Disquisitions Relating to Matter and Spirit: To which is Added the History of the Philosophical Doctrine Concerning the Origin of the Soul, and the Nature of Matter; with Its Influence on Christianity, Especially with Respect to the Doctrine of the Pre-existence of Christ, Volume 2 |
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... ourselves with acting under the express orders of one who is the proper jndge of what is expedient for his interest and his church , as well as for our hap- pinefs ; and we may reft affured , that we can can only fuftain a temporary ...
... ourselves with acting under the express orders of one who is the proper jndge of what is expedient for his interest and his church , as well as for our hap- pinefs ; and we may reft affured , that we can can only fuftain a temporary ...
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... ourselves , complex as the structure of our minds , and our principles of action are , are links in a great connected chain , parts of an immenfe whole , a very little of which only we are as yet permitted to fee , but from which we ...
... ourselves , complex as the structure of our minds , and our principles of action are , are links in a great connected chain , parts of an immenfe whole , a very little of which only we are as yet permitted to fee , but from which we ...
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... ourselves into motion ? What fenfe " would there be in faying , that the fitua- ❝tion of a body , which may properly be " the occafion , or the account , of its being " ftruck by another body , is the efficient of its motion , or its ...
... ourselves into motion ? What fenfe " would there be in faying , that the fitua- ❝tion of a body , which may properly be " the occafion , or the account , of its being " ftruck by another body , is the efficient of its motion , or its ...
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... ourselves into motion . " But what can this be , befides a mere ver- bal distinction ? If it be universally true , that the action certainly follows the motive , i . e . the inclination of the mind , and the views of things presented to ...
... ourselves into motion . " But what can this be , befides a mere ver- bal distinction ? If it be universally true , that the action certainly follows the motive , i . e . the inclination of the mind , and the views of things presented to ...
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... . And it is furely very furprizing , " that our most willing determinations should " be imagined to have most of the appear- ance of not proceeding from ourselves , " and " and that what a man does with the fulleft 72 ILLUSTRATIONS OF.
... . And it is furely very furprizing , " that our most willing determinations should " be imagined to have most of the appear- ance of not proceeding from ourselves , " and " and that what a man does with the fulleft 72 ILLUSTRATIONS OF.
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