The Philosophical Works of the Late Right Honorable Henry St. John, Lord Viscount Bolingbroke, 2. kötetDavid Mallet, 1754 |
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... those peo- ple , whom we are able to view in thefe memori- als , before they emerged out of ignorance into the light of knowledge and philofophical truth . IF I would defcend into particular proofs , to confirm by the teftimony of ...
... those peo- ple , whom we are able to view in thefe memori- als , before they emerged out of ignorance into the light of knowledge and philofophical truth . IF I would defcend into particular proofs , to confirm by the teftimony of ...
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... those who were confummated in the greater mysteries . Thus in the eleufinian orgia , for instance , not to quote those of BAC- CHUS , the most extravagant and the fooneft cor- rupted of any , the wanderings of CERES in . fearch of her ...
... those who were confummated in the greater mysteries . Thus in the eleufinian orgia , for instance , not to quote those of BAC- CHUS , the most extravagant and the fooneft cor- rupted of any , the wanderings of CERES in . fearch of her ...
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... those days juft as it is in ours , and in Paganifm juft as it is in Christianity . The intelligent Pagans , who were confummated in the mysteries , could explain away , no doubt , fome of the apparent abfurdities of these rites , and ...
... those days juft as it is in ours , and in Paganifm juft as it is in Christianity . The intelligent Pagans , who were confummated in the mysteries , could explain away , no doubt , fome of the apparent abfurdities of these rites , and ...
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... those who were fallen back into igno- rance before they appear in the traditions we have ; juft as it became the first principle of re- ligion among the inhabitants of the Theban dy- nafty * , who held that there was no God but one ...
... those who were fallen back into igno- rance before they appear in the traditions we have ; juft as it became the first principle of re- ligion among the inhabitants of the Theban dy- nafty * , who held that there was no God but one ...
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... those who were more modern ; an example of which I will quote from ERASMUS + . That learned , exact , and candid divine , not only acknowledges in many places , among a multitude of other defects , fuch as unfairness , uncharitableness ...
... those who were more modern ; an example of which I will quote from ERASMUS + . That learned , exact , and candid divine , not only acknowledges in many places , among a multitude of other defects , fuch as unfairness , uncharitableness ...
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162. oldal - Then Paul stood in the midst of Mars' hill, and said, Ye men of Athens, I perceive that in all things ye are too superstitious. For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions, I found an altar with this inscription, TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Whom therefore ye ignorantly worship, him declare I unto you.
353. oldal - But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ ; and the head of the woman is the man ; nnd the head of Christ is God.
307. oldal - But I fay unto you, That whofoever looketh on a woman to luft after her, hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.
25. oldal - In like manner, the knowledge of the Creator is on many accounts necessary to such a creature as man: and therefore we are made able to arrive, by a proper exercise of our mental faculties, from a knowledge of God's works to a knowledge of his existence, and of that infinite power and wisdom which are demonstrated to us in them. Our knowledge concerning God goes no further.
160. oldal - Hence we see that reason, speaking never so clearly to the wise and virtuous, had never authority enough to prevail on the multitude, and to persuade the societies of men that there was but one God that alone was to be owned and worshipped.
224. oldal - Our physical and moral systems are carried round in one perpetual revolution, from generation to corruption, and from corruption to generation; from ignorance to knowledge, and from knowledge to ignorance; from barbarity to civility, and from civility to barbarity.
282. oldal - ... the most unfeigned thanksgiving. Reason has exercised her whole prerogative then, and delivers us over to faith. To believe before all these trials, or to doubt after them, is alike unreasonable; for nothing can be more absurd and contemptible, than what St.
328. oldal - But still the charge they bring will be unjustly brought. These effects have not been caused by the gospel, but by the system raised upon it. Not by the revelations of God, but by the inventions of men.
319. oldal - In short, he carried his indulgence so far, or he dissembled so far, that he became as a Jew to the Jews, that he might gain the Jews, and to them that are without law, that is, to the Gentiles, as without law, that he might gain them too.t We have his own word for this, and he boasts of it.