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Page 77
... suppose that it is capable of altering them , is to degrade God into man and to annex to this incom- prehensible being qualities incompatible with any possible definition of its nature . It may here be objected - ought not the Creator ...
... suppose that it is capable of altering them , is to degrade God into man and to annex to this incom- prehensible being qualities incompatible with any possible definition of its nature . It may here be objected - ought not the Creator ...
Page 98
... suppose that it has endured from all eternity . We must prove design before we can infer a designer . The only idea which we can form of causation is derivable from the constant conjunction of objects , and the con- sequent inference of ...
... suppose that it has endured from all eternity . We must prove design before we can infer a designer . The only idea which we can form of causation is derivable from the constant conjunction of objects , and the con- sequent inference of ...
Page 139
... suppose a Creator , how much more clearly must we perceive the necessity of this very Creator's creation whose perfec- tions comprehend an arrangement far more accurate and just . The belief of an infinity of creative and created Gods ...
... suppose a Creator , how much more clearly must we perceive the necessity of this very Creator's creation whose perfec- tions comprehend an arrangement far more accurate and just . The belief of an infinity of creative and created Gods ...
Contents
THE GROWTH OF SHELLEYS MIND | 3 |
THE NECESSITY OF ATHEISM | 37 |
A DECLARATION OF RIGHTS | 70 |
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