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Page 194
We have already said , that we detach an ingredient of weakness from the cause , when we give up that part of the argument which is founded on the bare existence of matter ; and we at least bring out more prominently , because more ...
We have already said , that we detach an ingredient of weakness from the cause , when we give up that part of the argument which is founded on the bare existence of matter ; and we at least bring out more prominently , because more ...
Page 199
The watch - maker did not give to the main - spring its elasticity — but he coiled it up , and so placed it in the barrel as to impress a rotatory direction thereupon . He did not give to matter its power of cohesion ; but he availed ...
The watch - maker did not give to the main - spring its elasticity — but he coiled it up , and so placed it in the barrel as to impress a rotatory direction thereupon . He did not give to matter its power of cohesion ; but he availed ...
Page 253
Else we shall give countenance to the atheist's argument , that even animals themselves might have been casual productions . * 25. We regret that Penn , or Gisborne , or. * Bishop Patrick's theory was that of an elemental chaos ; and at ...
Else we shall give countenance to the atheist's argument , that even animals themselves might have been casual productions . * 25. We regret that Penn , or Gisborne , or. * Bishop Patrick's theory was that of an elemental chaos ; and at ...
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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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