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Belief

noun

Any cognitive content held as true.

A vague idea in which some confidence is placed. Synonyms: feeling, impression, notion, opinion. "What are your feelings about the crisis?" , "It strengthened my belief in his sincerity" , "I had a feeling that she was lying"

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"Belief" Quotes from Famous Books

... on the spot," said this functionary, "confirm me in the belief that you are right. Is ...

— Monsieur Lecoq • Emile Gaboriau

... St. John's dancers this excitement was probably connected with apparitions consequent upon their convulsions. There were likewise some of them who were unable to endure the sight of persons weeping. The clergy seemed to become daily more and more confirmed in their belief that those who were affected were a kind of sectarians, and on this account they hastened their exorcisms as much as possible, in order that the evil might not spread amongst the higher classes, for hitherto scarcely ...

— The Black Death, and The Dancing Mania • Justus Friedrich Karl Hecker

... head. She was about to assure Mr. Sharp of the vanity of his belief, when an exclamation from her governess diverted the attention of both, and before either had time to speak again, Mademoiselle turned to them, and said ...

— Homeward Bound - or, The Chase • James Fenimore Cooper

... is Professor Sidgwick's extraordinary gift of inspiring confidence in diverse sorts of people. Such tenacity of interest in the result and such absolute impartiality in discussing the evidence are not once in a century found in an individual. His obstinate belief that there is something yet to be brought to light communicates patience to the discouraged; his constitutional inability to draw any precipitate conclusion reassures those who are afraid of being dupes. Mrs. Sidgwick—a sister, by the way, of the great Arthur Balfour—is ...

— The Will to Believe - and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy • William James

... contemplation of the natural and moral order of things, and to be in themselves immutable and universal. Consequently anything which, on however good authority, may be advanced in apparent opposition to them must either be rejected as unworthy of rational belief, or at least explained away, till it is made to accord with the assumed principles,—and the truth or falsehood of all doctrines proposed is to be decided according to their agreement or disagreement with those principles.' When Christianity, then, is presented to them, they inquire ...

— History of Rationalism Embracing a Survey of the Present State of Protestant Theology • John F. Hurst

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