God in Human Thought: Or, Natural Theology Traced in Literature, Ancient and Modern, to the Time of Bishop Butler, Volume 2Scribner, Armstrong & Company, 1874 |
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... such latitudinarians as Le Clerc - to say nothing of Collins and others of that stamp - we are not surprised to meet with the assertion , in regard to his views , made only THE CHARGE AGAINST LOCKE . 573 twelve years after his.
... such latitudinarians as Le Clerc - to say nothing of Collins and others of that stamp - we are not surprised to meet with the assertion , in regard to his views , made only THE CHARGE AGAINST LOCKE . 573 twelve years after his.
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... such subtilities , of metaphysical and abstract rea- sonings . Whiston was in his garden at the time , and up a nettle or some like contemptible weed , told he ing ANTHONY COLLINS . 605 that weed contained better argument for.
... such subtilities , of metaphysical and abstract rea- sonings . Whiston was in his garden at the time , and up a nettle or some like contemptible weed , told he ing ANTHONY COLLINS . 605 that weed contained better argument for.
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... COLLINS . 605 that weed contained better argument for the Being and Attributes of God than all his metaphysics . Clarke confessed it to be so , but alleged for himself that since such philoso- phers as Hobbes and Spinoza had made use of ...
... COLLINS . 605 that weed contained better argument for the Being and Attributes of God than all his metaphysics . Clarke confessed it to be so , but alleged for himself that since such philoso- phers as Hobbes and Spinoza had made use of ...
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... Collins rejoined with " Reflec- tions " upon it ( 1707 ) . A " Third Defence " by Clarke was met by Collins ' " Answer " ( 1708 ) ; Clarke's " Fourth De- fence " eliciting no reply , and closing the controversy . Thus ended , for the ...
... Collins rejoined with " Reflec- tions " upon it ( 1707 ) . A " Third Defence " by Clarke was met by Collins ' " Answer " ( 1708 ) ; Clarke's " Fourth De- fence " eliciting no reply , and closing the controversy . Thus ended , for the ...
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... COLLINS . TOLAND . MANDEVILLE . WOOLSTON . IN 1699 a treatise , entitled " An Inquiry Concerning Vir- tue or Merit , " was surreptitiously published by Toland . The author of it was Lord Shaftesbury , grandson of the nobleman of the ...
... COLLINS . TOLAND . MANDEVILLE . WOOLSTON . IN 1699 a treatise , entitled " An Inquiry Concerning Vir- tue or Merit , " was surreptitiously published by Toland . The author of it was Lord Shaftesbury , grandson of the nobleman of the ...
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Page 427 - Dangerous it were for the feeble brain of man to wade far into the doings of the Most High; whom although to know be life, and joy to make mention of his name; yet our soundest knowledge is, to know that we know him not as indeed he is, neither can know him ; and our safest eloquence concerning him, is our silence, when we confess without confession, that his glory is inexplicable, his greatness above our capacity and reach. He is above, and we upon earth; therefore it behoveth our words to be wary...
Page 429 - It is true, that a little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism ; but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion : for while the mind of man looketh upon second causes scattered, it may sometimes rest in them, and go no farther; but when it beholdeth the chain of them confederate and linked together, it must needs fly to Providence and Deity.
Page 429 - I had rather believe all the fables in the Legend, and the Talmud, and the Alcoran, than that this universal frame is without a mind.
Page 674 - MORAL GOOD AND EVIL, then, is only THE CONFORMITY OR DISAGREEMENT OF OUR VOLUNTARY ACTIONS TO SOME LAW, WHEREBY GOOD OR EVIL IS DRAWN ON US, FROM THE WILL AND POWER OF THE LAW-MAKER...
Page 501 - Those that hold that all things are governed by fortune, had not erred, had they not persisted there. The Romans, that erected a temple to fortune, acknowledged therein, though in a blinder way, somewhat of divinity ; for in a wise supputation all things begin and end in the Almighty.
Page 762 - Shall I be left forgotten in the dust, When Fate, relenting, lets the flower revive ? Shall Nature's voice, to man alone unjust, Bid him, though doom'd to perish, hope to live ? Is it for this fair Virtue oft must strive With disappointment, penury, and pain ? No : Heaven's immortal Spring shall yet arrive, And man's majestic beauty bloom again, Bright through th' eternal year of Love's triumphant reign.
Page 442 - Man: nor is any thing in itself more unnatural or of greater Deformity, in the whole world; than that an Intelligent Agent should have the Truth of Things in his Mind; and that it should not give Law and Rule to his Temper, Life and Actions.
Page 736 - He that has light within his own clear breast May sit i' the centre, and enjoy bright day, But he that hides a dark soul, and foul thoughts Benighted walks under the midday sun; Himself is his own dungeon.
Page 681 - ... you cannot form a notion of this faculty, conscience, without taking in judgment, direction, superintendency. This is a constituent part of the idea, that is, of the faculty itself: and to preside and govern, from the very economy and constitution of man, belongs to it. Had it strength, as it has right; had it power, as it has manifest authority, it would absolutely govern the world.
Page 495 - Or weigh the thought that from man's mind doth flow : But if the weight of these thou canst not show, Weigh but one word which from thy lips doth fall : For how canst thou those greater secrets know, That dost not know the least thing of them all ? Ill can he rule the great, that cannot reach the small...