Elements of Moral Philosophy and of Christian Ethics, Volume 1J. Duncan, 1826 |
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... shews . How frequently have men of eminence perplexed and darkened the subjects they discussed , by pretending to give demonstrations of things which were self - evident , and by attempting to define that which admits of no explication ...
... shews . How frequently have men of eminence perplexed and darkened the subjects they discussed , by pretending to give demonstrations of things which were self - evident , and by attempting to define that which admits of no explication ...
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... shew it to be necessarily included in some phenomenon or fact already known , or supposed to be known , and we consider one phenomenon as the cause of another , when we conceive the existence of the latter to depend on some power ...
... shew it to be necessarily included in some phenomenon or fact already known , or supposed to be known , and we consider one phenomenon as the cause of another , when we conceive the existence of the latter to depend on some power ...
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... shew how greatly we are indebted to the light of the written word , the labour which we undergo , and the attention which we give , are not bestowed in vain . I shall , therefore , attempt briefly to ascertain what may be known of the ...
... shew how greatly we are indebted to the light of the written word , the labour which we undergo , and the attention which we give , are not bestowed in vain . I shall , therefore , attempt briefly to ascertain what may be known of the ...
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... shews us the being of God , and that he is entitled to our homage and adoration , is proved by the universal consent and acknowledgment of mankind . If it be allowed that a devotional susceptibility , or a capacity of worship- ping God ...
... shews us the being of God , and that he is entitled to our homage and adoration , is proved by the universal consent and acknowledgment of mankind . If it be allowed that a devotional susceptibility , or a capacity of worship- ping God ...
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... shews us the being of God , and that he is entitled to our homage and adoration is proved by the circumstance , that this fundamental truth is neces- sarily involved in the exercise of our mental faculties . But this argument , usually ...
... shews us the being of God , and that he is entitled to our homage and adoration is proved by the circumstance , that this fundamental truth is neces- sarily involved in the exercise of our mental faculties . But this argument , usually ...
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