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. By Joseph Priestley, ...J. Johnson, 1777 - 356 pages |
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... case with Beaufobre and Dupin , to both of whom , and especially the former , I am much indebted for my historical account of the opinions of the ancients . And I would obferve in this place , that when I might , with no great trouble ...
... case with Beaufobre and Dupin , to both of whom , and especially the former , I am much indebted for my historical account of the opinions of the ancients . And I would obferve in this place , that when I might , with no great trouble ...
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... case " in fuppofing two fubftances to be in the " fame place , at the fame time , without ex- 66 cluding each other , the objection to which " is only derived from the resistance we meet " with to the touch , and is a prejudice that ...
... case " in fuppofing two fubftances to be in the " fame place , at the fame time , without ex- 66 cluding each other , the objection to which " is only derived from the resistance we meet " with to the touch , and is a prejudice that ...
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... case is , that this fecond degradation takes place at a period which chriftianity points out to us as the great jubilee of the virtuous and the good ; when ( all mankind being judged according to their works ) they fhall receive the ...
... case is , that this fecond degradation takes place at a period which chriftianity points out to us as the great jubilee of the virtuous and the good ; when ( all mankind being judged according to their works ) they fhall receive the ...
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... case , as that the walking powers are exhaufted in the other . That we think at all , in perfectly found fleep , is by no means probable . On the contrary , according to ap- pearances , the thinking powers are refreshed by reft in fleep ...
... case , as that the walking powers are exhaufted in the other . That we think at all , in perfectly found fleep , is by no means probable . On the contrary , according to ap- pearances , the thinking powers are refreshed by reft in fleep ...
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... cases by fup- pofing that the mind " voluntarily employs " itfelf , while it is thus inattentive to things prefent , in the earnest confideration of fome 66 " ( things that are abfent . " But voliti n is not at all concerned in the case ...
... cases by fup- pofing that the mind " voluntarily employs " itfelf , while it is thus inattentive to things prefent , in the earnest confideration of fome 66 " ( things that are abfent . " But voliti n is not at all concerned in the case ...
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Page 142 - God came from Teman, and the Holy One from mount Paran. His glory covered the heavens, and the earth was full of his praise, and his brightness was as the light. He had horns coming out of his hand: and there was the hiding of his power.
Page 144 - Behold, I go forward, but he is not there ; and backward, but I cannot perceive him : on the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him : he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him : but he knoweth the way that I take : when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
Page 141 - And I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will be their God. And they shall know that I am the LORD their God, that brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, that I may dwell among them : I am the LORD their God.
Page 139 - And the Lord came down upon mount Sinai, on the top of the mount : and the Lord called Moses up to the top of the mount ; and Moses went up.
Page 136 - And the Lord went before them by day in a pillar of « cloud, to lead them the way ; and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light ; to go by day and night : He took not away the pillar of the cloud by day, nor the pillar of fire by night, from before the people.
Page 126 - For there is hope of a tree if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease. Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground, yet through the scent of water it will bud and bring forth boughs like a plant.
Page 144 - Oh that I knew where I might find him ! that I might come even to his seat ! I would order my cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments.
Page 139 - And it came to pass on the third day in the morning, that there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice of the trumpet exceeding loud; so that all the people that was in the camp trembled.
Page 284 - ... forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth. For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving : for it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer.
Page 139 - And Mount Sinai was altogether on a smoke, because the Lord descended upon it in fire ; and the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount quaked greatly.