An Essay on the Origin of Evil, Volumen2F. Stephens, 1732 - 111 páginas |
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... choose either these themselves , or fuch as are neceffarily con- nected with them . ) The Moral are to be reckon'd among the latter kind of Inconveniencies ; and he must be esteem'd the Cause of them , who know- ingly , and of his own ...
... choose either these themselves , or fuch as are neceffarily con- nected with them . ) The Moral are to be reckon'd among the latter kind of Inconveniencies ; and he must be esteem'd the Cause of them , who know- ingly , and of his own ...
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... choose ei- felf , for that is impoffible , but from without . If ther from you ask from whence ? They anfwer , from the the good- Pleasure or Uneafinefs perceiv'd by the Understand- nets or ing or the Senfes , but rather , as they ...
... choose ei- felf , for that is impoffible , but from without . If ther from you ask from whence ? They anfwer , from the the good- Pleasure or Uneafinefs perceiv'd by the Understand- nets or ing or the Senfes , but rather , as they ...
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... choose any thing propofed , as well as to exert his other Faculties in con- fequence of fuch Refolution , Will , or Choice . This is the only Point worth difputing , and wherein all Moral Liberty must confift ; and indeed if it be not ...
... choose any thing propofed , as well as to exert his other Faculties in con- fequence of fuch Refolution , Will , or Choice . This is the only Point worth difputing , and wherein all Moral Liberty must confift ; and indeed if it be not ...
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... choosing a thing can make it agreeable , tho ' it had no Agreement with any natural Appetite , nay , were . contrary to them all ; and for the will to choose a thing in or- der to please itself in the choice , is no more to choose ...
... choosing a thing can make it agreeable , tho ' it had no Agreement with any natural Appetite , nay , were . contrary to them all ; and for the will to choose a thing in or- der to please itself in the choice , is no more to choose ...
Página 242
... choose , to be fatisfed without it , and experience will teach you that fuch a Choice is much to your Eafe and Happiness . To fay that this is impof- fible , is to give the Lie to all who treat of Morals and Divini- ty Of fo great ...
... choose , to be fatisfed without it , and experience will teach you that fuch a Choice is much to your Eafe and Happiness . To fay that this is impof- fible , is to give the Lie to all who treat of Morals and Divini- ty Of fo great ...
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Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 27 - He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.
Página 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.
Página 444 - ... it is for us to gain habits of virtue in this life, if we would enjoy the pleasures of the next.
Página 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...
Página 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.
Página 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...
Página 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...
Página 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.