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... admit that we know only the fact , that the affection of the brain is followed by a sensation , and do not know the cause of this fact , or the reason why it is thus followed . We are led to make this admis- sion , because our power of ...
... admit that we know only the fact , that the affection of the brain is followed by a sensation , and do not know the cause of this fact , or the reason why it is thus followed . We are led to make this admis- sion , because our power of ...
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... admit that we have no proof of such action , and when we come to look closely into the subject , it appears even inconceivable that inert matter should thus act , or have any real power . In truth , action is never even attributed to ...
... admit that we have no proof of such action , and when we come to look closely into the subject , it appears even inconceivable that inert matter should thus act , or have any real power . In truth , action is never even attributed to ...
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... admit his moral attributes , and who thereby furnish a basis for religious faith and practice . This is evident from all the ordinances of religion ; prayer being a mockery , unless we believe it is heard , and worship not really ...
... admit his moral attributes , and who thereby furnish a basis for religious faith and practice . This is evident from all the ordinances of religion ; prayer being a mockery , unless we believe it is heard , and worship not really ...
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... admit it as a truth , there was a time in which I was not , and a moment in which I began to be . I then only existed for others , not yet for myself . Since then , myself , my conscious being , has gradually developed itself , and I ...
... admit it as a truth , there was a time in which I was not , and a moment in which I began to be . I then only existed for others , not yet for myself . Since then , myself , my conscious being , has gradually developed itself , and I ...
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... admit the justice of this boast ; if you grant Spinoza's premises , there is no stopping short of Spinoza's conclusions . Once admit that efficient causation belongs to mat- ter , that one particle really acts on another particle by its ...
... admit the justice of this boast ; if you grant Spinoza's premises , there is no stopping short of Spinoza's conclusions . Once admit that efficient causation belongs to mat- ter , that one particle really acts on another particle by its ...
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Abraham Tucker absolute abstract action admit agency animal antecedent appear appetites applied argument argument from design atheistic attributes believe benevolence body brute called causation character chemical affinity Christianity conceive conception conclusion conduct conscience consciousness consequences considered constitution creation Creator Deity direct distinct Divine doctrine Dugald Stewart duty earth effect efficient cause ence enjoyment evidence evil exertion existence experience external fact faculty faith happiness human ical idea induction infer infinite infinite series inquiry instance instinct intellect knowledge Lecture manifested mankind matter means ment metaphysical mind moral government moral universe motion motives Natural Religion natural theology necessary never object obligation observation organ origin outward peculiar perfect person phenomena philosophical physical science pleasure polytheism principles proof prove purpose question reason religious respect revelation sense skepticism soul Spinoza suppose theory things tion truth universe virtue whole wisdom
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Page 35 - THE heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork. Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowledge. There is no speech nor language, where their voice is not heard. Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world.
Page 24 - Others apart sat on a hill retired, In thoughts more elevate, and reasoned high Of Providence, Foreknowledge, Will, and Fate— Fixed fate, free will, foreknowledge absolute — And found no end, in wandering mazes lost.
Page 144 - That gravity should be innate, inherent, and essential to matter, so that one body may act upon another at a distance through a vacuum, without the mediation of anything else, by and through which their action and force may be conveyed from one to another, is to me so great an absurdity, that I believe no man, who has in philosophical matters a competent faculty of thinking, can ever fall into it.
Page 92 - Therefore am I still A lover of the meadows and the woods, And mountains ; and of all that we behold From this green earth...
Page 377 - there is more joy in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, than over ninety and nine just persons that need no repentance.
Page 136 - But wandering oft, with brute unconscious gaze, Man marks not Thee, marks not the mighty Hand That, ever busy, wheels the silent spheres ; Works in the secret deep ; shoots, steaming, thence The fair profusion that o'erspreads the Spring...
Page 371 - What nothing earthly gives or can destroy, The soul's calm sunshine, and the heartfelt joy, Is virtue's prize...
Page 137 - The secrets of the hoary deep; a dark Illimitable ocean, without bound, Without dimension, where length, breadth, and height, And time, and place, are lost; where eldest Night And Chaos, ancestors of Nature, hold Eternal anarchy, amidst the noise Of endless wars, and by confusion stand.
Page 164 - Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection? It is as high as heaven; what canst thou do? deeper than hell; what canst thou know? The measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.
Page 51 - In short, there are two principles which I cannot render consistent, nor is it in my power to renounce either of them, viz. that all our distinct perceptions are distinct existences, and that the mind never perceives any real connexion among distinct existences.