The Works of President Edwards in Four Volumes: A Reprint of the Worcester Edition, with Valuable Additions and a Copious General Index, Volume 2Leavitt, Trow, & Company, 1844 |
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... existence of that thing . So in every act of refusal , the mind chooses the absence of the thing refused ; the positive and the negative are set before the mind for its choice , and it chooses the negative ; and the mind's making its ...
... existence of that thing . So in every act of refusal , the mind chooses the absence of the thing refused ; the positive and the negative are set before the mind for its choice , and it chooses the negative ; and the mind's making its ...
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... existence of the thing spoken of , which is overcome , or proves in vain to hinder or alter it . That is necessary , in the original and proper sense of the word , which is , or will be , notwithstand- ing all supposable opposition . To ...
... existence of the thing spoken of , which is overcome , or proves in vain to hinder or alter it . That is necessary , in the original and proper sense of the word , which is , or will be , notwithstand- ing all supposable opposition . To ...
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... existence of any thing , either substance , quality , act or circumstance , have a full and certain connection , then the existence or being of that thing is said to be necessary in a metaphysical sense . And in this sense I use the ...
... existence of any thing , either substance , quality , act or circumstance , have a full and certain connection , then the existence or being of that thing is said to be necessary in a metaphysical sense . And in this sense I use the ...
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... existence is not necessary in itself ; for if so , they always would have existed . Nor is their existence become necessary by being made sure , by being already come to pass . Therefore , the only way that any thing that is to come to ...
... existence is not necessary in itself ; for if so , they always would have existed . Nor is their existence become necessary by being made sure , by being already come to pass . Therefore , the only way that any thing that is to come to ...
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... existence has any fixed and certain connection SECTION IV . Of the Distinction of Natural and Moral Necessity , and Inability . THAT Necessity which has been explained , consisting in an infallible con- nection of the things signified ...
... existence has any fixed and certain connection SECTION IV . Of the Distinction of Natural and Moral Necessity , and Inability . THAT Necessity which has been explained , consisting in an infallible con- nection of the things signified ...
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