The Works of Alexander Pope Esq, 3. köideA. Millar, J. and R. Tonson, H. Lintot, and C. Bathurst, 1757 |
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... fyftem of the best supposes that the evils themselves will be fully compenfated by the good they produce to the Whole , yet this is fo far from supposing that Particulars shall fuf- fer for a general good , that it is effential to this ...
... fyftem of the best supposes that the evils themselves will be fully compenfated by the good they produce to the Whole , yet this is fo far from supposing that Particulars shall fuf- fer for a general good , that it is effential to this ...
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... fyftem : Lays down this Propofition , That of all poffible systems , infinite Wisdom bas form'd the beft : draws from thence two Consequences , 1. That there must needs be fomewhere fuch a creature as Man ; 2. That the moral Evil which ...
... fyftem : Lays down this Propofition , That of all poffible systems , infinite Wisdom bas form'd the beft : draws from thence two Consequences , 1. That there must needs be fomewhere fuch a creature as Man ; 2. That the moral Evil which ...
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