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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Page 43
... the concourse of these atoms . 1. I begin with their motion ; which Epicurus at- tributes to his atoms without any hesitation , and yet XIV . BOOK never undertakes to give an account of the origin ORIGINES SACRE . 43.
... the concourse of these atoms . 1. I begin with their motion ; which Epicurus at- tributes to his atoms without any hesitation , and yet XIV . BOOK never undertakes to give an account of the origin ORIGINES SACRE . 43.
Page 44
... give no other account of it , is so precarious , that it will never give the least satisfaction to an inquisitive mind : and it will be the least of all pardonable in the exploders of substantial forms and occult qualities , when the ...
... give no other account of it , is so precarious , that it will never give the least satisfaction to an inquisitive mind : and it will be the least of all pardonable in the exploders of substantial forms and occult qualities , when the ...
Page 46
... give an account of firmness in bodies , cip . p . ii . when they make bodies to consist of an aggregation of 56. ' particles ; by which it will be very hard finding a suf- tes , Prin- art . 54 , 55 , II . Fluid . and ficient account of ...
... give an account of firmness in bodies , cip . p . ii . when they make bodies to consist of an aggregation of 56. ' particles ; by which it will be very hard finding a suf- tes , Prin- art . 54 , 55 , II . Fluid . and ficient account of ...
Page 47
... give any account of the solidity of particles of such different sizes , is , the want of vacuity : for , say they , the ground of divisibi- lity of bodies is the interspersion of a disseminated vacuum : now where there is no vacuity ...
... give any account of the solidity of particles of such different sizes , is , the want of vacuity : for , say they , the ground of divisibi- lity of bodies is the interspersion of a disseminated vacuum : now where there is no vacuity ...
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... give any satisfactory account of the man- III . ner of concretion of bodies , by the casual occursions of these atoms moving in an infinite empty space ; which appears from those gross and extravagant suppositions of Epicurus , in order ...
... give any satisfactory account of the man- III . ner of concretion of bodies , by the casual occursions of these atoms moving in an infinite empty space ; which appears from those gross and extravagant suppositions of Epicurus , in order ...
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