An Essay on the Origin of Evil, Band 1W. Thurlbourn & J. Woodyer, 1758 |
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... Matter , and the Laws of its Motion , and thereby establishes fuch Rules as direct us to the Solution of all the Difficulties at- tending it as diftributed into various Maffes , Syftems , and Animated Bodies . He fhews the ...
... Matter , and the Laws of its Motion , and thereby establishes fuch Rules as direct us to the Solution of all the Difficulties at- tending it as diftributed into various Maffes , Syftems , and Animated Bodies . He fhews the ...
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... matter thus , and then referring us to Scripture for an Anfwer , I cannot determine . But fure I am , that bis Ac ... matters not ) be fail of his End . Now this may indeed be the best manner of acting in all finite , imperfect Beings ...
... matter thus , and then referring us to Scripture for an Anfwer , I cannot determine . But fure I am , that bis Ac ... matters not ) be fail of his End . Now this may indeed be the best manner of acting in all finite , imperfect Beings ...
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... Matter , fo long as they are better than nothing , and no impediment to the more perfect ones . 4. Admitting Matter and Motion , there neceffarily fol- lows Composition and Diffolution of Bodies , that is Gene- ration and Corruption ...
... Matter , fo long as they are better than nothing , and no impediment to the more perfect ones . 4. Admitting Matter and Motion , there neceffarily fol- lows Composition and Diffolution of Bodies , that is Gene- ration and Corruption ...
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... Matter and Motion in their Operations , and being united to Matter may both move their Bodies and be affected with certain Paffions and Senfations by their Motion , and ftand in need of a certain difpofition of Or- gans for the proper ...
... Matter and Motion in their Operations , and being united to Matter may both move their Bodies and be affected with certain Paffions and Senfations by their Motion , and ftand in need of a certain difpofition of Or- gans for the proper ...
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... Matter of Fact , i . e . that the generality of Man- kind do approve of Virtue , or rather virtuous Actions , without being able to give any Reason for their Approba- tion ; and alfo , that fome purfue it without knowing that it tends ...
... Matter of Fact , i . e . that the generality of Man- kind do approve of Virtue , or rather virtuous Actions , without being able to give any Reason for their Approba- tion ; and alfo , that fome purfue it without knowing that it tends ...
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abfolutely perfect abfurd abſtract Action Æther againſt agreeable alfo alſo anfwer Animals Appetites arife Attributes Author becauſe befide Body Cafe Caufe Cauſe Circumftances conceive confequently confider confifts created Creatures Criterion defire Degree diftinct Divine Effects Effence elſe Enquiry Eternity exerciſe exift Exiſtence Extenfion faid fame farther feems fenfible feveral fhall fhew fhewn fhould fince finite firft firſt folid fome fomething ftill fuch fufficient fuppofe Goodneſs Happineſs hence himſelf Idea Imperfection impoffible infinite inftance itſelf laft leaſt lefs manner Matter meaſure Mind moft Moral moſt Motion muft neceffarily muſt natural Evils neceffarily neceffary Neceffity neceſſary NOTES Number obferve Obligation otherwiſe ourſelves Paffions Pain Perfon Place pleaſe Pleaſure poffible pofitive Power prefent Prefervation Principle Properties Puniſhment purpoſe Reaſon refpect ſeems Senfations Senfe Senſe Soul Space Subftance Suppofition Syftem thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe tion underſtand Univerſe uſe Virtue whole Wiſdom
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Seite 126 - The whole chasm in nature, from a plant to a man, is filled up with diverse kinds of creatures, rising one over another, by such a gentle and easy ascent, that the little transitions and deviations from one species to another are almost insensible.
Seite 108 - ... to virtue, and knowledge to knowledge; carries in it something wonderfully agreeable to that ambition which is natural to the mind of man.
Seite 139 - Existence is a blessing to those beings only which are endowed with perception ; and is in a manner thrown away upon dead matter, any farther than as it is subservient to beings which are conscious of their existence.
Seite 171 - Labour or exercise ferments the humours, casts them into their proper channels, throws off redundancies, and helps nature in those secret distributions, without which the body cannot subsist in its vigour, nor the soul act with cheerfulness.
Seite l - the doing good to mankind, in obedience to the will of God, and for the sake of everlasting happiness.
Seite 139 - On the other hand, if we look into the more bulky parts of nature, we see the seas, lakes, and rivers, teeming with numberless kinds of living creatures.
Seite 126 - If the scale of being rises by such a regular progress so high as man, we may, by a parity of reason, suppose that it still proceeds gradually through those beings which are of a superior nature to him ; since there is an infinitely greater space and room for different degrees of perfection between the Supreme Being and man, than between man and the most despicable insect.
Seite 125 - It is wonderful to observe, by what a gradual progress the world of life advances through a prodigious variety of species, before a creature is formed that is complete in all its senses; and even among these there is such a different degree of perfection...
Seite 125 - Infinite goodness is of so communicative a nature, that it seems to delight in the conferring of existence upon every degree of perceptive being. As this is a speculation, which I have often pursued with great pleasure to myself, I shall enlarge farther upon it, by considering that part of the scale of beings which comes within our knowledge.
Seite xxii - ... whenever this end is not perceived, they are to be accounted for from the association of ideas and may properly enough be called habits.