An Essay on the Origin of Evil, Volume 2F. Stephens, 1732 - 111 pagina's |
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Pagina 230
... greater , the more certain . and more durable Advantages . VII . The Defenders of this Opinion reckon these in Health , kinds of Good to be Moral fo far as they respect and fuch Man , because they fall under the Government of things as ...
... greater , the more certain . and more durable Advantages . VII . The Defenders of this Opinion reckon these in Health , kinds of Good to be Moral fo far as they respect and fuch Man , because they fall under the Government of things as ...
Pagina 231
... greater , more certain and more durable than thofe of the Body ; if therefore they cannot be had without the lofs of Health , or even Life , right Reason dictates , that Health , or even Life be defpifed in re- gard to thefe . For this ...
... greater , more certain and more durable than thofe of the Body ; if therefore they cannot be had without the lofs of Health , or even Life , right Reason dictates , that Health , or even Life be defpifed in re- gard to thefe . For this ...
Pagina 256
... greater certainty and eafe . I grant , that if a Man were abfolutely determin'd in his Actions to the best , there would be no room for virtue , properly fo call'd ; for virtue , as it is commonly understood , requires a free Act , and ...
... greater certainty and eafe . I grant , that if a Man were abfolutely determin'd in his Actions to the best , there would be no room for virtue , properly fo call'd ; for virtue , as it is commonly understood , requires a free Act , and ...
Pagina 258
... greater Good is that alone which determines " the Will " : 66 66 From hence we may obferve that as he here makes the ... greater apparent Good ) and ftill fuppofing the Will to be paffive or determin'd from with- eut , he alters his ...
... greater Good is that alone which determines " the Will " : 66 66 From hence we may obferve that as he here makes the ... greater apparent Good ) and ftill fuppofing the Will to be paffive or determin'd from with- eut , he alters his ...
Pagina 263
... greater Power seems to be requifite for the one than for the other . If we can hinder the Will from being determin'd by any defire of abfent Good without any appearance of greater Good on the other Side , which might raise an oppofite ...
... greater Power seems to be requifite for the one than for the other . If we can hinder the Will from being determin'd by any defire of abfent Good without any appearance of greater Good on the other Side , which might raise an oppofite ...
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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.