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 2 |
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The world could not be produced by a casual concourse of atoms , proved from
the nature and motion of Epicurus ' s atoms , and the phænomena of the universe
; especially the proSTILLINGFLEET , VOL . II . duction and nature of animals .
The world could not be produced by a casual concourse of atoms , proved from
the nature and motion of Epicurus ' s atoms , and the phænomena of the universe
; especially the proSTILLINGFLEET , VOL . II . duction and nature of animals .
Page 136
The possibility of an uni . versal deluge proved . IV . The food universal as to
mankind , whether universal as to the earth and animals ; no necessity of
asserting either . V . Yet supposing the possibility of it demonstrated without
creation of new ...
The possibility of an uni . versal deluge proved . IV . The food universal as to
mankind , whether universal as to the earth and animals ; no necessity of
asserting either . V . Yet supposing the possibility of it demonstrated without
creation of new ...
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Which will be easily understood , if , according to our former supposition , only the
animals of the inhabited part of the world were preserved in the ark ; but admitting
that all kinds of animals were there , there would be room enough for them ...
Which will be easily understood , if , according to our former supposition , only the
animals of the inhabited part of the world were preserved in the ark ; but admitting
that all kinds of animals were there , there would be room enough for them ...
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And by what means could that afterwards be joined with the other , to make up
one perfect animal ? ... this Egyptian hypothesis of imperfect animals is
repugnant to the most accurate observations which have been made about the
generations ...
And by what means could that afterwards be joined with the other , to make up
one perfect animal ? ... this Egyptian hypothesis of imperfect animals is
repugnant to the most accurate observations which have been made about the
generations ...
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1 . of our most experienced and skilful anatomists , after all CHAP . their debates
about the several mechanical hypotheses - concerning the production of animals
, have concluded that it is impossible that mere matter and motion , of ...
1 . of our most experienced and skilful anatomists , after all CHAP . their debates
about the several mechanical hypotheses - concerning the production of animals
, have concluded that it is impossible that mere matter and motion , of ...
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| Title | 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 2 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, Edward Stillingfleet |
| Author | Edward Stillingfleet |
| Publisher | University Press, 1836 |
| Original from | the Bavarian State Library |
| Digitized | 17 Dec 2009 |
| Length | 542 pages |
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