Half-hours with the freethinkers, ed. by J. Watts, 'Iconoclast', and A. CollinsJohn Watts 1857 |
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Strana 7
... person has within himself the faculty of knowing him , it does not follow that there may not have been various individuals who have passed through life without ever making this idea a distinct object of apprehension ; and , in truth ...
... person has within himself the faculty of knowing him , it does not follow that there may not have been various individuals who have passed through life without ever making this idea a distinct object of apprehension ; and , in truth ...
Strana 10
... pretended divine laws , that is to say , laws immutable and eternal , have risen from the complexion of times , of places , and of persons ; that these codes issue one from another in a kind 10 HALF - HOURS WITH THE FREETHINKERS .
... pretended divine laws , that is to say , laws immutable and eternal , have risen from the complexion of times , of places , and of persons ; that these codes issue one from another in a kind 10 HALF - HOURS WITH THE FREETHINKERS .
Strana 11
... person , are but recitals of astronomical facts , figurative and emblematical narratives of the motion and influence of the heavenly bodies . The very idea itself of the divinity , which is at present so obscure , abstracted , and ...
... person , are but recitals of astronomical facts , figurative and emblematical narratives of the motion and influence of the heavenly bodies . The very idea itself of the divinity , which is at present so obscure , abstracted , and ...
Strana 17
... person , and the fascination of his wild exploits , rather than possessing a due regard to his rank and abilities . His conduct , however , was completely changed when he became a Member of Parliament . The hopes of his friends were ...
... person , and the fascination of his wild exploits , rather than possessing a due regard to his rank and abilities . His conduct , however , was completely changed when he became a Member of Parliament . The hopes of his friends were ...
Strana 31
... person , sometimes regarding our own mind alone , and always arising unforeseen , and departing unbidden , but elevating and delightful beyond all expression . Poets are not only subject to these experiences , as spirits of the most ...
... person , sometimes regarding our own mind alone , and always arising unforeseen , and departing unbidden , but elevating and delightful beyond all expression . Poets are not only subject to these experiences , as spirits of the most ...
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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).