I shall, however, remark upon this subject, that the writers in favour of the immortality of the soul have done that truth great injury, by connecting it necessarily with its immateriality. The immortality of the soul depends upon the will of the Deity,... The Zoist - Page 4221846Full view - About this book
| David Bristow Baker - Skepticism - 1831 - 244 pages
...truth great injury by connecting it necessarily with its immateriality. The immortality of the soul depends upon the will of the Deity, and not upon the...variety of forms; but it requires the same Almighty power to annihilate, that it did to create it. I know of no arguments to prove the immortality of N... | |
| Benjamin Rush - Ethics - 1839 - 48 pages
...truth great injury, by connecting it necessarily with its immateriality. The immortality of the soul depends upon the will of the Deity, and not upon the...properties of spirit. Matter is in its own nature 2 as immortal as spirit. It is resolvable by heat and mixture into a variety of forms; but it requires... | |
| George Combe - Phrenology - 1839 - 422 pages
...with its immateriality. The immortality of the soul depends on the will of the Deity, and not on any supposed properties of spirit. Matter is in its own...as immortal as spirit. It is resolvable by heat and mixture into a variety of forms ; but it requires the same Almighty hand to annihilate it that it did... | |
| Woodbridge Riley - Philosophy - 1907 - 630 pages
...necessarily with its immateriality. The immortality of the soul depends upon the will of the Creator, and not upon the supposed properties of spirit. Matter...as immortal as spirit. It is resolvable by heat and mixture into a variety of forms ; but it requires the same almighty hand to annihilate it, that it... | |
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