...it is a nature happy in the con- CENT. templation of itself, and entirely regardless of p A R'T i. human affairs ; and such a divinity, who differs '...no more, whether he believed its immortality or not [/]. What then could be expected from such a philosophy ? could any thing solid and satisfactory, in...

...little solid use to mankind. The nature of God, as it is explained by Aristotle, is something like the principle that gives motion to a machine; it is...more, whether he believed its immortality or not/ What then could be expected from such a philosophy ? could any thing solid and satisfactory, in favour...

...and entirely regardlefs of human ri|'T , kifairs; and fuch a divinity, wlio difler* but i—y.— » little from the god of Epicurus, cannot reasonably be the object either of love or fear. With refpea to the dnclriric of this philofophcr concerning the human foul, it w uncertain, to fay no more,...

...states that the God of Aristotle is something like the principle which gives motion to a machine, that it is a nature happy in the contemplation of itself, and entirely regardless of human affairs. The historian remarks, that such a Divinity, who differs little from the God of Epicurus *, cannot...

...little solid use to mankind. The nature of God, as it is explained by Aristotle, is something like the principle that gives motion to a machine ; it...more, whether he believed its immortality or not/ What then could be expected from such a philosophy ? could any thing solid and satisfactory, in favour...

...little solid use to mankind. The nature of God, as it is explained by Aristotle, is something like the principle that gives motion to a machine ; it...of Epicurus, cannot reasonably be the object either ot love or fear. With respect to the doctrine of this philosopher concerning the human soul, it is...

...maintaining that the nature of God resembles the principle that gives motion to a machine, that it is happy in the contemplation of itself, and entirely regardless of human affairs ; the Platonists, from their master Plato, who taught the immortality of the soul, the doctrine of...

...any thing extraneous, but must continue forever. As for the Deity, if there were any, he taught that it is a nature happy in the contemplation of itself, and entirely regardless of human affairs." Epicurus, founder of the Epicurean system of philosophy in Greece, flourished two hundred and seventy...

...little solid use to mankind. The nature of God, as it is explained by Aristotle, is something like the principle that gives motion to a machine ; it is a nature happy iu the contemplation of itself, and entirely regardless of human affairs ; and such a divinity, who...

...met. 127. The Aristotelian philosophy, says Mosheim, " considered the nature of God as something like the principle that gives motion to a machine; it is a nature happy m the contemplation of itself, and entirely regardless of human affairs; and as to the human soul,...