History of English Thought in the Eighteenth Century, Volumen2G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1881 |
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... equally true and trifling . Their metaphy- sical system decayed , leaving as its sole relic a magniloquent trick of language about the eternal and immutable nature of things . The phrase was familiar to the schools of Clarke and Tindal ...
... equally true and trifling . Their metaphy- sical system decayed , leaving as its sole relic a magniloquent trick of language about the eternal and immutable nature of things . The phrase was familiar to the schools of Clarke and Tindal ...
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... equally natural process , the doctrine of supernatural sanctions , but rejected the doc- trine of the divine guidance . They cared comparatively little for a comprehensive theory of the universe , and fixed their eyes upon the facts ...
... equally natural process , the doctrine of supernatural sanctions , but rejected the doc- trine of the divine guidance . They cared comparatively little for a comprehensive theory of the universe , and fixed their eyes upon the facts ...
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... equally hearty contempt for their theology . The Church , according to his view , was useful in so far as it tied the hands of priests and fanatics , and acted as a gag instead of a trumpet ; it would be pernicious if it could be made ...
... equally hearty contempt for their theology . The Church , according to his view , was useful in so far as it tied the hands of priests and fanatics , and acted as a gag instead of a trumpet ; it would be pernicious if it could be made ...
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... equally at the bottom of the superstitions which the Church of Rome has succeeded , with marvellous skill , in fettering and turning to account for the support of its 1 Misc . iii . ch . i . 4 2 Ib . iii . ch . i . 3 The essay on ...
... equally at the bottom of the superstitions which the Church of Rome has succeeded , with marvellous skill , in fettering and turning to account for the support of its 1 Misc . iii . ch . i . 4 2 Ib . iii . ch . i . 3 The essay on ...
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... equally alien to him . The state of nature - to quote Pope once more— The state of Nature was the reign of God ; And there- as how should it be otherwise if God be nature ? fore , Shaftesbury repudiates with special indignation the doc ...
... equally alien to him . The state of nature - to quote Pope once more— The state of Nature was the reign of God ; And there- as how should it be otherwise if God be nature ? fore , Shaftesbury repudiates with special indignation the doc ...
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Página 26 - From harmony, from heavenly harmony This universal frame began : From harmony to harmony Through all the compass of the notes it ran, The diapason closing full in Man.
Página 190 - I authorise and give up my right of governing myself to this man, or to this assembly of men, on this condition, that thou give up thy right to him, and authorize all his actions in like manner.
Página 189 - ... from his loins), a man capable of placing in review, after having brought together, from the east, the west, the north, and the south, from the coarseness of the rudest barbarism to the most refined and subtle civilization, all the schemes of government which had ever prevailed amongst mankind...
Página 87 - Tis not contrary to reason to prefer the destruction of the whole world to the scratching of my finger.
Página 88 - Reason is, and ought only to be, the slave of the passions, and can never pretend to any other office than to serve and obey them.
Página 149 - I take to be a voluntary society of men, joining themselves together of their own accord, in order to the public worshipping of God, in such a manner as they judge acceptable to him, and effectual to the salvation of their souls.
Página 344 - Let her see him in his most retired privacies; let her follow him to the mount, and hear his devotions and supplications to God. Carry her to his table to view his poor fare, and he^r his heavenly discourse.
Página 226 - I may assume, that the awful Author of our Being is the Author of our place in the order of existence; and that having disposed and marshalled us by a divine tactic, not according to our will, but according to His...
Página 97 - Virtue (for mere good-nature is a fool) Is sense and spirit with humanity : 'Tis sometimes angry and its frown confounds ; 'Tis even vindictive, but in vengeance just.
Página 248 - The nature of man is intricate; the objects of society are of the greatest possible complexity ; and therefore no simple disposition or direction of power can be suitable either to man's nature, or to the quality of his affairs.