On the Whole Doctrine of Final Causes: A Dissertation in Three Parts, with an Introductory Chapter on the Character of Modern DeismRivington, 1836 - 230 páginas |
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... results from this circumstance ; that while I was writing , my thoughts generally flowed in the same channel as if I had been speaking , and I could not afterwards alter it , without introducing a wearisome uniformity and pompous ...
... results from this circumstance ; that while I was writing , my thoughts generally flowed in the same channel as if I had been speaking , and I could not afterwards alter it , without introducing a wearisome uniformity and pompous ...
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... result of a mightier power than theirs . That Era , doubtless , brought with it its blessings and its curses a future era may annihilate the latter , and leave only the former . The pulpit and the press , without denial , have spread ...
... result of a mightier power than theirs . That Era , doubtless , brought with it its blessings and its curses a future era may annihilate the latter , and leave only the former . The pulpit and the press , without denial , have spread ...
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... results from this prolific source - this admission of the possibility of a purely natural Theology . This is , indeed , the chief ground of that portion of modern infidelity which pretends to " " be reasonable , and , as such , deserves ...
... results from this prolific source - this admission of the possibility of a purely natural Theology . This is , indeed , the chief ground of that portion of modern infidelity which pretends to " " be reasonable , and , as such , deserves ...
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... results from partial views of this subject , I have attempted to investigate the whole matter ; not with a view of bringing forward , or criticising , instances of " Final Causes , " but in order to examine the foundations of the ...
... results from partial views of this subject , I have attempted to investigate the whole matter ; not with a view of bringing forward , or criticising , instances of " Final Causes , " but in order to examine the foundations of the ...
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... result of his operations is placed before us , -the Equilateral Triangle . If it be now asked , ' What is the cause of this effect ? -this triangle ? ' - It is pro- bable , that no two persons would give the same answer . One might say ...
... result of his operations is placed before us , -the Equilateral Triangle . If it be now asked , ' What is the cause of this effect ? -this triangle ? ' - It is pro- bable , that no two persons would give the same answer . One might say ...
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absolute abstract absurd actions admitted affirm ancient antecedence argue Argument from Design Argument from Final Aristotle Atheistic believe Berkeley Bishop Bishop Butler Bridgewater Treatise called character Christian Church Coleridge conclusion consequence considered constitution contradiction Deism Deist Deity deny depend Discourse dispute Dissertation distinct Doctrine of Causation doctrine of Final Effect Efficient Epicurus eternal evident existence experience fact Final Causes finite human mind Hume Hume's idea immutable inference Infidel instance Intelligence knowledge Lord Brougham man's matter means metaphysical modern moral Natural Religion Natural Theology nature of things necessity notion object observed opinion Paley Parmenides perceive perhaps Personality petitio principii Phædo philosophic phrase plain Plato premises principles priori proof proposition prove Religious remarks Revelation sceptic seems self-existent shew Soame Jenyns sophisms suppose tendency Theologians thought tion Treatise true Truths of Reason Truths of Sense Unity universal Voltaire whole wholly word Cause writers
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Página 140 - It is a happy world after all. The air, the earth, the water, teem with delighted existence. In a spring noon, or a summer evening, on whichever side I turn my eyes, myriads of happy beings crowd upon my view. " The insect youth are on the wing.
Página 7 - Which was the echo of three thousand years; And the tumultuous world stood mute to hear it As some lone man who in a desert hears The music of his home...
Página 148 - He looks abroad into the varied field Of nature, and though poor perhaps, compared With those whose mansions glitter in his sight, Calls the delightful scenery all his own. His are the mountains, and the valleys his, And the resplendent rivers ; his to enjoy With a propriety that none can feel. But who with filial confidence inspired Can lift to heaven an unpresumptuous eye, And smiling say — My Father made them all.
Página 161 - Thy creatures have been my books, but thy Scriptures much more. I have sought thee in the courts, fields, and gardens ; but I have found thee in thy temples.
Página 120 - God, who searcheth the hearts and trieth the reins of the children of men ! John iv.
Página 106 - ... review and comparison of the nature of man as respecting self, and as respecting society, it will plainly appear that there are as real and the same kind of indications in human nature, that we were made for society and to do good to our fellow-creatures, as...
Página 140 - If we look to what the waters produce, shoals of the fry of fish frequent the margins of rivers, of lakes, and of the sea itself. These are so happy that they know not what to do with themselves. Their attitudes, their vivacity, their leaps out of the water, their frolics in it...
Página 60 - I sometimes use the word cause, in this inquiry, to signify any antecedent, either natural or moral, positive or negative, on which an event, either a thing, or the manner and circumstance of a thing, so depends, that it is the ground and reason, either in whole or in part, why it is, rather than. not...
Página 70 - Lex II. Mutationem motus proportionalem esse vi motrici impressae, et fieri secundum lineam rectam qua vis ilia imprimitur.