The Mathematical and Philosophical Works of the Right Rev. John Wilkins, Late Lord Bishop of Chester: II. That it is probable our earth is one of the planetsVernor and Hood, 1802 |
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... urges for it be not so absurd as the former ; for the apostles , saith he , travelled through the whole habitable world , but they never passed the equinoctial || : and if you answer , that they are said to go through all the earth ...
... urges for it be not so absurd as the former ; for the apostles , saith he , travelled through the whole habitable world , but they never passed the equinoctial || : and if you answer , that they are said to go through all the earth ...
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... urges in this subject , are very weak , and far enough from having in them any convincing power * . Therefore it is likely that a plurality of worlds doth not contradict any principle of reason . However , I will set down the two chief ...
... urges in this subject , are very weak , and far enough from having in them any convincing power * . Therefore it is likely that a plurality of worlds doth not contradict any principle of reason . However , I will set down the two chief ...
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... urges for it are confessed by his zealous followers and commentators , to be very slight and frivolous ; and they themselves grant , what I am now to prove , that there is not any evidence in the light of natural reason , which can ...
... urges for it are confessed by his zealous followers and commentators , to be very slight and frivolous ; and they themselves grant , what I am now to prove , that there is not any evidence in the light of natural reason , which can ...
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... urged by Aquinas : if there be more worlds than one , then they must either be of the same , or of a diverse nature ; but they are not of the same kind ; for this were needless , and would argue an improvi- dence , since one would have ...
... urged by Aquinas : if there be more worlds than one , then they must either be of the same , or of a diverse nature ; but they are not of the same kind ; for this were needless , and would argue an improvi- dence , since one would have ...
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... urged these authorities to countervail Aristotle and the schoolmen , and the better to make way for a proof of their corrup tibility . The next thing then to be enquired after , is , Whether they be of a corruptible nature f ; not ...
... urged these authorities to countervail Aristotle and the schoolmen , and the better to make way for a proof of their corrup tibility . The next thing then to be enquired after , is , Whether they be of a corruptible nature f ; not ...
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