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One of the first inquiries that can ever press upon the mind must relate to the
nature of MATTER , and the origin of the world around us : what is this common
substance from which every thing visible has proceeded , and to which every
thing ...
One of the first inquiries that can ever press upon the mind must relate to the
nature of MATTER , and the origin of the world around us : what is this common
substance from which every thing visible has proceeded , and to which every
thing ...
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Now , under this belief , however modified , the Creator himself is rendered
material ; or , in other words , matter itself , or the visible substance of the world ,
is rendered the Creator ; and we merely shift the burden , without getting rid of it .
Now , under this belief , however modified , the Creator himself is rendered
material ; or , in other words , matter itself , or the visible substance of the world ,
is rendered the Creator ; and we merely shift the burden , without getting rid of it .
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Matter , then , we are compelled to regard as a substance created out of nothing
by an intelligent first cause ; himself immaterial , self - existent , eternal , and
alone ; and of matter the whole visible universe is composed . It is arranged and ...
Matter , then , we are compelled to regard as a substance created out of nothing
by an intelligent first cause ; himself immaterial , self - existent , eternal , and
alone ; and of matter the whole visible universe is composed . It is arranged and ...
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... in consequence of its having given the sun an oblique stroke in the course of
its orbit ; the chaos of the earth being thus formed by the vapoury substance of
the impinging comet uniting with a por : tion of the sun's igneous mass ; and in
this ...
... in consequence of its having given the sun an oblique stroke in the course of
its orbit ; the chaos of the earth being thus formed by the vapoury substance of
the impinging comet uniting with a por : tion of the sun's igneous mass ; and in
this ...
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... to promote the best ultimate happiness of man : and matter as a substance
produced out of nothing by his almighty fiat ! ... and that ten thousand other
substances than matter , may be produced out of nothing by the energy of an
infinite and ...
... to promote the best ultimate happiness of man : and matter as a substance
produced out of nothing by his almighty fiat ! ... and that ten thousand other
substances than matter , may be produced out of nothing by the energy of an
infinite and ...
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Términos y frases comunes
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