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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... and so will have no force at all upon the generality of the world , who are only allured by hopes , or awed by fears , to that which of their choice they would be glad to be freed from . Besides , what expressions of gratitude can ...
... and so will have no force at all upon the generality of the world , who are only allured by hopes , or awed by fears , to that which of their choice they would be glad to be freed from . Besides , what expressions of gratitude can ...
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... was την φύσιν αυτά γεννάν από τινος αιτίας αυτομάτης και άνευ διανοίας φυούσης , that all things were produced by a blind force of nature , without any reason or counsel ; to which he opposeth the other opinion , that they are made ...
... was την φύσιν αυτά γεννάν από τινος αιτίας αυτομάτης και άνευ διανοίας φυούσης , that all things were produced by a blind force of nature , without any reason or counsel ; to which he opposeth the other opinion , that they are made ...
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It cannot certainly then be an argument of any great force with any candid inquirers after truth and reason , which hath been lately pleaded in the behalf of that Pythagorean hypothesis of the preexistence of souls , viz . that if it be ...
It cannot certainly then be an argument of any great force with any candid inquirers after truth and reason , which hath been lately pleaded in the behalf of that Pythagorean hypothesis of the preexistence of souls , viz . that if it be ...
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It is therefore a very weak manner of arguing , that , because xn is sometimes used for no more than wy , therefore the world was created out of preexistent matter ; all that can rationally be inferred is , that from the mere force and ...
It is therefore a very weak manner of arguing , that , because xn is sometimes used for no more than wy , therefore the world was created out of preexistent matter ; all that can rationally be inferred is , that from the mere force and ...
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... but think these atoms have no force at all in them , unless they can extrude a Deity quite out of the world ; for it is most evident that it was not so much the truth , as the serviceableness of this hypothesis , which hath given it ...
... but think these atoms have no force at all in them , unless they can extrude a Deity quite out of the world ; for it is most evident that it was not so much the truth , as the serviceableness of this hypothesis , which hath given it ...
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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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