An Enquiry After Philosophy and Theology: Tending to Show when and Whence Mankind Came at the Knowledge of These Two Important PointsSands, Donaldson, Murray, and Cochran. Sold by A. Kincaid & A. Donaldson, 1755 - 425 pagina's |
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Pagina 7
... against the Chriftian difpenfation , will here recur in its full force ; for the world , upon their fup- pofition , must have lain long buried in dark- nefs . The reason of former ages was dim and obfcure , and their knowledge confined ...
... against the Chriftian difpenfation , will here recur in its full force ; for the world , upon their fup- pofition , must have lain long buried in dark- nefs . The reason of former ages was dim and obfcure , and their knowledge confined ...
Pagina 25
... against the preju- dice of education , education , as it is ma- naged , is apparently on their fide . To re- move this , is the aim and design of this enquiry . I fhall therefore , in the course of these sheets , endeavour to shew , ift ...
... against the preju- dice of education , education , as it is ma- naged , is apparently on their fide . To re- move this , is the aim and design of this enquiry . I fhall therefore , in the course of these sheets , endeavour to shew , ift ...
Pagina 48
... against it when " it is at reft . " So gravity , in their sense , must either be God , or the immediate and continued act of God upon matter . fides , if the fun gravitate upon the earth , and the earth upon the fun , the sun must lofe ...
... against it when " it is at reft . " So gravity , in their sense , must either be God , or the immediate and continued act of God upon matter . fides , if the fun gravitate upon the earth , and the earth upon the fun , the sun must lofe ...
Pagina 61
... against a plenum , or the continui- ty and contiguity of matter , and establish- ing a vacuum , he is actually pulling down with one hand what he is building up with the other . For if gravity and attraction be caused by the impulfes of ...
... against a plenum , or the continui- ty and contiguity of matter , and establish- ing a vacuum , he is actually pulling down with one hand what he is building up with the other . For if gravity and attraction be caused by the impulfes of ...
Pagina 66
... against the emptinefs of space , and would fill it with a fubtile ethereal me- dium ; and contends for the poffibility of motion in fuch a medium . No , cries Mr Maclaurin , this cannot be ; for fubtilize your medium as much as you ...
... against the emptinefs of space , and would fill it with a fubtile ethereal me- dium ; and contends for the poffibility of motion in fuch a medium . No , cries Mr Maclaurin , this cannot be ; for fubtilize your medium as much as you ...
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An Enquiry After Philosophy and Theology: Tending to Show when and Whence ... Robert Spearman Volledige weergave - 1755 |
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