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We feel no difficulty in conceding to him the necessary existence of that which has existed from eternity — and that the necessity for its existence resides in itself and not in any thing apart from itself . That which has been created ...
We feel no difficulty in conceding to him the necessary existence of that which has existed from eternity — and that the necessity for its existence resides in itself and not in any thing apart from itself . That which has been created ...
Page 106
scending to the a posteriori argument — whereas the high pretension is , that in the light of that same principle which enables the mind to discard from all matter the property of self - existence , may it without the intervention of ...
scending to the a posteriori argument — whereas the high pretension is , that in the light of that same principle which enables the mind to discard from all matter the property of self - existence , may it without the intervention of ...
Page 107
Here then is a something , if you choose thus to designate either of the elements of space or time — here is a something which fulfils what is affirmed to be the essential condition of necessary existence . Its non - existence involves ...
Here then is a something , if you choose thus to designate either of the elements of space or time — here is a something which fulfils what is affirmed to be the essential condition of necessary existence . Its non - existence involves ...
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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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