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Page vii
... supposing it to arise from any other source , than the existence and natural tendency of the state of things ; consider- ing the faculty and disposition God has given to mankind , to ex- press things which they have frequent occasion to ...
... supposing it to arise from any other source , than the existence and natural tendency of the state of things ; consider- ing the faculty and disposition God has given to mankind , to ex- press things which they have frequent occasion to ...
Page viii
... supposing the doctrine to be wrong , and in itself to be of an ill tendency . I have nothing further to say by way of preface ; but only to bespeak the Reader's candor , and calm attention to what I have written . The subject is of such ...
... supposing the doctrine to be wrong , and in itself to be of an ill tendency . I have nothing further to say by way of preface ; but only to bespeak the Reader's candor , and calm attention to what I have written . The subject is of such ...
Page 16
... supposing that the end or aim which governs in the volition or act of preference , is the avoiding or removal of that uneasiness ; and that is the same thing as choosing and seeking what is more easy and agreeable . 2. When I say , the ...
... supposing that the end or aim which governs in the volition or act of preference , is the avoiding or removal of that uneasiness ; and that is the same thing as choosing and seeking what is more easy and agreeable . 2. When I say , the ...
Page 25
... supposition excludes and denies any such thing : For the case supposed is that of being willing and choosing . 5. It appears from what has been said , that these terms necessary , impossible , & c . are often used by philosophers and ...
... supposition excludes and denies any such thing : For the case supposed is that of being willing and choosing . 5. It appears from what has been said , that these terms necessary , impossible , & c . are often used by philosophers and ...
Page 26
... supposition of the case . Metaphysical or Philosophical Necessity is nothing differ- ent from their certainty . I speak not now of the certainty of knowledge , but the certainty that is in things themselves , which is the foundation of ...
... supposition of the case . Metaphysical or Philosophical Necessity is nothing differ- ent from their certainty . I speak not now of the certainty of knowledge , but the certainty that is in things themselves , which is the foundation of ...
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