An Essay on the Origin of Evil, المجلد 2F. Stephens, 1732 - 111 من الصفحات |
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الصفحة 230
... determine what appears fitteft to be done upon a view of all fuch things as create pleasure or uneafinefs for the prefent or the future . And what is thus judg'd by the Under- ftanding to be the beft , if there be no Error in the Cafe ...
... determine what appears fitteft to be done upon a view of all fuch things as create pleasure or uneafinefs for the prefent or the future . And what is thus judg'd by the Under- ftanding to be the beft , if there be no Error in the Cafe ...
الصفحة 235
... determines the Will , and this Will pro- duces Action . All this is fix d and inevitable , every Link of the Chain is equally neceffary , and ' tis all one to me on which my Determinations hang : Tis as good to take them from the first ...
... determines the Will , and this Will pro- duces Action . All this is fix d and inevitable , every Link of the Chain is equally neceffary , and ' tis all one to me on which my Determinations hang : Tis as good to take them from the first ...
الصفحة 236
... determine a particular train of Thought or Motion . Now the Idea of this Power in any Being , and of fuch ́exercise of it , is directly repugnant to that of Neceffity , which supposes the Thought or Motion to be already begun or determined ...
... determine a particular train of Thought or Motion . Now the Idea of this Power in any Being , and of fuch ́exercise of it , is directly repugnant to that of Neceffity , which supposes the Thought or Motion to be already begun or determined ...
الصفحة 238
... , fince that Reafon which appears to be the ftrongest must and ought always to determine us . + Remarques fur le Livre de l'Origine du Mal . p . 483 . no means reckon'd criminal , nor any more repug- nant 238 Chap V. Öf Moral Evil .
... , fince that Reafon which appears to be the ftrongest must and ought always to determine us . + Remarques fur le Livre de l'Origine du Mal . p . 483 . no means reckon'd criminal , nor any more repug- nant 238 Chap V. Öf Moral Evil .
الصفحة 242
... fome proportion to the Pleasure arifing from the fatisfaction of other Appetites , but in what degree we cannot precifely determine , any more than Common Notions of Men , and cannot be believ'd without 242 Chap . V. Of Moral Evil .
... fome proportion to the Pleasure arifing from the fatisfaction of other Appetites , but in what degree we cannot precifely determine , any more than Common Notions of Men , and cannot be believ'd without 242 Chap . V. Of Moral Evil .
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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.