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 32
Now if such a power in God implies no contradiction in itself , I say , the asserting
the necessary existence of matter implies a contradiction to this power . For , 1 . A
power to produce something out of nothing would be to no purpose , if a ...
Now if such a power in God implies no contradiction in itself , I say , the asserting
the necessary existence of matter implies a contradiction to this power . For , 1 . A
power to produce something out of nothing would be to no purpose , if a ...
Page 33
But I have already shewed that necessary existence implies other perfections
going along with it ; which is likewise thus proved by Tertullian in answer to
Hermogenes . The reason of the imperfections which are to be seen in any
creatures , is ...
But I have already shewed that necessary existence implies other perfections
going along with it ; which is likewise thus proved by Tertullian in answer to
Hermogenes . The reason of the imperfections which are to be seen in any
creatures , is ...
Page 69
The mode of existence in a creature is but contingent and possible ; and nothing
is implied in the notion of an existent creature beyond mere possibility of
existence : what is it then which gives actual existence to it ? That cannot be itself
, for it ...
The mode of existence in a creature is but contingent and possible ; and nothing
is implied in the notion of an existent creature beyond mere possibility of
existence : what is it then which gives actual existence to it ? That cannot be itself
, for it ...
Page 411
CHAP . especially when his Providence is implied in that very - idea from whence
he infers his existence . I can by no means suspect that Des Cartes designed to
take away the force of other arguments for a Deity , that he might secretly ...
CHAP . especially when his Providence is implied in that very - idea from whence
he infers his existence . I can by no means suspect that Des Cartes designed to
take away the force of other arguments for a Deity , that he might secretly ...
Page 415
14 . necessary existence ; which being contained in the idea , it follows that such
a Being actually exists . Des Cartes , in his fifth Meditation , confesses , That at
first appearance this looks like a piece of sophistry ; but he saith , that , upon ...
14 . necessary existence ; which being contained in the idea , it follows that such
a Being actually exists . Des Cartes , in his fifth Meditation , confesses , That at
first appearance this looks like a piece of sophistry ; but he saith , that , upon ...
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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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