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... reference to the senses can be admitted , but in the way of illustration ; and any such reference , in the most trifling step of a demonstration , vitiates the whole . But in Natural Philosophy , ail our reasonings must be grounded on ...
... reference to the senses can be admitted , but in the way of illustration ; and any such reference , in the most trifling step of a demonstration , vitiates the whole . But in Natural Philosophy , ail our reasonings must be grounded on ...
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... reference to the Divine will , before it can assume even a resem- blance to holiness . I do not say , that the moral sense is of im- perfect obligation , so that it must be buoyed up and enforced by the will of God , before its dictates ...
... reference to the Divine will , before it can assume even a resem- blance to holiness . I do not say , that the moral sense is of im- perfect obligation , so that it must be buoyed up and enforced by the will of God , before its dictates ...
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... reference to the business of navigation - reference incalculably important to the spread and improvement of the human race ; and that the discovery and the application of this influence arrived at the destined moment in the revolution ...
... reference to the business of navigation - reference incalculably important to the spread and improvement of the human race ; and that the discovery and the application of this influence arrived at the destined moment in the revolution ...
Contents
THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN PHYSICAL AND METAPHYSICAL | 1 |
THIS DISTINCTION APPLIED TO PHILOSOPHY AND THEOLOGY | 25 |
CHAPTER VIII | 173 |
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