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... common ; they sold their possessions and goods and parted them to all men , as every man had need . ” [ Acts 2.44-45 . ] Shelley closed his Essay on Christianity by pointing out that the moral improvement of man must precede political ...
... common ; they sold their possessions and goods and parted them to all men , as every man had need . ” [ Acts 2.44-45 . ] Shelley closed his Essay on Christianity by pointing out that the moral improvement of man must precede political ...
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... common and irresistible char- acter , though it appears to me that you have subjected yourself to the same rules in the composition which fetter your genius and diminish the effect of the conception . " Again we see his minimizing the ...
... common and irresistible char- acter , though it appears to me that you have subjected yourself to the same rules in the composition which fetter your genius and diminish the effect of the conception . " Again we see his minimizing the ...
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... common opinion of men . The existence of a God and a future state of rewards and punishments are totally foreign to the subject . If it be proved that the world is ruled by a divine power , no inference necessarily can be drawn from ...
... common opinion of men . The existence of a God and a future state of rewards and punishments are totally foreign to the subject . If it be proved that the world is ruled by a divine power , no inference necessarily can be drawn from ...
Contents
THE GROWTH OF SHELLEYS MIND | 3 |
THE NECESSITY OF ATHEISM | 37 |
A DECLARATION OF RIGHTS | 70 |
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action Age of Reason animals assert beauty believe benevolence called Catholic Emancipation cause character conception considered contemplation death degree Deism deist Deity Devil divine doctrines earth edition effect equal Essay eternal evil existence expression feel fragment genius Godwin Greek habits happiness heart human mind Hume Hume's idea imagination institutions Jesus Christ justice labor Laocoön letter liberty live Lord Lord Ellenborough Lucretius mankind Mary Shelley ment misery moral nation nature necessity Necessity of Atheism never object opinion pain Paine's paragraph passion Percy Bysshe Shelley perfect person philosophy Plato pleasure poem poet poetry political possess present principles produce prose punishment Queen Mab reason reform Refutation of Deism rendered ROGER INGPEN ruin seems sense sentiments Shelley Shelley's Note social society sophisms soul Spinoza spirit superstition supposed sympathy things thought tion Translation true truth tyrants universe virtue words writers