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... origin of the material universe.- Import of the term " day , " as used in the 1st chapter of Genesis whether a natural day of 24 hours , or a period of vastly greater length . - Argument from analogy in nature and Providence from the ...
... origin of the material universe.- Import of the term " day , " as used in the 1st chapter of Genesis whether a natural day of 24 hours , or a period of vastly greater length . - Argument from analogy in nature and Providence from the ...
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... Origin and progress of Cycles , to harmonize the Lunar with the Solar year . Cleostratus .. The first Cycle of Dieteres , of two years . — The Tetraeteris , a Cycle of four years . — The Octoeteris , of eight years . The Cycle , of Meto ...
... Origin and progress of Cycles , to harmonize the Lunar with the Solar year . Cleostratus .. The first Cycle of Dieteres , of two years . — The Tetraeteris , a Cycle of four years . — The Octoeteris , of eight years . The Cycle , of Meto ...
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... origin of all things . " Which do you think is most philosophical ? " ( Dr. Grosvenor . ) " The late Dr. Nisbet , celebrated for his profound erudition and ready wit , being asked , how he would define modern philosophy , replied , that ...
... origin of all things . " Which do you think is most philosophical ? " ( Dr. Grosvenor . ) " The late Dr. Nisbet , celebrated for his profound erudition and ready wit , being asked , how he would define modern philosophy , replied , that ...
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... origin of the world than that claimed by Moses and the rest of the sacred wri- ters ; and , as it is impossible to harmonize the latter with the former , it follows that the Chronology of the Bible must be , FABULOUS . Now , in meeting ...
... origin of the world than that claimed by Moses and the rest of the sacred wri- ters ; and , as it is impossible to harmonize the latter with the former , it follows that the Chronology of the Bible must be , FABULOUS . Now , in meeting ...
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... origin . 2 And , while Philo Biblius , Diodorus , Plutarch , Cicero , Tertullian , Plato , & c . , all ascribe them to Thyoth or Taautus of Egypt ; yet " considering that mankind was not planted first in Egypt , after the flood , but ...
... origin . 2 And , while Philo Biblius , Diodorus , Plutarch , Cicero , Tertullian , Plato , & c . , all ascribe them to Thyoth or Taautus of Egypt ; yet " considering that mankind was not planted first in Egypt , after the flood , but ...
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