Agnosticism

New World, the term Agnosticism has been very happily employed to indicate this attitude of reserve towards the super-sensible.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss 1840-1916 1913

But the term Agnosticism is frequently used in a widely different sense, as implying belief that the being of God is not merely now unknown, but must always remain unknowable.

Mind and Motion and Monism George John Romanes 1871

Agnosticism is cool as long as you keep an open mind and don't think yourself superior or more scientific or more rational than those of us who know the answer to that most important question.

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The more carefully one examines the reasons given for the preference for the word Agnosticism, the clearer it becomes that the real motive is not the wish to obtain mental clarity, but the desire to avoid association with a term that carries, religiously, disagreeable associations.

Theism or Atheism The Great Alternative Chapman Cohen

The word Agnosticism, on the other hand, seems to imply a fairly accurate appreciation of a form of creed already common and daily spreading.

Theism or Atheism The Great Alternative Chapman Cohen

He lectured on various occasions, the most important of his lectures probably being on "What Catholics do not believe", St. Louis, 1877, and on "Agnosticism", Philadelphia, 1894.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 13: Revelation-Stock 1840-1916 1913

"Agnosticism" (I think the "Spectator" first adopted and popularised both), until now Agnostics are assuming the position of a recognised sect, and Agnosticism is honoured by especial obloquy on the part of the orthodox.

The Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley Huxley, Leonard 1900

The republication in it of the "Agnosticism," originally written in reply to an article of Mr. Frederic Harrison's, induced the latter to disclaim in the "Fortnightly Review" the intimate connection assumed to exist between his views and the system of Positivism detailed by Comte, and at the same time to offer the olive branch to his former opponent.

The Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley Huxley, Leonard 1900

The first article, "Agnosticism," appeared in the February number of the "Nineteenth Century".

The Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley Huxley, Leonard 1900

The story is told in his article on "Agnosticism," written in 1889

Thomas Henry Huxley A Character Sketch Leonard Huxley 1896