An Essay on the Origin of Evil, Volume 1W. Thurlbourn & J. Woodyer, 1758 |
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abſolutely abſtract abſurd Action Æther agreeable alfo alſo Animals anſwer Appetites arife ariſe Attributes Author becauſe beſide Body Cafe Caſes Cauſe conceive confider conſequently conſiſts created Creatures Criterion defire Degree Deſign diftinct Divine Effects Effence elſe Enquiry Eſteem Eternity exerciſe exift exiſt Existence Extenfion faid fame farther fince finite firſt fome fuch Goodneſs Happineſs hence Idea Imperfection impoſſible infinite Inſtance itſelf kind laſt leaſt leſs manner Matter meaſure Mind Miſery Moral moſt Motion muſt natural Evils Neceffity neceſſarily neceſſary neceſſity NOTES Number Obligation obſerved ourſelves Pain particular perfect Perſon Place pleaſe Pleaſure poſitive poſſible Power preſent Principle Properties purpoſe Queſtion Reaſon reſpect ſaid ſame ſay ſee ſeems Senfes Senſe ſenſible ſerve ſet ſeveral ſhall ſhew ſhewn ſhould ſince ſome ſomething Soul Space ſtand ſtill ſubject Subſtance ſuch ſufficient ſuppoſe Suppoſition Syſtem themſelves theſe things thoſe tion underſtand Univerſe uſe Virtue whole whoſe
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Page 124 - The whole chasm in nature, from a plant to a man, is filled up with diverse kinds of creatures, rising one over another, by such a gentle and easy ascent, that the little transitions and deviations from one species to another are almost insensible.
Page 106 - ... to virtue, and knowledge to knowledge; carries in it something wonderfully agreeable to that ambition which is natural to the mind of man.
Page 137 - Existence is a blessing to those beings only which are endowed with perception ; and is in a manner thrown away upon dead matter, any farther than as it is subservient to beings which are conscious of their existence.
Page 169 - Labour or exercise ferments the humours, casts them into their proper channels, throws off redundancies, and helps nature in those secret distributions, without which the body cannot subsist in its vigour, nor the soul act with cheerfulness.
Page xlviii - the doing good to mankind, in obedience to the will of God, and for the sake of everlasting happiness.
Page 137 - On the other hand, if we look into the more bulky parts of nature, we see the seas, lakes, and rivers, teeming with numberless kinds of living creatures.
Page 124 - If the scale of being rises by such a regular progress so high as man, we may, by a parity of reason, suppose that it still proceeds gradually through those beings which are of a superior nature to him ; since there is an infinitely greater space and room for different degrees of perfection between the Supreme Being and man, than between man and the most despicable insect.
Page 123 - It is wonderful to observe, by what a gradual progress the world of life advances through a prodigious variety of species, before a creature is formed that is complete in all its senses; and even among these there is such a different degree of perfection...
Page 123 - Infinite goodness is of so communicative a nature, that it seems to delight in the conferring of existence upon every degree of perceptive being. As this is a speculation, which I have often pursued with great pleasure to myself, I shall enlarge farther upon it, by considering that part of the scale of beings which comes within our knowledge.
Page xx - ... whenever this end is not perceived, they are to be accounted for from the association of ideas and may properly enough be called habits.