An Essay on the Origin of Evil, Volume 2F. Stephens, 1732 - 111 pagina's |
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Pagina 234
... Paffions propagated in a chain of neceffary Caules and Effects . And indeed all who fuppofe any external Determination of the Will ( meaning always a neceflary and ir- refiftible one ) whether they place it in the Defire of Good , An ...
... Paffions propagated in a chain of neceffary Caules and Effects . And indeed all who fuppofe any external Determination of the Will ( meaning always a neceflary and ir- refiftible one ) whether they place it in the Defire of Good , An ...
Pagina 249
... Paffions , and hinder either of them from determining the Will and engaging us in Action : [ k . ] Then , as we faid before , he is only talking of another Question , and what he has advanc'd on this head may readily be granted , at ...
... Paffions , and hinder either of them from determining the Will and engaging us in Action : [ k . ] Then , as we faid before , he is only talking of another Question , and what he has advanc'd on this head may readily be granted , at ...
Pagina 259
... Paffions , and forming to itself an Appetite or Relish of things ; Sect . 45. and 53. All which is exactly agreeable to our Author's Principles , as well as Truth , and ' tis a wonder one that so attentively confider'd the Operations of ...
... Paffions , and forming to itself an Appetite or Relish of things ; Sect . 45. and 53. All which is exactly agreeable to our Author's Principles , as well as Truth , and ' tis a wonder one that so attentively confider'd the Operations of ...
Pagina 267
... rather be call'd Paffions ) but ge- nerally takes the vulgar expreffions , when they will ferve to explain his meaning , these on- ly . We may which and any there is no other that Sect . 1. Sub . 3. Of Moral Evil : 267.
... rather be call'd Paffions ) but ge- nerally takes the vulgar expreffions , when they will ferve to explain his meaning , these on- ly . We may which and any there is no other that Sect . 1. Sub . 3. Of Moral Evil : 267.
Pagina 269
... Paffions of the Mind rais'd by the different Objects . Let a thing feem never fo pleasant and agreeable , never so reasonable , fit and eligible to us , yet there is ftill a natural poffibility for us to will the contrary , and ...
... Paffions of the Mind rais'd by the different Objects . Let a thing feem never fo pleasant and agreeable , never so reasonable , fit and eligible to us , yet there is ftill a natural poffibility for us to will the contrary , and ...
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2dly abfolutely abfurd Actions againſt agreeable alfo amifs anſwer arifes becauſe Cafe Caufe Cauſe chofen Choice choofing chooſe cife Circumftances confequently confider'd confiftent contrary cou'd Creatures defire Deity determin'd determine Divine eafy Election Eternity Evil exercife exift Exiſtence Faculties faid fame feems felf felves fenfe fhall fhew fhewn fhould fince firft firſt fome fome things fomething fometimes Free Agents Free-Will ftill fuch things fufficient fuppofe fure God's Goodneſs greateſt Happineſs himſelf impoffible indifferent infinite Inftances itſelf Laws leaſt lefs Liberty manner means Mifery Mind moft Moral moſt Motion muft muſt natural Appetites natural Evils neceffarily neceffary neceffity nefs NOTES Number obferv'd obferve Objects occafion otherwife ourſelves Paffions perfect Perfon pleafing pleaſe Pleaſure poffible pofitive Power prefent Puniſhment purpoſe reafon refpect reprefented Sect ſeems Senfes Syftem thefe themſelves ther theſe things thofe thoſe tion Underſtanding uſe Wiſdom World wou'd
Populaire passages
Pagina 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.
Pagina 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.
Pagina 27 - He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.
Pagina 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.
Pagina 444 - ... it is for us to gain habits of virtue in this life, if we would enjoy the pleasures of the next.
Pagina 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...
Pagina 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.
Pagina 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...
Pagina 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...
Pagina 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.