The Philosophical Works of the Late Right Honorable Henry St. John, Lord Viscount Bolingbroke, Volume 2David Mallet, 1754 - Philosophy |
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... for the most part very precarious ? I think , however , that it is probable . It is proba- ble that allegory , the refuge of ignorance , the veil of error , and the inftrument of metaphysical and veil 14 PHILOSOPHICAL WORKS . Effay 2 .
... for the most part very precarious ? I think , however , that it is probable . It is proba- ble that allegory , the refuge of ignorance , the veil of error , and the inftrument of metaphysical and veil 14 PHILOSOPHICAL WORKS . Effay 2 .
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... metaphysical and theological deception in it's abufe , was one great fupport of Paganifm . It rendered the outfide of this religion pompous and shewish : and this was enough to raise and to maintain a refpect and veneration for it in ...
... metaphysical and theological deception in it's abufe , was one great fupport of Paganifm . It rendered the outfide of this religion pompous and shewish : and this was enough to raise and to maintain a refpect and veneration for it in ...
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... metaphysical jargon , and all the fuperftitious opinions of ancient nati- ons , have come down to us , intermingled with fome fcraps of good fenfe and of true theifm . PLUTARCH fays there was nothing unreasonable , fabulous , nor ...
... metaphysical jargon , and all the fuperftitious opinions of ancient nati- ons , have come down to us , intermingled with fome fcraps of good fenfe and of true theifm . PLUTARCH fays there was nothing unreasonable , fabulous , nor ...
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... METAPHYSICS may be faid to have fucceeded mythology and phyfics in Greece about this time , tho ' the name was not invented till long after . PHERECYDES , PYTHAGORAS , and PARMENIDES made strong pretenfions to a fcience of this fort ...
... METAPHYSICS may be faid to have fucceeded mythology and phyfics in Greece about this time , tho ' the name was not invented till long after . PHERECYDES , PYTHAGORAS , and PARMENIDES made strong pretenfions to a fcience of this fort ...
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... metaphysical , as they and the priests had done in a mythologi- cal , way . They made as many spiritual beings as they wanted , and they generated them as they could . The head of JUPITER opened , and PALLAS the goddess of wisdom came ...
... metaphysical , as they and the priests had done in a mythologi- cal , way . They made as many spiritual beings as they wanted , and they generated them as they could . The head of JUPITER opened , and PALLAS the goddess of wisdom came ...
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Page 162 - Then Paul stood in the midst of Mars' hill, and said, Ye men of Athens, I perceive that in all things ye are too superstitious. For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions, I found an altar with this inscription, TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Whom therefore ye ignorantly worship, him declare I unto you.
Page 353 - But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ ; and the head of the woman is the man ; nnd the head of Christ is God.
Page 307 - But I fay unto you, That whofoever looketh on a woman to luft after her, hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.
Page 25 - In like manner, the knowledge of the Creator is on many accounts necessary to such a creature as man: and therefore we are made able to arrive, by a proper exercise of our mental faculties, from a knowledge of God's works to a knowledge of his existence, and of that infinite power and wisdom which are demonstrated to us in them. Our knowledge concerning God goes no further.
Page 160 - Hence we see that reason, speaking never so clearly to the wise and virtuous, had never authority enough to prevail on the multitude, and to persuade the societies of men that there was but one God that alone was to be owned and worshipped.
Page 224 - Our physical and moral systems are carried round in one perpetual revolution, from generation to corruption, and from corruption to generation; from ignorance to knowledge, and from knowledge to ignorance; from barbarity to civility, and from civility to barbarity.
Page 282 - ... the most unfeigned thanksgiving. Reason has exercised her whole prerogative then, and delivers us over to faith. To believe before all these trials, or to doubt after them, is alike unreasonable; for nothing can be more absurd and contemptible, than what St.
Page 328 - But still the charge they bring will be unjustly brought. These effects have not been caused by the gospel, but by the system raised upon it. Not by the revelations of God, but by the inventions of men.
Page 319 - In short, he carried his indulgence so far, or he dissembled so far, that he became as a Jew to the Jews, that he might gain the Jews, and to them that are without law, that is, to the Gentiles, as without law, that he might gain them too.t We have his own word for this, and he boasts of it.