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The main evidence , then , for a God , as far as this can be collected from visible nature , lies not in the existence of matter , neither in its laws , but in its dispositions . This distinction between the laws and the dispositions of ...
The main evidence , then , for a God , as far as this can be collected from visible nature , lies not in the existence of matter , neither in its laws , but in its dispositions . This distinction between the laws and the dispositions of ...
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arbitrary arrangements , that we contrasted the dispositions of matter with its laws . 5. For the purpose , then , of viewing aright what that is , in which , nakedly and singly , the chief strength of the natural argument for a God ...
arbitrary arrangements , that we contrasted the dispositions of matter with its laws . 5. For the purpose , then , of viewing aright what that is , in which , nakedly and singly , the chief strength of the natural argument for a God ...
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The dispositions of matter in the . planetary system were fixed at the original setting up of the machine . The laws of matter were ordained for the working of the machine . The former , that is the dispositions , make up the framework ...
The dispositions of matter in the . planetary system were fixed at the original setting up of the machine . The laws of matter were ordained for the working of the machine . The former , that is the dispositions , make up the framework ...
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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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