The Citizen of NatureW. Benbow, 1824 - 238 Seiten |
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... assert , that man has no more capability than a brute ; and I pass over the sensations of feeding , procreation , and sleep , which he holds in common with the beasts , assuming them as properties indisputable . And there- fore , on the ...
... assert , that man has no more capability than a brute ; and I pass over the sensations of feeding , procreation , and sleep , which he holds in common with the beasts , assuming them as properties indisputable . And there- fore , on the ...
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... assert , without assuming the slightest pre- tensions to foreknowledge , that this apparently improbable change will happen from causes purely natural , and of course : it will take place from the very same reasons which caus- ed the ...
... assert , without assuming the slightest pre- tensions to foreknowledge , that this apparently improbable change will happen from causes purely natural , and of course : it will take place from the very same reasons which caus- ed the ...
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... some new power at present unknown , generated from their own multitudes of action and re - action ? Some assert the universe has existed in some shape from all eternity , of necessity , because THE CITIZEN OF NATURE . 61.
... some new power at present unknown , generated from their own multitudes of action and re - action ? Some assert the universe has existed in some shape from all eternity , of necessity , because THE CITIZEN OF NATURE . 61.
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... assert belief in a Supreme , but disagree as to his powers and modes : some deify prin- ciple , saying , " God and Principle are one . ” Others assert the Deity to be tied to principle , and that from the nature of the God - head he ...
... assert belief in a Supreme , but disagree as to his powers and modes : some deify prin- ciple , saying , " God and Principle are one . ” Others assert the Deity to be tied to principle , and that from the nature of the God - head he ...
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... assert that it was re- ceived for the common weal , we intend , and take special care , it shall depend on our leisure and caprice , for universal diffusion : wait ye our good pleasure . ' If then they have re- ceived a gift so ...
... assert that it was re- ceived for the common weal , we intend , and take special care , it shall depend on our leisure and caprice , for universal diffusion : wait ye our good pleasure . ' If then they have re- ceived a gift so ...
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acquired action animal artificial assert Atheist become belief blood cause certainly chimney sweeper civil clothing common conscience consequence Deism Deist dreadful earth emotion endeavour enjoyment enquiry equality equipoise eternity evil existence eyes faculties fancy father fear feeling fool founded free agency fresh genus Gil Blas give hand happiness HARVARD COLLEGE hear heart Holborn human idea ignorance instance intellect knowledge labour laws ledge LETTER listen look luxuries marriage Maurepas mean ment mental middle men mind misery mode nation natural justice natural law Nature necessity never observe once pain Paradise Lost perhaps persons philanthropy pleasure possession present principles proof reason receive revelation sense slavery sort soul sounds speak species surface tell term thee Theocracy things thou thought tion true truth turn unnatural virtue Whigs
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Seite 160 - The man who resolutely divesting himself of habit and prejudice, of the false impressions imbibed from early childhood, resolves to know Truth, if haply she may be found, is sure to be assailed, threatened, mimicked, and insulted, with abuse the most pitiful and inane, with derision the most paltry, stupid, and futile, wholly unworthy of the exaltation to which human attainmentboasts to have arrived. 'His honesty is decried as presumption, his avowal of naked truth as sedition; his exposure of existing...
Seite 162 - Necker,'that reason suits neither you or me: Sully did not go to mass, and Sully was of the council.' ' Maurepas, in this answer, only caught at the ridicule of...