An Essay on the Origin of Evil, Volym 2F. Stephens, 1732 - 111 sidor |
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... itself , but only connected with fomething elfe which Pleafant . is of itself agreeable , or produces Pleasure , and That on that account only be defirable , then ' tis called which is Profitable . For tho ' the Appetite cannot come at ...
... itself , but only connected with fomething elfe which Pleafant . is of itself agreeable , or produces Pleasure , and That on that account only be defirable , then ' tis called which is Profitable . For tho ' the Appetite cannot come at ...
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... itself directs , that , all things confider'd , we fhould prefer that which brings the 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 ...
... itself directs , that , all things confider'd , we fhould prefer that which brings the 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 ...
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... itself , But we are namely , to will , or to fufpend the Act of Volition , deter- they think that it is determin'd to thefe , not by it choose ei- felf , for that is impoffible , but from without . If ther from you ask from whence ...
... itself , But we are namely , to will , or to fufpend the Act of Volition , deter- they think that it is determin'd to thefe , not by it choose ei- felf , for that is impoffible , but from without . If ther from you ask from whence ...
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... itself ; and may be called its Power of determining to do or forbear any particular Action , or of preferring one to another ; and if Free- dom can with any propriety of Speech be attributed to one of thefe Powers ** as he has ...
... itself ; and may be called its Power of determining to do or forbear any particular Action , or of preferring one to another ; and if Free- dom can with any propriety of Speech be attributed to one of thefe Powers ** as he has ...
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... itself , and that a free Agent cannot be determin'd like natural Bodies NOTES . we have got an abfolutely felf - moving Principle , which does not want any thing out of itself to determine it , which has no phyfical connection with ...
... itself , and that a free Agent cannot be determin'd like natural Bodies NOTES . we have got an abfolutely felf - moving Principle , which does not want any thing out of itself to determine it , which has no phyfical connection with ...
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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
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Sida 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.
Sida 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.
Sida 27 - He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.
Sida 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.
Sida 444 - ... it is for us to gain habits of virtue in this life, if we would enjoy the pleasures of the next.
Sida 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...
Sida 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.
Sida 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...
Sida 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...
Sida 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.