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. By Joseph Priestley, ...J. Johnson, 1777 - 356 pagini |
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Pagina 29
... feems to be the most un- philofophical and abfurd of all conclufions . If death be an advantage with refpect to thinking , difeafe ought to ought to be a propor- " tional advantage likewife ; and univerfally , the nearer the body ...
... feems to be the most un- philofophical and abfurd of all conclufions . If death be an advantage with refpect to thinking , difeafe ought to ought to be a propor- " tional advantage likewife ; and univerfally , the nearer the body ...
Pagina 30
... turally the power of thinking feems as " much to belong to the body as any power " of man whatsoever . Naturally there ap- pears no more reason to suppose that a cc man man can think out of the body , than he 2 30 DISQUISITIONS ON.
... turally the power of thinking feems as " much to belong to the body as any power " of man whatsoever . Naturally there ap- pears no more reason to suppose that a cc man man can think out of the body , than he 2 30 DISQUISITIONS ON.
Pagina 34
... feems have to imagined that he had fully answered the argument for the materiality of the human foul , from its having received all its ideas from the bodily fenfes , by asking whether there might not poffibly have been other inlets to ...
... feems have to imagined that he had fully answered the argument for the materiality of the human foul , from its having received all its ideas from the bodily fenfes , by asking whether there might not poffibly have been other inlets to ...
Pagina 45
... feems , is to be initiated in the elements of know- ledge by its union to a dead and torpid fub- ftance , which is fo far from giving it any life or power , or any degree of them , that we can- not name a greater abfurdity , than fuch ...
... feems , is to be initiated in the elements of know- ledge by its union to a dead and torpid fub- ftance , which is fo far from giving it any life or power , or any degree of them , that we can- not name a greater abfurdity , than fuch ...
Pagina 58
... feems to think that he has faid fomething to the purpose , with respect to this difficulty , arising from the place of Spirits , by confidering Space as nothing more than an ideal phenomenon arising from the extenfive order of co ...
... feems to think that he has faid fomething to the purpose , with respect to this difficulty , arising from the place of Spirits , by confidering Space as nothing more than an ideal phenomenon arising from the extenfive order of co ...
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Disquisitions Relating to Matter and Spirit: To which is Added ..., Volumul 1 Joseph Priestley Vizualizare completă - 1782 |
Disquisitions Relating to Matter and Spirit: To which is Added, the History ... Joseph Priestley Vizualizare completă - 1777 |
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Pagina 142 - God came from Teman, and the Holy One from mount Paran. His glory covered the heavens, and the earth was full of his praise, and his brightness was as the light. He had horns coming out of his hand: and there was the hiding of his power.
Pagina 144 - Behold, I go forward, but he is not there ; and backward, but I cannot perceive him : on the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him : he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him : but he knoweth the way that I take : when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
Pagina 141 - And I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will be their God. And they shall know that I am the LORD their God, that brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, that I may dwell among them : I am the LORD their God.
Pagina 139 - And the Lord came down upon mount Sinai, on the top of the mount : and the Lord called Moses up to the top of the mount ; and Moses went up.
Pagina 136 - And the Lord went before them by day in a pillar of « cloud, to lead them the way ; and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light ; to go by day and night : He took not away the pillar of the cloud by day, nor the pillar of fire by night, from before the people.
Pagina 126 - For there is hope of a tree if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease. Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground, yet through the scent of water it will bud and bring forth boughs like a plant.
Pagina 144 - Oh that I knew where I might find him ! that I might come even to his seat ! I would order my cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments.
Pagina 139 - And it came to pass on the third day in the morning, that there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice of the trumpet exceeding loud; so that all the people that was in the camp trembled.
Pagina 284 - ... forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth. For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving : for it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer.
Pagina 139 - And Mount Sinai was altogether on a smoke, because the Lord descended upon it in fire ; and the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount quaked greatly.