Half-hours with the freethinkers, ed. by J. Watts, 'Iconoclast', and A. CollinsJohn Watts 1857 |
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Strana 5
... matter of the first element , while the spherical globules he calls matter of the second element ; and since there would be a large quantity of this element , he supposes it to be driven towards the centre of each vortex by the circular ...
... matter of the first element , while the spherical globules he calls matter of the second element ; and since there would be a large quantity of this element , he supposes it to be driven towards the centre of each vortex by the circular ...
Strana 6
... matter of doubt any more than the fact of my own existence . The conception of an infinite being proved his real existence , for if there is not really such a being I must have made the con- ception ; but if I could make it I can also ...
... matter of doubt any more than the fact of my own existence . The conception of an infinite being proved his real existence , for if there is not really such a being I must have made the con- ception ; but if I could make it I can also ...
Strana 8
... matter which appears in this little tract . We have endeavoured to picture Des Cartes as the founder of the deductive method , as having the foundation - stone of all his reasoning in his con- sciousness . ' I. ' JOHN WATTS , PRINTER ...
... matter which appears in this little tract . We have endeavoured to picture Des Cartes as the founder of the deductive method , as having the foundation - stone of all his reasoning in his con- sciousness . ' I. ' JOHN WATTS , PRINTER ...
Strana 11
... ; sometimes upon the universe at large , and the matter of which the world is composed ; sometimes upon abstract and metaphysi- cal properties , such as space , duration , motion HALF - HOURS WITH THE FREETHINKERS . 11.
... ; sometimes upon the universe at large , and the matter of which the world is composed ; sometimes upon abstract and metaphysi- cal properties , such as space , duration , motion HALF - HOURS WITH THE FREETHINKERS . 11.
Strana 21
... matter in both instances being the same . The only difference being , the one deceives himself with a meaningless word , the other is speechless on what he cannot comprehend . The Essay shows a scheme of universal gradation , com- posed ...
... matter in both instances being the same . The only difference being , the one deceives himself with a meaningless word , the other is speechless on what he cannot comprehend . The Essay shows a scheme of universal gradation , com- posed ...
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amongst ANTHONY COLLINS appears argument Atheist believe Bible Blount body Bolingbroke Cartes cause character Charles Blount Christianity Church common conceived Condorcet D'Holbach death Deism Deist Descartes divine doctrine doubt earth EDITED BY ICONOCLAST effect England Epicureans Epicurus eternal existence fact faculties faith father FLEET STREET FREETHINKERS Freethought gave genius Girondists happiness hath heaven Hebrew Bibles Helvetius Hobbes honour human idea ignorance infidel infinite JOHN WATTS king knowledge laws Letters living Lord mankind manner matter Matthew Tindal means mind moral motion nation nature never objects opinion original Paine passions philosophers pleasure Price 1d Priestley priests principles Published Fortnightly reason religion religious says senses Shelley soul Spinoza spirit Stilpo Stoics substance superstition suppose things Thomas Burnet thou thought tion Toland translation true truth universe virtue Voltaire whole words writings Zeno
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Strana 87 - That no testimony is sufficient to establish a miracle, unless the testimony be of such a kind, that its falsehood would be more miraculous than the fact which it endeavours to establish.
Strana 87 - A miracle is a violation of the laws of nature ; and as a firm and unalterable experience has established these laws, the proof against a miracle, from the very nature of the fact, is as entire as any argument from experience can possibly be imagined.
Strana 183 - Now therefore, behold, the LORD hath put a lying spirit in the mouth of all these thy prophets, and the LORD hath spoken evil concerning thee.
Strana 182 - And there came forth a spirit, and stood before the LORD, and said, I will persuade him. And the LORD said unto him, Wherewith ? And he said, I will go forth, and I will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And he said, Thou shalt persuade him, and prevail also : go forth, and do so.
Strana 25 - I will be wise, And just, and free, and mild, if in me lies Such power, for I grow weary to behold The selfish and the strong still tyrannise Without reproach or check.
Strana 86 - There is an universal tendency among mankind to conceive all beings like themselves, and to transfer to every object those qualities with which they are familiarly acquainted, and of which they are intimately conscious.
Strana 180 - The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb...
Strana 181 - Then he said, I pray, thee, therefore, father, that thou wouldest send him to my father's house ; for I have five brethren ; that he may testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of torment.
Strana 94 - This decaying sense, when we would express the thing itself (I mean fancy itself) we call Imagination, as I said before: but when we would express the decay, and signify that the sense is fading, old and past, it is called Memory. So that imagination and memory are but one thing which for divers considerations hath divers names.
Strana 182 - A wonderful and horrible thing is committed in the land; The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love to have it so: and what will ye do in the end thereof (Jer.5:22-31).