An Historical and Critical Dictionary, Volume 2Hunt and Clarke, 1826 - 438 pages |
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... question whether he taught that the gods were com- posed of atoms ? If he had taught such a thing , he had robbed the divine nature of its eternity and in- destructibility , a monstrous and most blasphemous doctrine , but which , I ...
... question whether he taught that the gods were com- posed of atoms ? If he had taught such a thing , he had robbed the divine nature of its eternity and in- destructibility , a monstrous and most blasphemous doctrine , but which , I ...
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... question . When there is occasion to speak of the efficient causes of content and pleasure , they will mark out the best - on the one side they will direct you to those objects which are most capable to preserve the health of your ...
... question . When there is occasion to speak of the efficient causes of content and pleasure , they will mark out the best - on the one side they will direct you to those objects which are most capable to preserve the health of your ...
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Pierre Bayle. disputed among themselves upon the question whe- ther anything was made out of nothing . They all agreed that this was impossible ; and consequently , the independent eternity which Epicurus attributed to atoms , was not an ...
Pierre Bayle. disputed among themselves upon the question whe- ther anything was made out of nothing . They all agreed that this was impossible ; and consequently , the independent eternity which Epicurus attributed to atoms , was not an ...
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... question , vanishes into smoke . If he be distinct from matter , he has no extension : tell me then how he can apply himself to bodies to drive them out of their places . The Platonist would answer , -- that matter was ever in motion ...
... question , vanishes into smoke . If he be distinct from matter , he has no extension : tell me then how he can apply himself to bodies to drive them out of their places . The Platonist would answer , -- that matter was ever in motion ...
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... question now , would Epicurus reply : do not change the state of our dispute . We seek not what may have been established as a useful inven- tion , but that which truly flows from the light of reason . Art . EPICURUS . EVE ...
... question now , would Epicurus reply : do not change the state of our dispute . We seek not what may have been established as a useful inven- tion , but that which truly flows from the light of reason . Art . EPICURUS . EVE ...
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