A Free Inquiry Into the Nature and Origin of Evil: In Six Letters to -G. and A. Ewing, 1758 - 195 páginas |
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... prevented , without the lofs of fome fupe- rior Good , or the permiffion of fome greater Evil than themselves ; or that many Evils will unavoidably infinuate themselves by the natural relations and circumstances of things into the moft ...
... prevented , without the lofs of fome fupe- rior Good , or the permiffion of fome greater Evil than themselves ; or that many Evils will unavoidably infinuate themselves by the natural relations and circumstances of things into the moft ...
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... prevented by any means whatever , unless by not creating them at all : for which reason , in the for- mation of the Univerfe , God was obliged , ein order to carry on that just subordination fo neceffary to the very existence of the ...
... prevented by any means whatever , unless by not creating them at all : for which reason , in the for- mation of the Univerfe , God was obliged , ein order to carry on that just subordination fo neceffary to the very existence of the ...
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... prevented : fo that , by in- forcing this duty , God as it were de- mands our affiftance to promote univer- fal happiness , and to fhut out Mifery at every door , where it ftrives to intrude it- felf . 4 Labour indeed God might eafily ...
... prevented : fo that , by in- forcing this duty , God as it were de- mands our affiftance to promote univer- fal happiness , and to fhut out Mifery at every door , where it ftrives to intrude it- felf . 4 Labour indeed God might eafily ...
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... prevented even by infiniteof Power , without the introduction of greater , or the lofs of fuperior goodnot they being but the neceffary confequences , of human Nature , from which it can nous more be divested , than matter from exten ...
... prevented even by infiniteof Power , without the introduction of greater , or the lofs of fuperior goodnot they being but the neceffary confequences , of human Nature , from which it can nous more be divested , than matter from exten ...
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... prevented most of these dread- ful calamities . From hence therefore I am perfuaded , that there is fomething in the abstract nature of pain conducive to pleafure ; that the fufferings of individu- als are abfolutely neceffary to ...
... prevented most of these dread- ful calamities . From hence therefore I am perfuaded , that there is fomething in the abstract nature of pain conducive to pleafure ; that the fufferings of individu- als are abfolutely neceffary to ...
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abfolute abfurd abuſe affairs againſt alſo anſwer arife becauſe beſt buſineſs cafe cauſe Chriftian circumſtances confequences confiftent corruption cou'd creatures Dear SIR defign divine exiftence exiſtence falfe fame feems felf felves fenfe fervant ferve fervice fhall fhew fhou'd fince fincere firſt fome foon friendſhip fubject fuch fufferings fufficiently fuperior fupport fure fyftem goodneſs Government greateſt happineſs higheſt himſelf honeft human imperfect impoffible infinite Power intereft itſelf juftice kind leaft leaſt lefs LETTER lord lord Somers lordſhip mankind Mifery minifters moft Moral Evil moſt muft muſt myſelf nation Natural Evils neceffary neceffity never numbers occafion ourſelves perfect Philofophers pleaſure poffible preferve prevented publick puniſhment raiſe reafon receiv'd Religion reſpect ſay ſee ſeem ſenſe SHAFTESBURY ſhall ſhe ſome ſpeak ſtate ſtill ſtudy ſuch thefe themſelves theſe things thofe thoſe thouſand tion treaſurer truth underſtand univerfal uſe vices virtue wiſdom wiſh wou'd yourſelf
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Página 4 - Here will I hold. If there's a power above us — And that there is, all nature cries aloud Through all her works — He must delight in virtue; And that which He delights in must be happy.
Página 5 - No one has done more towards the recalling of philosophy from barbarity into use and practice of the world, and into the company of the better and politer sort, who might well be ashamed of it in its other dress. No one has opened a better or clearer way to reasoning.
Página 38 - Who for thy table feeds the wanton fawn, For him as kindly spread the flowery lawn : Is it for thee the lark ascends and sings ? Joy tunes his voice, joy elevates his wings.
Página 34 - It is a cordial administered by the gracious hand of Providence ; of which they ought never to be deprived by an ill-judged and improper education.
Página 33 - Ignorance, or the want of knowledge and literature, the appointed lot of all born to poverty, and the drudgeries of life, is the only opiate capable of infusing that insensibility which can enable them to endure the miseries of the one and the fatigues of the other.
Página 30 - S 3 enjoying enjoying happinefs themfelves, and contributing to that of others, they muft necefiarily be filled with inferior Beings, that is, with fuch as are lefs perfect, but from whofe exiftence, notwithftanding that lefs perfection, more felicity upon the whole accrues to the Univerfe, than if no fuch had been created. It is moreover highly probable, that there is fuch a...
Página 36 - ... chain can be broke, the fame reafon for difquiet muft remain to thofe who fucceed to that chafm, which muft be occafioned by our preferment. A man can have no reafon to repine, that he is not an angel, nor a horfe that he is not a man ; much lefs, that in their feveral ftations they pofTefs not the faculties of another; for this would be an infufferable misfortune.
Página 184 - ... interests; and if connected, it 'must inevitably be perverted by them. Whenever temporal 'advantages are annexed to any religious profession, they will 'be sure to call in all those who have no religion at all: knaves 'will embrace it for the sake of interest; fools will follow them 'for the sake of fashion ; and when once it is in such hands, 'Omnipotence itself can never preserve its purity. That very 'order of men, who are maintained to...
Página 38 - Has God, thou fool ! work'd folely for thy good, Thy joy, thy paftime, thy attire, thy food ? Who for thy table feeds the wanton fawn, for him as kindly fpread the flow'ry lawn.