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Nay , if without such contradiction we can imagine any variation in the modes or forms of matter from those which obtain actually , this is enough with him to expel from matter the property of self - existence .
Nay , if without such contradiction we can imagine any variation in the modes or forms of matter from those which obtain actually , this is enough with him to expel from matter the property of self - existence .
Page 194
à . 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 ...
à . 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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We do a a not need to demonstrate the non - eternity of matter . We do not need to involve ourselves in any question about the essential and the arbitrary properties of matter . We make our single appeal to its dispositions .
We do a a not need to demonstrate the non - eternity of matter . We do not need to involve ourselves in any question about the essential and the arbitrary properties of matter . We make our single appeal to its dispositions .
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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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