An Essay on the Origin of Evil, المجلد 2F. Stephens, 1732 - 111 من الصفحات |
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الصفحة 231
... Reason dictates , that Health , or even Life be defpifed in re- gard to thefe . For this appears to be the most convenient , all things confider'd , and on that ac- count is honest and as Goods of a different kind may be compared ...
... Reason dictates , that Health , or even Life be defpifed in re- gard to thefe . For this appears to be the most convenient , all things confider'd , and on that ac- count is honest and as Goods of a different kind may be compared ...
الصفحة 234
... reason they are no far- ther moral , nor we accountable for them than as they do fo ; we must therefore go up higher than this before we come at any valuable Liberty ; and the main Question will be , Whether Man is free to think or ...
... reason they are no far- ther moral , nor we accountable for them than as they do fo ; we must therefore go up higher than this before we come at any valuable Liberty ; and the main Question will be , Whether Man is free to think or ...
الصفحة 238
... Reason , we are carried by fome other Reafon ftronger in appearance " . If this be always the Cafe , we certainly can never will amifs or unreafonably , fince that Reafon which appears to be the ftrongest must and ought always to ...
... Reason , we are carried by fome other Reafon ftronger in appearance " . If this be always the Cafe , we certainly can never will amifs or unreafonably , fince that Reafon which appears to be the ftrongest must and ought always to ...
الصفحة 244
... Reason , as is falfly objected . But 7thly , ' Tis urg'd , that if the will were not moved but by the Reprefentation of antecedent Good and Evil in the things that happen , it would not indeed be in our power to be happy , fuppofing ...
... Reason , as is falfly objected . But 7thly , ' Tis urg'd , that if the will were not moved but by the Reprefentation of antecedent Good and Evil in the things that happen , it would not indeed be in our power to be happy , fuppofing ...
الصفحة 245
... Reasons . the Will XX . ' Tis to be obferved alfo , that among the All thofe foregoing Authors I reckon thofe who declare that who de- the Will is determin'd by the last Judgment of the clare that Understanding † , which has taken with ...
... Reasons . the Will XX . ' Tis to be obferved alfo , that among the All thofe foregoing Authors I reckon thofe who declare that who de- the Will is determin'd by the last Judgment of the clare that Understanding † , which has taken with ...
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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.