The Works of Thomas Chalmers, Volume 1R. Carter, 1841 |
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Page 69
... antecedent to all close and careful examination of the proofs , there are at least many presumptions in behalf of a God , to meet the eye of every obser- ver ? Is there any so hardy as to deny , that the curious workmanship of his frame ...
... antecedent to all close and careful examination of the proofs , there are at least many presumptions in behalf of a God , to meet the eye of every obser- ver ? Is there any so hardy as to deny , that the curious workmanship of his frame ...
Page 105
... though not self - existent , might we pass by inference to a superior and antecedent Being from whom it hath sprung . But this were de- scending to the a posteriori argument - whereas the high E 2 DR . CLARKE'S A PRIORI ARGUMENT . 105.
... though not self - existent , might we pass by inference to a superior and antecedent Being from whom it hath sprung . But this were de- scending to the a posteriori argument - whereas the high E 2 DR . CLARKE'S A PRIORI ARGUMENT . 105.
Page 117
... antecedent mind - while on the other hand , even though nature should incline us to the thought that the matter of this earth and these heavens was from everlasting , there might be enough in the goodly distribution of its parts to ...
... antecedent mind - while on the other hand , even though nature should incline us to the thought that the matter of this earth and these heavens was from everlasting , there might be enough in the goodly distribution of its parts to ...
Page 118
... antecedent not of its harmonies and adaptations alone but of its substantive Being . We should like a firmer stepping - stone than this by which to arrive at the conclusion of a God . For this purpose we would dissever the argument ...
... antecedent not of its harmonies and adaptations alone but of its substantive Being . We should like a firmer stepping - stone than this by which to arrive at the conclusion of a God . For this purpose we would dissever the argument ...
Page 121
... antecedent . In the language of Dr. Thomas Brown , these two terms make up a sequence and there seems to exist in the spirit of man , not an underived , but an aboriginal faith , in the uniformity of nature's sequences . F 2. This ...
... antecedent . In the language of Dr. Thomas Brown , these two terms make up a sequence and there seems to exist in the spirit of man , not an underived , but an aboriginal faith , in the uniformity of nature's sequences . F 2. This ...
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