An Essay on the Origin of Evil, Volumen2F. Stephens, 1732 - 111 páginas |
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... 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 imagine , ablenefs of di fagree- from the present or urgent Uneafinefs ...
... 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 imagine , ablenefs of di fagree- from the present or urgent Uneafinefs ...
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... 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 refolve upon ; to will or ...
... 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 refolve upon ; to will or ...
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... ther in much more advantageous Circumftances yields to the prefont Temptation , and knowingly lofes the Reward . Against this Notion fee Sect . 5. Subfect . 2. par . 13 . Liberty with the former , which way foever they explain Sect . 1 ...
... ther in much more advantageous Circumftances yields to the prefont Temptation , and knowingly lofes the Reward . Against this Notion fee Sect . 5. Subfect . 2. par . 13 . Liberty with the former , which way foever they explain Sect . 1 ...
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... ther there be fuch a Liberty as this in human Nature , would here have been a very proper Question . For if there be , then we [ ] See Mr. Strutt's Remarks on Locke's Chapter of Power , p : 38 , & c . [ d ] § . 29 . are to judge of the ...
... ther there be fuch a Liberty as this in human Nature , would here have been a very proper Question . For if there be , then we [ ] See Mr. Strutt's Remarks on Locke's Chapter of Power , p : 38 , & c . [ d ] § . 29 . are to judge of the ...
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... ther , either promotes this End , or prevents it ; NOTES . from to act without any Motive at all . In the former Cafe I per- ceive no previous Inclination to direct my Will in general , in the latter no Motive to influence its ...
... ther , either promotes this End , or prevents it ; NOTES . from to act without any Motive at all . In the former Cafe I per- ceive no previous Inclination to direct my Will in general , in the latter no Motive to influence its ...
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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.