An Ecclesiastical History, Ancient and Modern: From the Birth of Christ, to the Beginning of the Present Century : in which the Rise, Progress, and Variations of Church Power, are Considered in Their Connection with the State of Learning and Philosophy, and the Political History of Europe During that Period, Volumen1Samuel Etheridge, 1810 |
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... soul was mortal ; that pleasured was to be regarded as the ultimate end of man ; and that virtue was neither worthy of esteem nor choice , but with a view to its attainment . " The academics asserted the impossibility of arriving at ...
... soul was mortal ; that pleasured was to be regarded as the ultimate end of man ; and that virtue was neither worthy of esteem nor choice , but with a view to its attainment . " The academics asserted the impossibility of arriving at ...
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... soul , it is un- certain , to say no more , whether he believed its immortality or not . What then could be expect- ed from such a philosophy ? could any thing solid and satisfactory , in favour of piety and virtue , be hoped for from a ...
... soul , it is un- certain , to say no more , whether he believed its immortality or not . What then could be expect- ed from such a philosophy ? could any thing solid and satisfactory , in favour of piety and virtue , be hoped for from a ...
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... soul was confined to a certain period of time . Now it is manifest , that these tenets remove , at once , the strongest motives to virtue , and the most power- ful restraints upon vice ; and , therefore , the stoical system may be ...
... soul was confined to a certain period of time . Now it is manifest , that these tenets remove , at once , the strongest motives to virtue , and the most power- ful restraints upon vice ; and , therefore , the stoical system may be ...
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... soul , and demons , are too much adapted to beget and nour- ish superstition . Nor will the moral philosophy of Plato appear worthy of such a high degree of admiration , if we attentively examine and com- pare together its various parts ...
... soul , and demons , are too much adapted to beget and nour- ish superstition . Nor will the moral philosophy of Plato appear worthy of such a high degree of admiration , if we attentively examine and com- pare together its various parts ...
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... soul and body , and that their duration was prolonged beyond the lim- its of this transitory state . The Sadducees as- signed to them the same period that concludes this mortal life . The Essenes differed from both ; and maintained that ...
... soul and body , and that their duration was prolonged beyond the lim- its of this transitory state . The Sadducees as- signed to them the same period that concludes this mortal life . The Essenes differed from both ; and maintained that ...
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