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 2University Press, 1836 - 542 pages |
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... , ) did come so near to that which we have the greatest reason to believe to have been the most certain account of the origin of the world . 1. i . c . 25 . II . For this opinion of Thales seems to have 4 ORIGINES SACRE .
... , ) did come so near to that which we have the greatest reason to believe to have been the most certain account of the origin of the world . 1. i . c . 25 . II . For this opinion of Thales seems to have 4 ORIGINES SACRE .
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... believe that the world had a beginning , and was corruptible ; that it was spherical , and the stars were of the nature of fire ; that the soul was of an immortal nature , and did pass up and down the world : which Laertius cites from ...
... believe that the world had a beginning , and was corruptible ; that it was spherical , and the stars were of the nature of fire ; that the soul was of an immortal nature , and did pass up and down the world : which Laertius cites from ...
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... believe , because the succes- de Ver . sors of Thales , Anaximander and Anaxagoras , " express themselves to that purpose . Anaximander called the sea , τῆς πρώτης ὑγρασίας λείψανον , the remainder of the primitive moisture : and ...
... believe , because the succes- de Ver . sors of Thales , Anaximander and Anaxagoras , " express themselves to that purpose . Anaximander called the sea , τῆς πρώτης ὑγρασίας λείψανον , the remainder of the primitive moisture : and ...
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... believe many others to be true which are appa- rently false . For which Maimonides useth an excel- Maimon . lent similitude . Suppose , saith he , one of exquisite natural parts , whose mother dies as soon as he is born , and his father ...
... believe many others to be true which are appa- rently false . For which Maimonides useth an excel- Maimon . lent similitude . Suppose , saith he , one of exquisite natural parts , whose mother dies as soon as he is born , and his father ...
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... believe preexistence on this ground , I be not likewise bound to believe at least the souls of men eternal , if not the universe ? But how reconcilable the eternity of the world is to the Pythagoric cabala of the crea- tion , I am yet ...
... believe preexistence on this ground , I be not likewise bound to believe at least the souls of men eternal , if not the universe ? But how reconcilable the eternity of the world is to the Pythagoric cabala of the crea- tion , I am yet ...
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