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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A discourse concerning the first planters of Greece : the common opinion propounded and rejected . The Hellens were not the first inhabitants of Greece , but the Pelasgi . The large spread of them over the parts of Greece . XII .
A discourse concerning the first planters of Greece : the common opinion propounded and rejected . The Hellens were not the first inhabitants of Greece , but the Pelasgi . The large spread of them over the parts of Greece . XII .
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... arose the opinion of the eternity of the world ; for the certain tradition of the world being now lost in a crowd of philosophers , whose main aim was to set up for themselves , and not to trade with the common bank ...
... arose the opinion of the eternity of the world ; for the certain tradition of the world being now lost in a crowd of philosophers , whose main aim was to set up for themselves , and not to trade with the common bank ...
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arose that strong presumption among them , which CHAP . hath been so taken for granted , that it hath been looked on as a common notion of human nature , viz . ex nihilo nihil fit , which was the main argument used Vid .
arose that strong presumption among them , which CHAP . hath been so taken for granted , that it hath been looked on as a common notion of human nature , viz . ex nihilo nihil fit , which was the main argument used Vid .
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... by the help of those common affections of matter , size , figure , motion , & c . he undertakes to give an account of the phenomena of the world . How far his principles do conduce to the giving men's minds satisfaction as to the ...
... by the help of those common affections of matter , size , figure , motion , & c . he undertakes to give an account of the phenomena of the world . How far his principles do conduce to the giving men's minds satisfaction as to the ...
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Some therefore finding , that , in the present state of the world , matter will not serve for all the noted and common phenomena of the world , have called in the help of a spirit of nature , which may serve instead of a man - midwife ...
Some therefore finding , that , in the present state of the world , matter will not serve for all the noted and common phenomena of the world , have called in the help of a spirit of nature , which may serve instead of a man - midwife ...
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