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... organs or faculties . This individual being , or self , is capable of acting in different ways ; and for convenience of speech and classification , these modes of action have been arranged as the results of different faculties ; though ...
... organs or faculties . This individual being , or self , is capable of acting in different ways ; and for convenience of speech and classification , these modes of action have been arranged as the results of different faculties ; though ...
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... organs , she seems to have given full scope to her fancy , in filling up the subordinate parts . With respect to these , it is not inquired , whether an individual form , whether a particular arrangement , be neces- sary ; it seems ...
... organs , she seems to have given full scope to her fancy , in filling up the subordinate parts . With respect to these , it is not inquired , whether an individual form , whether a particular arrangement , be neces- sary ; it seems ...
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... organs of vision , the nature of which is so fully disclosed by the state of perfection in which they are preserved . With regard to the atmosphere , also , we infer that , had it differed materially from its actual condition , it might ...
... organs of vision , the nature of which is so fully disclosed by the state of perfection in which they are preserved . With regard to the atmosphere , also , we infer that , had it differed materially from its actual condition , it might ...
Contents
THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN PHYSICAL AND METAPHYSICAL | 1 |
THIS DISTINCTION APPLIED TO PHILOSOPHY AND THEOLOGY | 25 |
CHAPTER VIII | 173 |
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