Disquisitions Relating to Matter and Spirit: To which is Added the History of the Philosophical Doctrine Concerning the Origin of the Soul, and the Nature of Matter; with Its Influence on Christianity, Especially with Respect to the Doctrine of the Pre-existence of Christ, 1. köidePearson and Rollason, 1782 - 394 pages |
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Page 219
... Pythagoras , after the Magi , fays that God , in his body , refembles light , and in his foul truth . He is the univerfal fpirit , that penetrates and diffufes itself through all na- Heraclitus defines God to be a fubtle and fwift ...
... Pythagoras , after the Magi , fays that God , in his body , refembles light , and in his foul truth . He is the univerfal fpirit , that penetrates and diffufes itself through all na- Heraclitus defines God to be a fubtle and fwift ...
Page 233
... very generally received . It was , fays Beaufobre * , that of the Magi , the Chalde- ans , and Egyptians ; and Pythagoras and Plato * Vol . ii . p . 420 . had had it from them . It was also an old MATTER AND SPIRIT . 233.
... very generally received . It was , fays Beaufobre * , that of the Magi , the Chalde- ans , and Egyptians ; and Pythagoras and Plato * Vol . ii . p . 420 . had had it from them . It was also an old MATTER AND SPIRIT . 233.
Page 235
... Pythagoras . Pherecydes had that opinion from the Eaft . Thales ( fays Cicero , in his Book of Confola- tion ) afferted , that Apollo himself declared , that the foul is a part of a divine fubftance , and that it returns to heaven as ...
... Pythagoras . Pherecydes had that opinion from the Eaft . Thales ( fays Cicero , in his Book of Confola- tion ) afferted , that Apollo himself declared , that the foul is a part of a divine fubftance , and that it returns to heaven as ...
Page 252
... Pythagoras , he divides like Socrates , he explains like Plato , he puzzles like Ariftotle , he delights like Æfchines , he ftirs up the paffions like Demofthenes , he diverts with a pleafing variety like Hortenfius , he obviates ...
... Pythagoras , he divides like Socrates , he explains like Plato , he puzzles like Ariftotle , he delights like Æfchines , he ftirs up the paffions like Demofthenes , he diverts with a pleafing variety like Hortenfius , he obviates ...
Page 321
... Pythagoras , and Thales , learned their opinions from the Egyptians and Chaldeans . Both Hefychius and Suidas fay that Pherecydes first introduc- ed the doctrine of the tranfmigration of fouls . The next Greek philofopher who taught ...
... Pythagoras , and Thales , learned their opinions from the Egyptians and Chaldeans . Both Hefychius and Suidas fay that Pherecydes first introduc- ed the doctrine of the tranfmigration of fouls . The next Greek philofopher who taught ...
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