An Essay on the Origin of Evil, Volume 2F. Stephens, 1732 - 111 pagina's |
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Pagina 229
... regard only to the Appetite which is delighted That with the Enjoyment of it , and acquiefces in it , which is ' tis called Pleafant . actually is called V. But if it be not agreeable to the Appetite of agreeable itself , but only ...
... regard only to the Appetite which is delighted That with the Enjoyment of it , and acquiefces in it , which is ' tis called Pleafant . actually is called V. But if it be not agreeable to the Appetite of agreeable itself , but only ...
Pagina 231
... to tellect or fore not free as to the Acts of the Will , but only of the inferior Faculties , which are fubje & t to its determination . to will or not will , that is with regard Sect . 1. Sub . 1 . 231 Of Moral Evil .
... to tellect or fore not free as to the Acts of the Will , but only of the inferior Faculties , which are fubje & t to its determination . to will or not will , that is with regard Sect . 1. Sub . 1 . 231 Of Moral Evil .
Pagina 232
William King Edmund Law. to will or not will , that is with regard to the imme- diate Acts of the Will : Some of them therefore exprefly deny that Liberty belongs to Man with regard to thefe Acts , or that an Election can be faid to be ...
William King Edmund Law. to will or not will , that is with regard to the imme- diate Acts of the Will : Some of them therefore exprefly deny that Liberty belongs to Man with regard to thefe Acts , or that an Election can be faid to be ...
Pagina 233
... regard to the Will , fome content themselves with afferting its Freedom from external Compulfion only , from being forced contrary to its own bent and inclination . And indeed it would be very ftrange to fuppofe it otherwife : For to ...
... regard to the Will , fome content themselves with afferting its Freedom from external Compulfion only , from being forced contrary to its own bent and inclination . And indeed it would be very ftrange to fuppofe it otherwife : For to ...
Pagina 237
... regard to its Will , or Thought , and in that Senfe mov'd by a fuperior Efficiency , may yet have a power of be- ginning real corporeal Motion ( which is a quite different fort of Action ) in confequence of fuch pre - determin'd Will ...
... regard to its Will , or Thought , and in that Senfe mov'd by a fuperior Efficiency , may yet have a power of be- ginning real corporeal Motion ( which is a quite different fort of Action ) in confequence of fuch pre - determin'd Will ...
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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.