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... suppose , of some scientific basis for the inquiry , and of some laws manifesting themselves in its course ; laws on which one might rest , and to which one might recur , when in perplexity how to proceed . I am sure I do not wonder at ...
... suppose , of some scientific basis for the inquiry , and of some laws manifesting themselves in its course ; laws on which one might rest , and to which one might recur , when in perplexity how to proceed . I am sure I do not wonder at ...
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... suppose that the music plays itself , and " uses the instru- ment to show forth its powers ? " — not the powers of the instrument , but its own powers ? Shall we suppose a spirit not the growth of the body , but got there we know not ...
... suppose that the music plays itself , and " uses the instru- ment to show forth its powers ? " — not the powers of the instrument , but its own powers ? Shall we suppose a spirit not the growth of the body , but got there we know not ...
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... suppose man to be of an essentially dif- ferent make from them , while their powers are , as far as they can be traced , absolutely analogous ? In these instances , the point of most importance appears to me to be the consciousness of ...
... suppose man to be of an essentially dif- ferent make from them , while their powers are , as far as they can be traced , absolutely analogous ? In these instances , the point of most importance appears to me to be the consciousness of ...
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... suppose lightning to be a spirit , and the harp - music of the pine forest the voice of a spirit , and , in short , all intangible matter and material effects to be manifestations of spirit ? I cannot see how we can be justified in ...
... suppose lightning to be a spirit , and the harp - music of the pine forest the voice of a spirit , and , in short , all intangible matter and material effects to be manifestations of spirit ? I cannot see how we can be justified in ...
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... finding ourselves what we are ; not in dreams of how we came to be what we are . I suppose all we know is , that every thing occurs and proceeds by immu- table laws ; and the more this fact strengthens our 28 MAN'S NATURE AND DEVELOPMENT .
... finding ourselves what we are ; not in dreams of how we came to be what we are . I suppose all we know is , that every thing occurs and proceeds by immu- table laws ; and the more this fact strengthens our 28 MAN'S NATURE AND DEVELOPMENT .
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Page 219 - And they bring unto him one that was deaf, and had an impediment in his speech; and they beseech him to put his hand upon him. And he took him aside from the multitude, and put his fingers into his ears, and he spit, and touched his tongue; and looking up to heaven, he sighed, and saith unto him, Ephphatha, that is, Be opened.
Page 359 - ... grounding their purposes not on the prudent and heavenly contemplation of justice and equity, which was never taught them, but on the promising and pleasing thoughts of litigious terms, fat contentions, and flowing fees...
Page 178 - God at all, than such an opinion as is unworthy of him. For the one is unbelief, the other is contumely; and certainly superstition is the reproach of the Deity. Plutarch saith well to that purpose: Surely...
Page 381 - While dancing they neither saw nor heard, being insensible to external impressions through the senses, but were haunted by visions...
Page 334 - How charming is divine Philosophy! Not harsh and crabbed, as dull fools suppose, But musical as is Apollo's lute, And a perpetual feast of nectar'd sweets, Where no crude surfeit reigns.
Page 311 - And therefore if a man should talk to me of a round quadrangle; or accidents of bread in cheese; or immaterial substances; or of a free subject; a free will; or any free but free from being hindered by opposition; I should not say he were in an error, but that his words were without meaning; that is to say, absurd.
Page viii - In my opinion, profound minds are the most likely to think lightly of the resources of human reason; and it is the pert superficial thinker who is generally strongest in every kind of unbelief. The deep philosopher sees chains of causes and effects so wonderfully and strangely linked together, that he is usually the last person to decide upon the impossibility of any two series of events being independent of each other...
Page 183 - I had rather believe all the fables in the legend, and the Talmud, and the Alcoran, than that this universal frame is without a mind ; and, therefore, God never wrought miracle to convince atheism, because his ordinary works convince it.
Page iii - But the commandment of knowledge is yet higher than the commandment over the will ; for it is a commandment over the reason, belief, and understanding of man, which is the highest part of the mind, and giveth law to the will itself : for there is no power on earth, which setteth up a throne, or chair of state, in the spirits and souls of men, and in their cogitations, imaginations, opinions, and beliefs, but knowledge and learning.
Page 304 - Swedenborg went out, and after a short interval returned to the company quite pale and alarmed. He said that a dangerous fire had just broken out in Stockholm, at the Sudermalm, (Gottenburg is about three hundred miles from Stockholm,) and that it was spreading very fast.