Origines Sacrae Or a Rational Account of the Grounds of Natural and Revealed Religion: To which is Added Part of Another Book Upon the Same Subject, Left Unfinished by the Author : Together with a Letter to a Deist, Volume 2University Press, 1836 - 542 pages |
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... Egyptian than Mosaic . Of the fluid matter , which was the material principle of the universe . IV . Of the hypothesis of the eternity of the world , asserted by Ocellus Lucanus and Aristotle . V. The weakness of the foundations on ...
... Egyptian than Mosaic . Of the fluid matter , which was the material principle of the universe . IV . Of the hypothesis of the eternity of the world , asserted by Ocellus Lucanus and Aristotle . V. The weakness of the foundations on ...
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... Egyptians , and others about it . X. Of Manichæism . XI , XII , XIII , XIV . The opinion of the ancient Greek philoso- phers ; of Pythagoras , Plato , the Stoics ; the origin of evil not from XV , XVI . The remainders of the history the ...
... Egyptians , and others about it . X. Of Manichæism . XI , XII , XIII , XIV . The opinion of the ancient Greek philoso- phers ; of Pythagoras , Plato , the Stoics ; the origin of evil not from XV , XVI . The remainders of the history the ...
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... Egyptians , Cilicians . Adam under Saturn ; Cain among the Phoenicians . Tubal - Cain and Jubal under Vulcan and Apollo ; Naamah under Minerva . VIII . Noah under Saturn , Janus , Prometheus , and Bacchus . IX . Noah's three sons under ...
... Egyptians , Cilicians . Adam under Saturn ; Cain among the Phoenicians . Tubal - Cain and Jubal under Vulcan and Apollo ; Naamah under Minerva . VIII . Noah under Saturn , Janus , Prometheus , and Bacchus . IX . Noah's three sons under ...
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... Egyptians , Chaldeans , and others , than among the Greeks . For which we have this evident reason , that Greece was far more barbarous and rude in its elder times , than those other nations were , which had means of preserving some ...
... Egyptians , Chaldeans , and others , than among the Greeks . For which we have this evident reason , that Greece was far more barbarous and rude in its elder times , than those other nations were , which had means of preserving some ...
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... Egyptians did con- Diog . La- stantly believe that the world had a beginning , and was corruptible ; that it was spherical , and the stars were of the nature of fire ; that the soul was of an immortal nature , and did pass up and down ...
... Egyptians did con- Diog . La- stantly believe that the world had a beginning , and was corruptible ; that it was spherical , and the stars were of the nature of fire ; that the soul was of an immortal nature , and did pass up and down ...
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