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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I. That there were some remainders of the ancient history of the world preserved in the several nations after the dispersion . II . How it came to be corrupted : by decay of knowledge , increase of idolatry , confusion of languages .
I. That there were some remainders of the ancient history of the world preserved in the several nations after the dispersion . II . How it came to be corrupted : by decay of knowledge , increase of idolatry , confusion of languages .
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... as to that universal tradition of the first ages of the world , which was preserved far better among the ... than those other nations were , which had means of preserving some monuments and general reports of the first ages of the ...
... as to that universal tradition of the first ages of the world , which was preserved far better among the ... than those other nations were , which had means of preserving some monuments and general reports of the first ages of the ...
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... such as Aristotle and Epicurus , but from those who took the pains themselves to search into those records which were preserved among the elder and more knowing nations : and although the nations they resorted to sought to advance ...
... such as Aristotle and Epicurus , but from those who took the pains themselves to search into those records which were preserved among the elder and more knowing nations : and although the nations they resorted to sought to advance ...
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... depends on the senses , and men have it only Epicuri . one of these four ways . 1. By incursion , as the species c . 7. can . 7 . Nat . Deor . de Logica Op . tom . i . III . BOOK of a man is preserved by the D4 ORIGINES SACRĈ . 39.
... depends on the senses , and men have it only Epicuri . one of these four ways . 1. By incursion , as the species c . 7. can . 7 . Nat . Deor . de Logica Op . tom . i . III . BOOK of a man is preserved by the D4 ORIGINES SACRĈ . 39.
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BOOK of a man is preserved by the sight of him . 2. By proportion , as we can enlarge or contract that species of a man either into a giant or pigmy . 3. By similitude , as we may fancy the image of a city by resemblance to one which we ...
BOOK of a man is preserved by the sight of him . 2. By proportion , as we can enlarge or contract that species of a man either into a giant or pigmy . 3. By similitude , as we may fancy the image of a city by resemblance to one which we ...
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