The Works of Thomas Chalmers, Volume 1W. Collins, 1836 |
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Page 165
... commencement to our present material economy - we have had no such proof of a commencement to the mental economy which may have preceded it . There is room for the question , how came the material system of things into its present order ...
... commencement to our present material economy - we have had no such proof of a commencement to the mental economy which may have preceded it . There is room for the question , how came the material system of things into its present order ...
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... Commencement of our present Terrestrial Economy . 1. THE historical argument which we have already attempted to unfold for the non - eternity of our present world , has been exposed to a certain collision with the speculations of those ...
... Commencement of our present Terrestrial Economy . 1. THE historical argument which we have already attempted to unfold for the non - eternity of our present world , has been exposed to a certain collision with the speculations of those ...
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... commencement for them , then the argument rises to almost the force of infinity for a God . And it seems impossible to escape from the belief of such a commencement , whatever opinion we may entertain as to the authority of the ...
... commencement for them , then the argument rises to almost the force of infinity for a God . And it seems impossible to escape from the belief of such a commencement , whatever opinion we may entertain as to the authority of the ...
Contents
PRELIMINARY VIEWS | 17 |
Of the Metaphysics which have been resorted | 99 |
MR HUMES OBJECTION TO THE A POSTERIORI | 121 |
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