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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Of the hypothesis of the eternity of the world , asserted by Ocellus Lucanus and
Aristotle . V . The weakness of the foundations on which that opinion is built . Of
the manner of forming principles of philosophy . VI . The possibility of creation ...
Of the hypothesis of the eternity of the world , asserted by Ocellus Lucanus and
Aristotle . V . The weakness of the foundations on which that opinion is built . Of
the manner of forming principles of philosophy . VI . The possibility of creation ...
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... world in its being , and wisely disposeth all events in it . For it is a most
irrational and absurd opinion to assert a Deity , and deny Providence ; and in
nothing did Epicurus more discover the weakness and puerility of his judgment
than in this .
... world in its being , and wisely disposeth all events in it . For it is a most
irrational and absurd opinion to assert a Deity , and deny Providence ; and in
nothing did Epicurus more discover the weakness and puerility of his judgment
than in this .
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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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33 . as he ; but Socrates was far enough from asserting such stupid paradoxes ,
and making geometry nothing but a ... Either therefore Democritus should not
have asserted such immutable principles , or he should not have overlooked the
...
33 . as he ; but Socrates was far enough from asserting such stupid paradoxes ,
and making geometry nothing but a ... Either therefore Democritus should not
have asserted such immutable principles , or he should not have overlooked the
...
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Anaxagoras was very clear as to the mainpoint of atheism ; for he asserted an
Eternal Mind which made the world : this Anaximander denied , but he asserted
the common deities : and although the Epicurean in Tully argues well against ...
Anaxagoras was very clear as to the mainpoint of atheism ; for he asserted an
Eternal Mind which made the world : this Anaximander denied , but he asserted
the common deities : and although the Epicurean in Tully argues well against ...
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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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