Origines Sacrae: Or a Rational Account of the Grounds of Natural and Revealed Religion ... Together with a Letter to a Deist, Volume 2Clarendon Press, 1797 - Apologetics |
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... say , that the motion of atoms depends upon their gravity , the question returns upon him with the fame violence ; how comes this gravity to belong to thefe atoms in fuch an empty space , where there can be no impul- fion from other ...
... say , that the motion of atoms depends upon their gravity , the question returns upon him with the fame violence ; how comes this gravity to belong to thefe atoms in fuch an empty space , where there can be no impul- fion from other ...
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... say , that all these things came only from a blind and fortuitous concourfe of atoms , is the most prodigious piece of credulity and folly that human nature is subject to . But this part which concerns the order and beauty of the parts ...
... say , that all these things came only from a blind and fortuitous concourfe of atoms , is the most prodigious piece of credulity and folly that human nature is subject to . But this part which concerns the order and beauty of the parts ...
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... say , that when Homer wifhed Εκ τε θεῶν ἔριν ἔκτ ̓ ἀνθρώπων ἀπολέσθαι . That all contention were banished out of the world , that he did fecretly curfe the origin of things , and wished the ruin of the world . So Empedocles called the ...
... say , that when Homer wifhed Εκ τε θεῶν ἔριν ἔκτ ̓ ἀνθρώπων ἀπολέσθαι . That all contention were banished out of the world , that he did fecretly curfe the origin of things , and wished the ruin of the world . So Empedocles called the ...
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... say of those he commanded to be executed , Ferit ut fentiant fe mori , he fo punishes them , as to make them fenfible of their punishments . And as Tacitus fpeaks of cruel and wicked perfons , quorum mentes fi recludantur , poffint ...
... say of those he commanded to be executed , Ferit ut fentiant fe mori , he fo punishes them , as to make them fenfible of their punishments . And as Tacitus fpeaks of cruel and wicked perfons , quorum mentes fi recludantur , poffint ...
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... say that all the defign of Mofes was only to give an account of the origin and history of the Jew- ish nation , and that Adam was only the firft of that ftock , is manifeftly ridiculous ; it being fo clear , that not only from Adam and ...
... say that all the defign of Mofes was only to give an account of the origin and history of the Jew- ish nation , and that Adam was only the firft of that ftock , is manifeftly ridiculous ; it being fo clear , that not only from Adam and ...
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afferted againſt Anaxagoras Anaximander ancient animals anſwer Ariftotle atoms becauſe befides bodies BOOK Cartes caufe cauſe Chalcidius Chrift Chriftian Cicero confider Dæmon defign deftroyed Democritus difcourfe Diodorus Siculus Divine doth earth Egyptians Epicurus eſpecially eternal evil exift exiſtence extenfion faid faith fame feems fenfe ferve feveral fhall fhew fhould fince firft firſt fome foul fpeaks ftill ftrange fubftance fuch things fufficient fuppofe give God's goodneſs greateſt Greece Greeks hath himſelf hypothefis impoffible infinite itſelf Lucretius mankind matter mind Mofes moft moſt motion muft muſt nature neceffary neceffity obferved opinion paffage particles Pelafgi perfons Phaleg philofophers Plato Plutarch poffible prefent preferved principles puniſhment purpoſe Pythagoras queftion reafon reft religion Scriptures ſeems ſenſe ſeveral ſome ſpeak Strabo ſuppoſe teftimony thefe themſelves thence theſe things thofe thoſe tion truth underſtand univerfe unleſs uſe whofe worship δὲ καὶ τὴν τῆς τὸ τῶν