An Essay on the Cultivation of the Intellect by the Study of Dead LanguagesJ. Bohn, 1830 - 371 páginas |
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... Christianity nothing but a few ap- parent historical inconsistencies , and not a single mistake against nature or the human heart . The second principle is this : That any state- ment not absolutely contradictory , if it be totally ...
... Christianity nothing but a few ap- parent historical inconsistencies , and not a single mistake against nature or the human heart . The second principle is this : That any state- ment not absolutely contradictory , if it be totally ...
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... Christianity , and all the doctrines built upon them to be perfectly false ; as it is certainly possible , that is , conceivable , that they may be , since they are neither of them contained in identical proposi- tions ; and the facts ...
... Christianity , and all the doctrines built upon them to be perfectly false ; as it is certainly possible , that is , conceivable , that they may be , since they are neither of them contained in identical proposi- tions ; and the facts ...
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... Christianity is false ; and only no con- viction , no certain mathematical proof of its truth ; suppose then it is shewn that in the present consti- tution of our minds , such a proof is absolutely and physically impossible , as ...
... Christianity is false ; and only no con- viction , no certain mathematical proof of its truth ; suppose then it is shewn that in the present consti- tution of our minds , such a proof is absolutely and physically impossible , as ...
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... Christianity , and if this could be the deliberate conclusion of men , all of whose pleasures were perfectly pure ... Christianity , and Christianity , with all its doctrines and difficulties and mysteries is not a mere system of facts ...
... Christianity , and if this could be the deliberate conclusion of men , all of whose pleasures were perfectly pure ... Christianity , and Christianity , with all its doctrines and difficulties and mysteries is not a mere system of facts ...
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... Christianity . Prove this rigidly and demonstratively from the laws of mind , as conclusions are proved in the mechanical sciences from the laws of matter . Shew that this happiness depends solely and entirely on the belief , and not on ...
... Christianity . Prove this rigidly and demonstratively from the laws of mind , as conclusions are proved in the mechanical sciences from the laws of matter . Shew that this happiness depends solely and entirely on the belief , and not on ...
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Página 180 - Keech, the butcher's wife, come in then and call me gossip Quickly ? coming in to borrow a mess of vinegar ; telling us she had a good dish of prawns ; whereby thou didst desire to eat some, whereby I told thee they were ill for a green wound...
Página 87 - Medes, that he reigned in his stead, the first over Greece, and made many wars, and won many strong holds, and slew the kings of the earth, and went through to the ends of the earth, and took spoils of many nations, insomuch that the earth was quiet before him; whereupon he was exalted, and his heart was lifted up.
Página 32 - Here lay Duncan, His silver skin laced with his golden blood ; And his gash'd stabs look'd like a breach in nature For ruin's wasteful entrance...
Página 87 - ... of many nations, insomuch that the earth was quiet before him ; whereupon he was exalted, and his heart was lifted up. And he gathered a mighty strong host, and ruled over countries, and nations, and kings, who became tributaries unto him. And after these things he fell sick, and perceived that he should die.
Página 58 - Again ; the mathematical postulate, that " things which are equal to the same are equal to one another," is similar to the form of the syllogism in logic, which unites things agreeing in the middle term.
Página 7 - ... that the square of the hypothenuse is equal to the squares of the sides.
Página 87 - AND IT HAPPENED, AFTER THAT ALEXANDER SON OF PHILIP, THE Macedonian, who came out of the land of Chettiim, had smitten Darius king of the Persians and Medes, that he reigned in his stead, the first over Greece, and made many wars, and won many strong holds, and slew the kings of the earth, and went through to the ends of the earth, and took spoils of many nations, insomuch that the earth was quiet...
Página 311 - live to him in all holy obedience, live to him as our Lord and King.' Not that I suppose there are peculiar precepts and a peculiar law of Jesus Christ, in the observance whereof we are justified, as the Socinians fancy ; for surely the gospel requires of us no more, ' but to love the Lord our God with all our hearts, and all our souls...
Página 309 - Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy mind, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength. This is the first and great commandment," Mark xii, 30, the first and great branch of Christian righteousness.
Página 309 - Thou shall love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great Commandment. And the second is like unto it, Thou shah love thy neighbour as thyself. On these two Commandments hang all the Law and the prophets.