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 38
Let sense be never so infallible a rule of judgment , yet it is impossible there
should be any evidence to sense of the truth of this hypothesis ; and let him
extend his sò a poouevóuevov as long as he please , which was his great help
for ...
Let sense be never so infallible a rule of judgment , yet it is impossible there
should be any evidence to sense of the truth of this hypothesis ; and let him
extend his sò a poouevóuevov as long as he please , which was his great help
for ...
Page 39
II . e II Epicurus ' s own confession all these atoms are , which CHAP . are now
the component particles of bodies ; much more those which by their fortuitous
concourse gave being to the world , ) and that is , if something evident to sense
doth ...
II . e II Epicurus ' s own confession all these atoms are , which CHAP . are now
the component particles of bodies ; much more those which by their fortuitous
concourse gave being to the world , ) and that is , if something evident to sense
doth ...
Page 108
And it seems far more rational to me to interpret those persons ' opinions to a
cabalistical or an allegorical sense , who are known to have written designedly in
a way obscure and ambiguous , than to force those men ' s expressions to
cabalas ...
And it seems far more rational to me to interpret those persons ' opinions to a
cabalistical or an allegorical sense , who are known to have written designedly in
a way obscure and ambiguous , than to force those men ' s expressions to
cabalas ...
Page 189
The corruption of Hebraisms . Alteration of names . Ambiguity of sense in the
Oriental languages . VI . Attributing the actions of many to one person ; as in
Jupiter , Bacchus , & c . VII . The remainders of Scripture - history among the
heathens .
The corruption of Hebraisms . Alteration of names . Ambiguity of sense in the
Oriental languages . VI . Attributing the actions of many to one person ; as in
Jupiter , Bacchus , & c . VII . The remainders of Scripture - history among the
heathens .
Page 269
And if there had not been some very great reason in nature to have kept the
notion of a Deity in men ' s minds , it is hardly conceivable , that , under all the
horrible superstitions of Greece , there should be any such thing as a sense of
religion ...
And if there had not been some very great reason in nature to have kept the
notion of a Deity in men ' s minds , it is hardly conceivable , that , under all the
horrible superstitions of Greece , there should be any such thing as a sense of
religion ...
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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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