the unconscious and subconscious elements in human character.
I feel on the eve of some great crisis in my moral history, and yet I see nothing distinctly, except the utter worthlessness of a religion of mere form without a living principle.
It still remains when all sense content is thought away, and yet is not a mere form.
These belong to pure intuition, which exists a priori in the mind, as a mere form of sensibility, and without any real object of the senses or any sensation.
Among the modern Jews this usage exists, though now a mere form, there being no real purchase.
Among the Jews of the present day this usage exists, though it is now a mere form, there being no real purchase.
But indenting has gradually become a mere form, and is often neglected, while the writings or counterparts retain the name of indentures.
Defn: Action or appearance resembling that of a puppet, or puppet show; hence, mere form or show; affectation.
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