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 450
But he saith positively , That the idea of extension and space are the same ;
therefore if space can neither be created nor annihilated , neither can matter .
And it seemed strange to me , that a person so sagacious should not lay these
things ...
But he saith positively , That the idea of extension and space are the same ;
therefore if space can neither be created nor annihilated , neither can matter .
And it seemed strange to me , that a person so sagacious should not lay these
things ...
Page 452
But it is possible he may from hence aim at proving , that there must be a
corporeal substance in imaginary space , because there is an extension there ,
and nothing cannot be attributed to nothing ; therefore there must be a real body
there .
But it is possible he may from hence aim at proving , that there must be a
corporeal substance in imaginary space , because there is an extension there ,
and nothing cannot be attributed to nothing ; therefore there must be a real body
there .
Page 454
That the empty space was a real body , because nothing can have no properties .
But there is a difference between real properties and imaginary : if there be any
bodies in that space , there will be extension , distance , & c . but it is a very ...
That the empty space was a real body , because nothing can have no properties .
But there is a difference between real properties and imaginary : if there be any
bodies in that space , there will be extension , distance , & c . but it is a very ...
Page 456
But mathematical extension is capable of no division but in the mind ; for no man
imagines the earth really divided by the parallels and meridians , & c . and the
division of the parts of an empty space is nothing but a mathematical division ...
But mathematical extension is capable of no division but in the mind ; for no man
imagines the earth really divided by the parallels and meridians , & c . and the
division of the parts of an empty space is nothing but a mathematical division ...
Page 457
But Du Hamel proceeds . How can those bodies touch one another , when God
can create another body between ? No , saith Regis , that still supposes a space
between ; and if there be a space , there must be a body ; and so a vacuum is a ...
But Du Hamel proceeds . How can those bodies touch one another , when God
can create another body between ? No , saith Regis , that still supposes a space
between ; and if there be a space , there must be a body ; and so a vacuum is a ...
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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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