Disquisitions Relating to Matter and Spirit: To which is Added the History of the Philosophical Doctrine Concerning the Origin of the Soul, and the Nature of Matter; with Its Influence on Christianity, Especially with Respect to the Doctrine of the Pre-existence of Christ, Volume 1 |
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... fince done with it ; notwith- standing there were fects enow among chrif tians in those ages , and therefore the incon- venience which Mr. De Luc fo much dreads , must have affected them , as well as it docs us . But , in fact ...
... fince done with it ; notwith- standing there were fects enow among chrif tians in those ages , and therefore the incon- venience which Mr. De Luc fo much dreads , must have affected them , as well as it docs us . But , in fact ...
Page ii
... fince it has never yet been afferted , that the powers of fenfation and thought are incompati- ble with thefe ( folidity , or impenetrability only , having been thought to be repugnant to them ) I therefore maintain , that we have no ...
... fince it has never yet been afferted , that the powers of fenfation and thought are incompati- ble with thefe ( folidity , or impenetrability only , having been thought to be repugnant to them ) I therefore maintain , that we have no ...
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... fince no fubftance can retain any form without it , This argument equally affects the smallest atoms , as the largest bodies that are compofed of them . An atom , by which I mean an ultimate component part of any grofs body , is ...
... fince no fubftance can retain any form without it , This argument equally affects the smallest atoms , as the largest bodies that are compofed of them . An atom , by which I mean an ultimate component part of any grofs body , is ...
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... fince without it every parti- cle would fall from each other , and be dif- perfed . And this being true of the ultimate particles , as well as of grofs bodies , the con- fequence muft be , that the whole fubftance . will abfolutely ...
... fince without it every parti- cle would fall from each other , and be dif- perfed . And this being true of the ultimate particles , as well as of grofs bodies , the con- fequence muft be , that the whole fubftance . will abfolutely ...
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... fince every particle of it having fome bulk , " has its parts connected by ways inconceiv- " able by us . " Mr. Baxter , who , I believe , is confidered as the ableft defender of the ftrict immaterial fyftem , acknowledges that powers ...
... fince every particle of it having fome bulk , " has its parts connected by ways inconceiv- " able by us . " Mr. Baxter , who , I believe , is confidered as the ableft defender of the ftrict immaterial fyftem , acknowledges that powers ...
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