The semi-sceptic; or, The common sense of religion considered |
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Página iii
... not have leisure enough to examine the subject for themselves with that attention which it requires . In this work are given the ideas which have proved satisfactory to my own mind — if they should become equally so to others , the end of.
... not have leisure enough to examine the subject for themselves with that attention which it requires . In this work are given the ideas which have proved satisfactory to my own mind — if they should become equally so to others , the end of.
Página v
... examined ? Be the discussion wise or unwise , be it right or wrong , I can only assert , that whether such subjects shall be agitated or not , is not a point that is left to our decision : investigations of this sort have again and ...
... examined ? Be the discussion wise or unwise , be it right or wrong , I can only assert , that whether such subjects shall be agitated or not , is not a point that is left to our decision : investigations of this sort have again and ...
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... examine the nature of religion in a general view , or to enquire wherefore it is necessary to man ; it will be requisite to touch upon a few questions of the modern philosophers which stand in the way , and which will be found to ...
... examine the nature of religion in a general view , or to enquire wherefore it is necessary to man ; it will be requisite to touch upon a few questions of the modern philosophers which stand in the way , and which will be found to ...
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... examine the matter a little deeper than the argument contained swer , * It might have been added , that Milton gives to Adam the good sense to correct himself on this subject a few lines below , and to acknowledge the justice of the ...
... examine the matter a little deeper than the argument contained swer , * It might have been added , that Milton gives to Adam the good sense to correct himself on this subject a few lines below , and to acknowledge the justice of the ...
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... Examine man as a moral creature , you see impulse of passion on the one side and the restraint of reason on the other , the desire of vice and love of virtue ; in other words the struggle between good and evil , or their compensations ...
... Examine man as a moral creature , you see impulse of passion on the one side and the restraint of reason on the other , the desire of vice and love of virtue ; in other words the struggle between good and evil , or their compensations ...
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Términos y frases comunes
able action admit afford amongst animal appears argument arise assert atheist believe body book of Genesis called camera obscura casuistry cause certainly Christ Christian Christian religion circumstances common conduct consequence considered course creatures D'Alembert Deism Deists divine doctrine Dugald Stewart earth effect Egypt endeavour evidence evil exertion existence external eyes fact feeling give given ground habit Hindu human mind idea imagination inquiry instance irreligion justice Kant knowledge labour laws least ligion look Lord Byron mankind material matter ment merely Mirabaud moral moral constitution nature necessary never notions object observed ourselves passions perfect perhaps persons philo philosophers possessed principle professed prove question reason regard religion religious rience scepticism seems sensation sense sort speak species spirit stances suppose Supreme Tacitus things thinking power thought tical tion Trogus Pompeius truth words
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Página 80 - Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily , therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.
Página 289 - And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
Página 36 - And that servant, which knew his lord's will, and prepared not himself, neither did according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes.
Página 267 - THAT which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled of the word of life ; (for the life was manifested, and we have seen it, and bear witness, and show unto you that eternal life which was with the Father, and was manifested unto us...
Página 290 - And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so.
Página 151 - There wanted yet the master-work, the end Of all yet done; a creature, who, not prone • And brute as other creatures, but endued With sanctity of reason, might erect His stature, and upright with front serene Govern the rest, self-knowing; and from thence Magnanimous to correspond with Heaven...
Página 43 - Did I request thee, Maker, from my clay To mould me man ? Did I solicit thee From darkness to promote me...
Página 37 - If I had not done among them the works which none other man did, they had not had sin: but now have they both seen and hated both me and my Father.
Página 322 - European friends, that the superstitious practices which deform the Hindoo religion have nothing to do with the pure spirit of its dictates!
Página 289 - And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth : and it was so.