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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... consider upon what pretence of reason this tradition came to be contradicted , and the eternity of the world asserted . For which we are to consider , that the difference of the former philosophers of the Ionic sect , after the time of ...
... consider upon what pretence of reason this tradition came to be contradicted , and the eternity of the world asserted . For which we are to consider , that the difference of the former philosophers of the Ionic sect , after the time of ...
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... consider what weak and infirm foundations the contrary is built upon . For all the arguments which either Ocellus , or Aristotle , or the modern Platonists make use of , are built on these following suppositions ; which are all false ...
... consider what weak and infirm foundations the contrary is built upon . For all the arguments which either Ocellus , or Aristotle , or the modern Platonists make use of , are built on these following suppositions ; which are all false ...
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... consider- ation of the Divine nature and goodness , without re- gard had to the determinations of his will , as to the existence of things in the world . It cannot certainly then be an argument of any great force with any can- did ...
... consider- ation of the Divine nature and goodness , without re- gard had to the determinations of his will , as to the existence of things in the world . It cannot certainly then be an argument of any great force with any can- did ...
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... consider the reason of it . The hypothesis then of Epicurus is , that before the world was brought into that form and order it is now in , there was an infinite empty space , in which were an innumerable company of solid particles , or ...
... consider the reason of it . The hypothesis then of Epicurus is , that before the world was brought into that form and order it is now in , there was an infinite empty space , in which were an innumerable company of solid particles , or ...
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... consider the hypothesis itself , whether it be rational or no , or consistent with the catholic laws of nature which appear in the world . Two things I shall here inquire into , which are the main principles of Epicu- rus , viz . the ...
... consider the hypothesis itself , whether it be rational or no , or consistent with the catholic laws of nature which appear in the world . Two things I shall here inquire into , which are the main principles of Epicu- rus , viz . the ...
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