 | George Boole - 1854 - 442 pagina’s
...another thing to existence and action, in a certain and determinate manner. 8. By eternity, I understand existence itself, in so far as it is conceived necessarily to follow from the sole definition of the eternal thing. Explanation. — For such existence, as an eternal truth,... | |
 | Benedictus de Spinoza - 1891 - 470 pagina’s
...thing is called free, which exists solely by the necessity of its own nature, and of which the action is determined by itself alone. On the other hand,...fixed and definite method •of existence or action. contains in its essence whatever expresses reality, and involves no negation. Vlii. By eternity, I... | |
 | Benedictus de Spinoza - 1892 - 222 pagina’s
...coerced, if it be determined by some other to exist and to act in a definite and determinate way. 8. By eternity I mean existence itself, in so far as it is conceived to follow necessarily from the mere definition of the thing that is eternal. Explanation.— For such... | |
 | Alfred Caldecott, Hugh Ross Mackintosh - 1904 - 506 pagina’s
...is determined by something other than itself to a fixed and definite way of existing or acting. 8. By Eternity, I mean existence itself, in so far as it is conceived as following solely from the definition of that which is eternal. Explanation. Existence of this kind... | |
 | Ray Madding McConnell - 1912 - 356 pagina’s
...thing is called free, which exists solely by the necessity of its own nature, and of which the action is determined by itself alone. On the other hand,...fixed and definite method of existence or action." 3 Hume said: "By liberty, then, we can only mean a power of acting or not acting, according to the... | |
 | Ray Madding McConnell - 1912 - 356 pagina’s
...thing is called free, which exists solely by the necessity of its own nature, and of which the action is determined by itself alone. On the other hand,...fixed and definite method of existence or action." * Hume said: "By liberty, then, we can only mean a power of acting or not acting, according to the... | |
 | Israel Efros - 1917 - 148 pagina’s
...meaning is evident from his definition of eternity which is simply infinity in succession, namely, as ' existence itself in so far as it is conceived necessarily...solely from the definition of that which is eternal ' and as distinguished from beginningless and endless continuity. Be it also remarked that from this... | |
 | John H. Zammito - 1992 - 490 pagina’s
...thing is called free, which exists solely by the necessity of its own nature, and of which the action is determined by itself alone. On the other hand,...itself to a fixed and definite method of existence or action."27 The implications for God were drawn quite clearly: "God acts solely by the laws of his own... | |
 | James Schmidt - 1996 - 582 pagina’s
...thing is called free, which exists solely by the necessity of its own nature, and of which the action is determined by itself alone. On the other hand,...which is determined by something external to itself." 18. Werke, II:367 (translated above, pp. 201-202). 19. It could also be argued that it is an idiosyncratic... | |
 | Y. Masih - 1999 - 606 pagina’s
...time has no place. Therefore, he defines substance as eternal. By eternity, I mean existence itself, so far as it is conceived necessarily to follow solely from the definition of that is eternal. In other words, eternity follows from the very essence of the substance. The very essence... | |
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That thing is called free, which exists solely by the necessity of its own nature, and of which the action is determined by itself alone. On the other hand, that thing is necessary, or rather constrained, which is determined by something external to itself... 
