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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Page 18
Every thing that comes into being , and is subject to dissolution , hath two
observable mutations in it : the one is whereby it grows from less to greater , and
from worse to better ; and this is called generation , and the height of this
mutation ...
Every thing that comes into being , and is subject to dissolution , hath two
observable mutations in it : the one is whereby it grows from less to greater , and
from worse to better ; and this is called generation , and the height of this
mutation ...
Page 24
... the better ; but we are most certain that the wisdom and goodness of God will
do that which is best ; and therefore if they can enjoy themselves before they
come into those terrestrial bodies , ( it being better for them to enjoy themselves
than ...
... the better ; but we are most certain that the wisdom and goodness of God will
do that which is best ; and therefore if they can enjoy themselves before they
come into those terrestrial bodies , ( it being better for them to enjoy themselves
than ...
Page 109
The same author mentions , with much approbation , that speech of Heraclitus ,
speaking of those souls which are άπτωτοι εις κακίαν , which I cannot better
render than undeclinably good ; he saith , ότι ζώμεν τον εκείνων θάνατον ,
τεθνήκαμεν ...
The same author mentions , with much approbation , that speech of Heraclitus ,
speaking of those souls which are άπτωτοι εις κακίαν , which I cannot better
render than undeclinably good ; he saith , ότι ζώμεν τον εκείνων θάνατον ,
τεθνήκαμεν ...
Page 331
We are now comparing the notions of Epicurus and Anaxagoras as to religion ;
and that method which Plutarch tells us Anaxagoras took , as to the freeing the
mind of Pericles from superstition , was far better than that of Epicurus .
We are now comparing the notions of Epicurus and Anaxagoras as to religion ;
and that method which Plutarch tells us Anaxagoras took , as to the freeing the
mind of Pericles from superstition , was far better than that of Epicurus .
Page 359
I might pursue this matter much further ; but if this be not sufficient to my purpose ,
more will be less regarded : for mankind are better pleased with choice , than a
heap ; and I have only pitched upon persons of great esteem in the world .
I might pursue this matter much further ; but if this be not sufficient to my purpose ,
more will be less regarded : for mankind are better pleased with choice , than a
heap ; and I have only pitched upon persons of great esteem in the world .
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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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