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Page 134
... evil out of good than the other is unremitting in procuring good from evil.60 If we permit our imagination to traverse the obscure regions of possibility , we may doubtless imagine , according to the com- plexion of our minds , that ...
... evil out of good than the other is unremitting in procuring good from evil.60 If we permit our imagination to traverse the obscure regions of possibility , we may doubtless imagine , according to the com- plexion of our minds , that ...
Page 264
... evil which produces pain . " Evil , while real and inextricably intermixed with good , is relative and thus may be eradicated by knowledge . If God is the author of evil , so he is of good . See the Essay on Christianity for a divergent ...
... evil which produces pain . " Evil , while real and inextricably intermixed with good , is relative and thus may be eradicated by knowledge . If God is the author of evil , so he is of good . See the Essay on Christianity for a divergent ...
Page 266
... evil by supposing that what is called matter is eternal and that God in making the world made not the best that he , or even inferior intelligence , could conceive ; but that he moulded the reluctant and stubborn materials ready to his ...
... evil by supposing that what is called matter is eternal and that God in making the world made not the best that he , or even inferior intelligence , could conceive ; but that he moulded the reluctant and stubborn materials ready to his ...
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ESSAYS | 28 |
PROPOSALS FOR AN ASSOCIATION | 169 |
A VINDICATION | 181 |
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