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These two terms we have seen in constant conjunction in thousands of other instances ; and we have therefore the warrant of a manifold ... This has been a frequently observed sequence , from either term of which we may infer the other .
These two terms we have seen in constant conjunction in thousands of other instances ; and we have therefore the warrant of a manifold ... This has been a frequently observed sequence , from either term of which we may infer the other .
Page 153
In the case of God and the world we have only one term of the sequence before us . We see the world — but we have never seen God ; and far less have we ever seen Him employed in the formation of a world .
In the case of God and the world we have only one term of the sequence before us . We see the world — but we have never seen God ; and far less have we ever seen Him employed in the formation of a world .
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... they oblige us to regard this order as the posterior term of a sequence ; and we , in reasoning on the prior term , just follow the lights of experience when we move upward from the world to an intelligent mind that ordained it .
... they oblige us to regard this order as the posterior term of a sequence ; and we , in reasoning on the prior term , just follow the lights of experience when we move upward from the world to an intelligent mind that ordained it .
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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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