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... Essay on Miracles . 3. We next come to that part of Shaftesbury's teaching which more especially justifies Thomson in calling him the ' friend of Man ' . Like ' Nature ' , Man is essentially ' good ' , and - in opposition to the view of ...
... Essay on Miracles . 3. We next come to that part of Shaftesbury's teaching which more especially justifies Thomson in calling him the ' friend of Man ' . Like ' Nature ' , Man is essentially ' good ' , and - in opposition to the view of ...
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... Essay Of Miracles . The very man who proved that , for all we can tell , anything may be the ' cause ' of anything , was also the man who disproved the possibility of miracles because they violated the invariable laws of Nature . The ...
... Essay Of Miracles . The very man who proved that , for all we can tell , anything may be the ' cause ' of anything , was also the man who disproved the possibility of miracles because they violated the invariable laws of Nature . The ...
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... ( Essay on the First Principles of Government , 1768 ) , together with Lectures on History , two works on English Grammar , and innumerable tracts , treatises , and letters on moral , political , and theological subjects . Bentham ...
... ( Essay on the First Principles of Government , 1768 ) , together with Lectures on History , two works on English Grammar , and innumerable tracts , treatises , and letters on moral , political , and theological subjects . Bentham ...
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THE WISDOM OF GOD IN THE CREATION | 27 |
COSMIC TORYISM | 43 |
NATURAL MORALITYSHAFTESBURY | 57 |
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