An Essay on the Origin of Evil, المجلد 2F. Stephens, 1732 - 111 من الصفحات |
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الصفحة 242
... infinite , and might make a Man happy in all circumftances , even in Hell . For if it can give fix degrees of Pleasure to an Object , it may as well give infinite , fince it is without reafon that it gives thefe Six . I answer , all ...
... infinite , and might make a Man happy in all circumftances , even in Hell . For if it can give fix degrees of Pleasure to an Object , it may as well give infinite , fince it is without reafon that it gives thefe Six . I answer , all ...
الصفحة 274
... infinite IX . This then must be affign'd as the first Limi- tation of fuch a Pover , viz . that it confine itself to Power , he Poffibilities , and there needs no other , if the A- other Li gent be of infinite Power , in order to the ...
... infinite IX . This then must be affign'd as the first Limi- tation of fuch a Pover , viz . that it confine itself to Power , he Poffibilities , and there needs no other , if the A- other Li gent be of infinite Power , in order to the ...
الصفحة 283
... infinite Knowledge to ficient for his happi- comprehend distinctly all the relations , habitudes , neis , if he natures and confequences of things ; if they come do but di- fhort of it , it is impoffible but that they must often ...
... infinite Knowledge to ficient for his happi- comprehend distinctly all the relations , habitudes , neis , if he natures and confequences of things ; if they come do but di- fhort of it , it is impoffible but that they must often ...
الصفحة 287
... infinite Wisdom , ' tis alfo certain that all things are confiftent with each o- ther , that every thing contributes as much as pof- fible to the preservation of itself and the whole Sy- stem ; which we must reckon their fecondary Good ...
... infinite Wisdom , ' tis alfo certain that all things are confiftent with each o- ther , that every thing contributes as much as pof- fible to the preservation of itself and the whole Sy- stem ; which we must reckon their fecondary Good ...
الصفحة 292
... infinite Wisdom . All this is fufficiently laid down in the Book , and for any one to urge thefe Confequences , and take no Notice of the Solu- tions given them muft either proceed from not having read the Book , or a worse Reafon ...
... infinite Wisdom . All this is fufficiently laid down in the Book , and for any one to urge thefe Confequences , and take no Notice of the Solu- tions given them muft either proceed from not having read the Book , or a worse Reafon ...
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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.