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He holds that if things do necessarily exist , we cannot conceive this thing not to be - just as when propositions have in them an axiomatic certainty , we cannot conceive these things not to be true . And so on the other hand if we can ...
He holds that if things do necessarily exist , we cannot conceive this thing not to be - just as when propositions have in them an axiomatic certainty , we cannot conceive these things not to be true . And so on the other hand if we can ...
Page 103
He denies the necessary existence of matter , merely because we can conceive it not to exist ; and the necessity of motion , because we can conceive of other directions to it than those which obtain actually ; and a DR .
He denies the necessary existence of matter , merely because we can conceive it not to exist ; and the necessity of motion , because we can conceive of other directions to it than those which obtain actually ; and a DR .
Page 108
We can conceive unlimited space , empty and empty for ever , of all substances whether material or immaterial and we see neither logical nor mathematical impossibility in the way of such a conception . We do not feel with Dr. Clarke ...
We can conceive unlimited space , empty and empty for ever , of all substances whether material or immaterial and we see neither logical nor mathematical impossibility in the way of such a conception . We do not feel with Dr. Clarke ...
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Contents
PRELIMINARY VIEWS | 17 |
Of the Metaphysics which have been resorted | 99 |
on the side of Theism | 121 |
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| Title | The Works of Thomas Chalmers, Volume 1 The Works of Thomas Chalmers, Thomas Chalmers |
| Author | Thomas Chalmers |
| Publisher | W. Collins, 1836 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 11 Mar 2019 |
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