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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God's power to govern man by laws , though he gives no particular reason of every positive precept . VI . The reason of God's creating man with freedon of will , largely shewed from Simplicius ; and the true account of the origin of ...
God's power to govern man by laws , though he gives no particular reason of every positive precept . VI . The reason of God's creating man with freedon of will , largely shewed from Simplicius ; and the true account of the origin of ...
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Such as endeavour to explain the origin of the universe , and all appearances of nature , merely by the mechanical laws of the motion of matter . I begin with those who assert the eternity of the world as it is , among whom Aristotle ...
Such as endeavour to explain the origin of the universe , and all appearances of nature , merely by the mechanical laws of the motion of matter . I begin with those who assert the eternity of the world as it is , among whom Aristotle ...
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All those who were renowned among the Greeks for wisdom and learning , did in ancient time resort to Egypt , to be acquainted with their laws and knowledge . On this account , therefore , we are not to seek for the ancient and genuine ...
All those who were renowned among the Greeks for wisdom and learning , did in ancient time resort to Egypt , to be acquainted with their laws and knowledge . On this account , therefore , we are not to seek for the ancient and genuine ...
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... Greek philosophers , in their discourses concerning God and the creation , were very far from being as good as their word to observe the laws of demonstration ; but instead of them , proceeded only upon opinions and conjectures .
... Greek philosophers , in their discourses concerning God and the creation , were very far from being as good as their word to observe the laws of demonstration ; but instead of them , proceeded only upon opinions and conjectures .
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That the main principles of the hypothesis itself are repugnant to those catholic laws of nature which are observed in the universe . 1. The Epicureans , according to their own principles , could have no certainty of the truth of this ...
That the main principles of the hypothesis itself are repugnant to those catholic laws of nature which are observed in the universe . 1. The Epicureans , according to their own principles , could have no certainty of the truth of this ...
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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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