Letters to a Philosophical Unbeliever: Containing an examination of the principal objections to the doctrines of natural religion, and especially those contained in the writings of Mr. Hume, Parte1Pearson and Rollason, 1787 - 304 páginas |
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Página 221 - If we take in our hand any volume, of divinity or school metaphysics, for instance; let us ask, Does it contain any abstract reasoning concerning quantity or number? No. Does it contain any experimental reasoning concerning matter of fact and existence? No. Commit it then to the flames: for it can contain nothing but sophistry and illusion.