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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... motion of Epicurus's atoms , and the phænomena of the univerfe ; efpecially the production and nature of animals . XVIII . Of the Cartefian hypothefis , that it cannot falve the origin of the uni- verfe without a Deity giving motion to ...
... motion of Epicurus's atoms , and the phænomena of the univerfe ; efpecially the production and nature of animals . XVIII . Of the Cartefian hypothefis , that it cannot falve the origin of the uni- verfe without a Deity giving motion to ...
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... Motion to Matter . TH HE foundations of religion being thus eftab- lifhed in the being of God , and the immortal- I. ity of the foul , we now come to erect our fuperftruc- ture upon them , by afferting the undoubted truth and certainty ...
... Motion to Matter . TH HE foundations of religion being thus eftab- lifhed in the being of God , and the immortal- I. ity of the foul , we now come to erect our fuperftruc- ture upon them , by afferting the undoubted truth and certainty ...
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... , merely by the me- chanical laws of the motion of matter . I begin with those who affert the eternity of the world as it is , among whom Ariftotle hath borne the B 2 greatest II . III . Cœlo , l . i . C. IO ORIGINES SA CRE . 3.
... , merely by the me- chanical laws of the motion of matter . I begin with those who affert the eternity of the world as it is , among whom Ariftotle hath borne the B 2 greatest II . III . Cœlo , l . i . C. IO ORIGINES SA CRE . 3.
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... motion and agitation : which is a full explica- tion , I fuppofe , of what Thales meant by his water , which is the fame with that ixus , or mixture of mud and water together , which others fpeak of as the prin- ciple of the univerfe ...
... motion and agitation : which is a full explica- tion , I fuppofe , of what Thales meant by his water , which is the fame with that ixus , or mixture of mud and water together , which others fpeak of as the prin- ciple of the univerfe ...
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... motion of the parts of matter . So the Phoenicians called this motion of the particles of matter αέρα ζοφώδη καὶ πνευματώδη , α dark and bluffering wind . And how fuitable this ex- plication of the origin of things , from the motion of ...
... motion of the parts of matter . So the Phoenicians called this motion of the particles of matter αέρα ζοφώδη καὶ πνευματώδη , α dark and bluffering wind . And how fuitable this ex- plication of the origin of things , from the motion of ...
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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