A Free Inquiry Into the Nature and Origin of Evil: In Six Letters to -G. and A. Ewing, 1758 - 195 من الصفحات |
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الصفحة 92
... affair then of Reli- gion and Morality , the fubject of fo many thousand volumes , is in short no more than this : The Supreme Being , infinitely good , as well as powerful , de- firous to diffuse happiness by all poffible means , has ...
... affair then of Reli- gion and Morality , the fubject of fo many thousand volumes , is in short no more than this : The Supreme Being , infinitely good , as well as powerful , de- firous to diffuse happiness by all poffible means , has ...
الصفحة 150
... affairs of Mankind with fagacity and fuccefs , and to acquire riches , and honours for his reward ; and at the fame time foolish enough to think it worth worth a wife man's while to meddle with fuch affairs 150 The NATURE and.
... affairs of Mankind with fagacity and fuccefs , and to acquire riches , and honours for his reward ; and at the fame time foolish enough to think it worth worth a wife man's while to meddle with fuch affairs 150 The NATURE and.
الصفحة 151
... affairs at all , and to accept of fuch imaginary rewards for real fufferings . Since then in all human Governments fuch muft the Governors , and fuch the Governed eternally be , it is certain they must be ever big with numberless im ...
... affairs at all , and to accept of fuch imaginary rewards for real fufferings . Since then in all human Governments fuch muft the Governors , and fuch the Governed eternally be , it is certain they must be ever big with numberless im ...
الصفحة 163
... Affairs of Mankind ; I teach Men to de- fpife the World , but not to govern it . Nor did He expect any better confequen- ces from its progrefs than thofe which actually followed : He was by no means ignorant of its future corruption ...
... Affairs of Mankind ; I teach Men to de- fpife the World , but not to govern it . Nor did He expect any better confequen- ces from its progrefs than thofe which actually followed : He was by no means ignorant of its future corruption ...
الصفحة 171
... be Univerfal ; and this not proceeding from any impotence or partiality in the Revealer , but from the modes of existence of all human affairs .. 1 + It must likewfe want Authenticity : that is , tho It ORIGIN of EVIL 171.
... be Univerfal ; and this not proceeding from any impotence or partiality in the Revealer , but from the modes of existence of all human affairs .. 1 + It must likewfe want Authenticity : that is , tho It ORIGIN of EVIL 171.
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abfolute abfurd abuſe affairs againſt alſo anſwer arife becauſe beſt buſineſs cafe cauſe Chriftian circumſtances confequences confiftent corruption cou'd creatures Dear SIR defign divine exiftence exiſtence falfe fame feems felf felves fenfe fervant ferve fervice fhall fhew fhou'd fince fincere firſt fome foon friendſhip fubject fuch fufferings fufficiently fuperior fupport fure fyftem goodneſs Government greateſt happineſs higheſt himſelf honeft human imperfect impoffible infinite Power intereft itſelf juftice kind leaft leaſt lefs LETTER lord lord Somers lordſhip mankind Mifery minifters moft Moral Evil moſt muft muſt myſelf nation Natural Evils neceffary neceffity never numbers occafion ourſelves perfect Philofophers pleaſure poffible preferve prevented publick puniſhment raiſe reafon receiv'd Religion reſpect ſay ſee ſeem ſenſe SHAFTESBURY ſhall ſhe ſome ſpeak ſtate ſtill ſtudy ſuch thefe themſelves theſe things thofe thoſe thouſand tion treaſurer truth underſtand univerfal uſe vices virtue wiſdom wiſh wou'd yourſelf
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الصفحة 4 - Here will I hold. If there's a power above us — And that there is, all nature cries aloud Through all her works — He must delight in virtue; And that which He delights in must be happy.
الصفحة 5 - No one has done more towards the recalling of philosophy from barbarity into use and practice of the world, and into the company of the better and politer sort, who might well be ashamed of it in its other dress. No one has opened a better or clearer way to reasoning.
الصفحة 38 - Who for thy table feeds the wanton fawn, For him as kindly spread the flowery lawn : Is it for thee the lark ascends and sings ? Joy tunes his voice, joy elevates his wings.
الصفحة 34 - It is a cordial administered by the gracious hand of Providence ; of which they ought never to be deprived by an ill-judged and improper education.
الصفحة 33 - Ignorance, or the want of knowledge and literature, the appointed lot of all born to poverty, and the drudgeries of life, is the only opiate capable of infusing that insensibility which can enable them to endure the miseries of the one and the fatigues of the other.
الصفحة 30 - S 3 enjoying enjoying happinefs themfelves, and contributing to that of others, they muft necefiarily be filled with inferior Beings, that is, with fuch as are lefs perfect, but from whofe exiftence, notwithftanding that lefs perfection, more felicity upon the whole accrues to the Univerfe, than if no fuch had been created. It is moreover highly probable, that there is fuch a...
الصفحة 36 - ... chain can be broke, the fame reafon for difquiet muft remain to thofe who fucceed to that chafm, which muft be occafioned by our preferment. A man can have no reafon to repine, that he is not an angel, nor a horfe that he is not a man ; much lefs, that in their feveral ftations they pofTefs not the faculties of another; for this would be an infufferable misfortune.
الصفحة 184 - ... interests; and if connected, it 'must inevitably be perverted by them. Whenever temporal 'advantages are annexed to any religious profession, they will 'be sure to call in all those who have no religion at all: knaves 'will embrace it for the sake of interest; fools will follow them 'for the sake of fashion ; and when once it is in such hands, 'Omnipotence itself can never preserve its purity. That very 'order of men, who are maintained to...
الصفحة 38 - Has God, thou fool ! work'd folely for thy good, Thy joy, thy paftime, thy attire, thy food ? Who for thy table feeds the wanton fawn, for him as kindly fpread the flow'ry lawn.