Alciphron, Or The Minute Philosopher: In Seven Dialogues. : Containing an Apology for the Christian Religion, Against Those who are Called Free-thinkersFrom Sidney's Press, for Increase Cooke & Company, 1803 - 388 páginas |
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... fince nursed by parents , pastors , tutors , religious assemblies , books of devotion , and fuch methods of pre- poffefsing men's minds ? EUPH . I love information upon all fubjects that come in my way , and especially upon those that ...
... fince nursed by parents , pastors , tutors , religious assemblies , books of devotion , and fuch methods of pre- poffefsing men's minds ? EUPH . I love information upon all fubjects that come in my way , and especially upon those that ...
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... the minutest objects : It seems , therefore , that Minute Philosophers might have been so called , from their diftinguished perfpi- cacity . EUPH . O Alciphron ! these Minute Philosophers ( fince 34 MINUTE PHILOSOPHER . [ DIAL . I. ]
... the minutest objects : It seems , therefore , that Minute Philosophers might have been so called , from their diftinguished perfpi- cacity . EUPH . O Alciphron ! these Minute Philosophers ( fince 34 MINUTE PHILOSOPHER . [ DIAL . I. ]
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... ( fince that is their true name ) are a fort of pirates , who plunder all that come in their way . I confider myself as a man left stript and defolate on a bleak beach . XI . But who are the profound and learned men , that of late years ...
... ( fince that is their true name ) are a fort of pirates , who plunder all that come in their way . I confider myself as a man left stript and defolate on a bleak beach . XI . But who are the profound and learned men , that of late years ...
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... fince their appearance in the world , have spent as much time in rubbing off the rust and pedantry of a college education , as they had done before in acquir- ing it . Lys . I'll undertake , a lad of fourteen , bred in the mod- ern way ...
... fince their appearance in the world , have spent as much time in rubbing off the rust and pedantry of a college education , as they had done before in acquir- ing it . Lys . I'll undertake , a lad of fourteen , bred in the mod- ern way ...
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... fince the case is , you say , the fame with respect to all species , why may we not conclude , by a parity of reason , that things may be natural to human kind , and yet neither found in all men , nor invariably the fame where they are ...
... fince the case is , you say , the fame with respect to all species , why may we not conclude , by a parity of reason , that things may be natural to human kind , and yet neither found in all men , nor invariably the fame where they are ...
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abſtract abſurd againſt Alciphron alſo anſwer appetites argument beauty becauſe believe beſt buſineſs cauſe chriſtian religion confcience confider conſequently conſiſts converſation courſe Crito deſign diſcourſe diſcover diſcoveries diſpute diſtance divine doth eaſy eſtabliſhed eſteemed EUPH Euphranor faid faith fame faſhion fect feem firſt fome foul free-thinkers fuch fure hath himſelf honor human ingenious inſpired intereſt itſelf juſt learned leſs Lyficles Manetho mankind mind Minute Philoſophers moral moſt muſt myſelf nature neceſſary never notions obſerved occafion opinion paſs paſſions perceive perſons pleaſed pleaſure poſſible prejudice preſent principles propoſe queſtion reaſon reſpect ſaid ſame ſay ſcience ſect ſee ſeems ſenſe ſenſible ſerve ſet ſeveral ſhall ſhew ſhort ſhould ſigns ſmall ſome ſomething ſometimes ſpeak ſpirit ſpread ſtand ſtate ſtill ſubject ſuch ſufficient ſuggeſt ſuppoſe ſure ſyſtem themſelves theſe thoſe things thought tion true truth univerſal uſe vice virtue whoſe words
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Página 274 - What is the chaff to the wheat ? saith the Lord. Is not my word like as a fire ? saith the Lord ; and like a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces ? Therefore, behold, I am against the prophets, saith the Lord, that steal my words, every one from his neighbour.
Página 355 - State, although it be a mystery, although it be what eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, nor hath it entered into the heart of man to conceive...
Página 90 - There is a cast of thought in the complexion of an Englishman, which renders him the most unsuccessful rake in the world. He is (as Aristotle expresseth it) at variance with himself. He is neither brute enough to enjoy his appetites, nor man enough to govern them.
Página 28 - ... designs. And, to intimidate those who might otherwise be drawn into crimes by the prospect of pleasure and profit, he gives them to understand that whoever escapes punishment in this life will be sure to find it in the next; and that so heavy and lasting as infinitely to overbalance the pleasure and profit accruing from his crimes. Hence, the belief of a God, the immortality of the soul, and a future state of rewards and punishments have been esteemed useful engines of government. And, to the...
Página 385 - ... profane and conceited men, who must needs proselyte others to their own doubts. When one of this stamp presents himself, we should consider what species he is of: whether a first or a second-hand philosopher, a libertine, scorner, or sceptic?
Página 133 - V. 119. columns, columns, which had a chara&er of ftrength without clumfinefs, and of delicacy without weaknefs. Thofe beautiful proportions were, I fay, taken originally from nature, which, in her creatures, as hath been already obferved, referreth to fome ufe, end or defign.
Página 213 - Cri. This I will not deny. I will even own that the gospel and the Christian religion have been often the pretexts for these evils ; but it will not thence follow they were the cause. On the contrary it is plain they could not be the real, proper cause of these evils, because a rebellious, proud, revengeful...
Página 51 - ... the nearer we search into human nature the more we shall be convinced that the moral virtues are the political offspring which flattery begot upon pride.