An Essay on the Origin of Evil, المجلد 2F. Stephens, 1732 - 111 من الصفحات |
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الصفحة 235
... continues . If therefore , according to them , all acts of the Will are neceffary ( as being determin'd from with- out , viz . by the convenience or inconvenience of things or circumstances ) the actions of the inferior faculties will ...
... continues . If therefore , according to them , all acts of the Will are neceffary ( as being determin'd from with- out , viz . by the convenience or inconvenience of things or circumstances ) the actions of the inferior faculties will ...
الصفحة 240
... continue or increase his Benevolence , only in profpect and alfo induce others to do us Service . And hence of a future it comes to pafs , that we are oblig'd to be grateful towards God and Men , but not to the Sun or a Horse , namely ...
... continue or increase his Benevolence , only in profpect and alfo induce others to do us Service . And hence of a future it comes to pafs , that we are oblig'd to be grateful towards God and Men , but not to the Sun or a Horse , namely ...
الصفحة 247
... continues in the fame ftate he is in [ not by virtue of a prefent Determination of his Will , bu : of fome precedent one ] or elfe wills fomething different from either the existence or non - existence of the Action propofed , [ b ...
... continues in the fame ftate he is in [ not by virtue of a prefent Determination of his Will , bu : of fome precedent one ] or elfe wills fomething different from either the existence or non - existence of the Action propofed , [ b ...
الصفحة 249
... continue in the fame state or action , is only the prefent Satis- faction in it or fecondly to change , is always fome Uneafinefs [ f ] By which Words if he only meant that thefe Perceptions are the common Motives , Inducements , or ...
... continue in the fame state or action , is only the prefent Satis- faction in it or fecondly to change , is always fome Uneafinefs [ f ] By which Words if he only meant that thefe Perceptions are the common Motives , Inducements , or ...
الصفحة 263
... continues , if the Will can fufpend its Act , it chooses Evil ; if it cannot , it is not free . You'll fay , it can command the Understanding to change its Judgment ; let it be fo . But it is evident , that the Man fufpends his Action ...
... continues , if the Will can fufpend its Act , it chooses Evil ; if it cannot , it is not free . You'll fay , it can command the Understanding to change its Judgment ; let it be fo . But it is evident , that the Man fufpends his Action ...
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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.