The Works of Thomas Chalmers, Volume 1W. Collins, 1836 |
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Page 194
... 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 lies we should not only distinguish between the existence of matter and 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 lies we should not only distinguish between the existence of matter and its ...
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... laws of matter , where the main strength of the argument lies , though we hear much more of the wisdom of Nature's laws than of the wisdom of her collocations . * Now it is true that the law of refraction is indispensable to the faculty ...
... laws of matter , where the main strength of the argument lies , though we hear much more of the wisdom of Nature's laws than of the wisdom of her collocations . * Now it is true that the law of refraction is indispensable to the faculty ...
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... laws , and laws alone , the framework of our existing economy was put together . It is thus that they would exclude the agency of a God from the tran- sition between one system , or one formation , and another ; although it be precisely ...
... laws , and laws alone , the framework of our existing economy was put together . It is thus that they would exclude the agency of a God from the tran- sition between one system , or one formation , and another ; although it be precisely ...
Contents
PRELIMINARY VIEWS | 17 |
Of the Metaphysics which have been resorted | 99 |
MR HUMES OBJECTION TO THE A POSTERIORI | 121 |
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