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 12
... thing fhou'd exist as Evil , moral or natural ; but that giving to fome Beings , for good and wife purpofes , a power of Free- agency , they perverted this power to bad bad ends , contrary to his intentions and commands ; 12 The NATURE and.
... thing fhou'd exist as Evil , moral or natural ; but that giving to fome Beings , for good and wife purpofes , a power of Free- agency , they perverted this power to bad bad ends , contrary to his intentions and commands ; 12 The NATURE and.
الصفحة 13
... things to be good and happy , and at the fame time gave being to creatures able and willing to ob ftruct his benevolent defigns , is a notion fo inconfiftent with his wifdom , good- nefs , omniscience , and omnipotence , that it feems ...
... things to be good and happy , and at the fame time gave being to creatures able and willing to ob ftruct his benevolent defigns , is a notion fo inconfiftent with his wifdom , good- nefs , omniscience , and omnipotence , that it feems ...
الصفحة 14
... things paft , prefent , and to come , in one inftantaneous view , the cafe is widely different ; his active and ... thing a round us . That That there is a Supreme Being infi- nitely powerful , 14 1 The NATURE and.
... things paft , prefent , and to come , in one inftantaneous view , the cafe is widely different ; his active and ... thing a round us . That That there is a Supreme Being infi- nitely powerful , 14 1 The NATURE and.
الصفحة 15
... things , is a truth fo clearly demon- ftrated , that it fhall be here taken for granted . That there is alfo in the uni- verfal fyftem of things , the works of his almighty hand , much mifery and wick- edness , that is , much natural ...
... things , is a truth fo clearly demon- ftrated , that it fhall be here taken for granted . That there is alfo in the uni- verfal fyftem of things , the works of his almighty hand , much mifery and wick- edness , that is , much natural ...
الصفحة 16
... things . But fo little are wè acquainted with the whole fyftem of Nature , that we know not what are poffible , and ... thing around us , we have reafon to conclude , that to endue created Beings with perfection , that is , to produce ...
... things . But fo little are wè acquainted with the whole fyftem of Nature , that we know not what are poffible , and ... thing around us , we have reafon to conclude , that to endue created Beings with perfection , that is , to produce ...
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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.