Plato Contra Atheos: Plato Against the AtheistsHarper & brothers, 1845 - 378 pages |
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... God , and an ever wakeful , ever energizing special providence . Theism , we ad- mit , is everywhere the avowed creed , but it wants life . It is too much of a mere philosophy . There B are times when the bare thought that God is ...
... God , and an ever wakeful , ever energizing special providence . Theism , we ad- mit , is everywhere the avowed creed , but it wants life . It is too much of a mere philosophy . There B are times when the bare thought that God is ...
Page xiv
... God as a judge , a moral governor , a special superintendent of the world and all its move- ments , the head of a moral system , to which the ma- chinery of natural laws serves but as the temporary scaffolding , to be continued ...
... God as a judge , a moral governor , a special superintendent of the world and all its move- ments , the head of a moral system , to which the ma- chinery of natural laws serves but as the temporary scaffolding , to be continued ...
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... God from Motion . 141 XVII . Soul Older than Body 144 XVIII . 146 XIX . Remarkable Comparison of the Dangerous Flood Invocation of the Divine Aid in the Argument . - Striking Ex- amples of this from other Dialogues XX . · The Great ...
... God from Motion . 141 XVII . Soul Older than Body 144 XVIII . 146 XIX . Remarkable Comparison of the Dangerous Flood Invocation of the Divine Aid in the Argument . - Striking Ex- amples of this from other Dialogues XX . · The Great ...
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... God , denied a providence ; and , 3. Against those who , while they admitted both a God and a providence , main- tained that the Deity was easily propitiated , or would not punish sin severely . The first part is introduced by a ...
... God , denied a providence ; and , 3. Against those who , while they admitted both a God and a providence , main- tained that the Deity was easily propitiated , or would not punish sin severely . The first part is introduced by a ...
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... Gods , being the production of human law , which was a production of art , and art itself being the offspring of ... God is possessed of every virtue , indolence and indif- ference can form no part of his character . Neither can it be ...
... Gods , being the production of human law , which was a production of art , and art itself being the offspring of ... God is possessed of every virtue , indolence and indif- ference can form no part of his character . Neither can it be ...
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