The semi-sceptic; or, The common sense of religion considered |
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... question precisely on those grounds , where the researches of modern speculators have rested it ; and I have aimed throughout at treating it with that plain dealing sobriety which the habits of the man of business and the man of sense ...
... question precisely on those grounds , where the researches of modern speculators have rested it ; and I have aimed throughout at treating it with that plain dealing sobriety which the habits of the man of business and the man of sense ...
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... question is started by the sceptic- they have no reply ; it is needless to oppose a habit of belief to force of argument , for it cannot in any way defend itself ; it may be strong rooted enough sometimes to retain its conviction , but ...
... question is started by the sceptic- they have no reply ; it is needless to oppose a habit of belief to force of argument , for it cannot in any way defend itself ; it may be strong rooted enough sometimes to retain its conviction , but ...
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... is hard for us to attempt to scan the designs of Providence , however deep and urgent may be the interest we take in the question : our abilities must be strained to their highest pitch , and all our C 2 TO RELIGION . 19.
... is hard for us to attempt to scan the designs of Providence , however deep and urgent may be the interest we take in the question : our abilities must be strained to their highest pitch , and all our C 2 TO RELIGION . 19.
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... questions of the modern philosophers which stand in the way , and which will be found to contain , in fact , the common stumbling - blocks of all the indifferents to religion . The philosophers , it must be premised , have come forward ...
... questions of the modern philosophers which stand in the way , and which will be found to contain , in fact , the common stumbling - blocks of all the indifferents to religion . The philosophers , it must be premised , have come forward ...
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... particular , if any should be inclined to raise the question , we must remark , that the singularly strict pro- portion observed as to the products of nature , between the births of individuals of the two sexes , 30 D'ALEMBERT .
... particular , if any should be inclined to raise the question , we must remark , that the singularly strict pro- portion observed as to the products of nature , between the births of individuals of the two sexes , 30 D'ALEMBERT .
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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.