An Essay on the Origin of Evil, المجلد 2F. Stephens, 1732 - 111 من الصفحات |
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الصفحة 236
... World will be free ; nay a great many of them openly profefs to believe that this is the Cafe . XII . Now , from this Hypothefis , which they extend to the Divine as well as Human Will , the their Opi nion there following Corollaries ...
... World will be free ; nay a great many of them openly profefs to believe that this is the Cafe . XII . Now , from this Hypothefis , which they extend to the Divine as well as Human Will , the their Opi nion there following Corollaries ...
الصفحة 288
... World he cou'd fee nothing bet ter in Virtue than in Vice . It were a fufficient answer to this Objection to fay there is no harm in it , if it were true ; for we must confider that God from all Eternity determin'd to create the World ...
... World he cou'd fee nothing bet ter in Virtue than in Vice . It were a fufficient answer to this Objection to fay there is no harm in it , if it were true ; for we must confider that God from all Eternity determin'd to create the World ...
الصفحة 290
... World with Muf- hrooms inftead of Herbs and Trees ; he verily believes he might . If you mean that when God has made a Man and planted the World with variety of vegetables , that the Man continuing what he is fhou'd be a Stone , or the ...
... World with Muf- hrooms inftead of Herbs and Trees ; he verily believes he might . If you mean that when God has made a Man and planted the World with variety of vegetables , that the Man continuing what he is fhou'd be a Stone , or the ...
الصفحة 291
... World to have U 2 NOTES . been they are done by a Man , they are Crimes , because against his Nature ; but when another Creature that has not Reafon does them , they can't be call'd unjust , & c . For Example , if a Man kills one that ...
... World to have U 2 NOTES . been they are done by a Man , they are Crimes , because against his Nature ; but when another Creature that has not Reafon does them , they can't be call'd unjust , & c . For Example , if a Man kills one that ...
الصفحة 292
... World , as by thofe Virtues that arife from the exigence of our Nature , as God has now framed it . And from hence they infer that God is as free to make his fecond Choice , as we conceive him to be in making his first . But to all this ...
... World , as by thofe Virtues that arife from the exigence of our Nature , as God has now framed it . And from hence they infer that God is as free to make his fecond Choice , as we conceive him to be in making his first . But to all this ...
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2dly abfolutely abfurd Actions againſt agreeable alfo amifs anſwer arifes becauſe Cafe Caufe Cauſe chofen Choice choofing chooſe cife Circumftances confequently confider'd confiftent contrary cou'd Creatures defire Deity determin'd determine Divine eafy Election Eternity Evil exercife exift Exiſtence Faculties faid fame feems felf felves fenfe fhall fhew fhewn fhould fince firft firſt fome fome things fomething fometimes Free Agents Free-Will ftill fuch things fufficient fuppofe fure God's Goodneſs greateſt Happineſs himſelf impoffible indifferent infinite Inftances itſelf Laws leaſt lefs Liberty manner means Mifery Mind moft Moral moſt Motion muft muſt natural Appetites natural Evils neceffarily neceffary neceffity nefs NOTES Number obferv'd obferve Objects occafion otherwife ourſelves Paffions perfect Perfon pleafing pleaſe Pleaſure poffible pofitive Power prefent Puniſhment purpoſe reafon refpect reprefented Sect ſeems Senfes Syftem thefe themſelves ther theſe things thofe thoſe tion Underſtanding uſe Wiſdom World wou'd
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الصفحة 65 - And the Lord God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field: upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life: And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.
الصفحة 48 - And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.
الصفحة 27 - He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.
الصفحة 444 - ... we must, in this world, gain a relish of truth and virtue, if we would be able to taste that knowledge and perfection which are to make us happy in the next.
الصفحة 444 - ... it is for us to gain habits of virtue in this life, if we would enjoy the pleasures of the next.
الصفحة 9 - ... his senses, we do it by comparing it to something that already has, by offering him some similitude, resemblance, or analogy, to help his conception. As for example, to give a man a notion of a country to which he is a stranger, and to make him apprehend...
الصفحة 1 - God, as it is in itself, is incomprehensible by human understanding ; and not only his nature, but likewise his powers and faculties, and the ways and methods in which he exercises them, are so far beyond our reach, that we are utterly incapable of framing exact and adequate notions of them.
الصفحة 424 - ... but they surprise and come upon us from we know not what quarter. If they proceeded from the mobility of spirits, straggling out of order, and fortuitous affections of the brain, or were of the nature of dreams, why are they not as wild, incoherent, and extravagant as they are? Not to add, that the world has generally acknowledged, and therefore...
الصفحة 23 - ... analogy and proportion between them. But then we ought to remember that there is as great a difference between these, when attributed to God, and as they are in us, as between weighing in a balance and thinking ; in truth, infinitely greater...
الصفحة 261 - I think, that the philosophers of old did in vain inquire, whether summum bonum consisted in riches, or bodily delights, or virtue, or contemplation; and they might have as reasonably disputed whether the best relish were to be found in apples, plums, or nuts, and have divided themselves into sects upon it.