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Page 21
... evil - doing , or sin , in the life of man . This sort of imperfection Thomas could dispose of by ascribing it to a man's free - will . However , if free - will is to be added to the facts of nature , we are obliged to ask how it is to ...
... evil - doing , or sin , in the life of man . This sort of imperfection Thomas could dispose of by ascribing it to a man's free - will . However , if free - will is to be added to the facts of nature , we are obliged to ask how it is to ...
Page 118
... evil in the conversation and society of mankind . Good and evil are names that signify our appetites and aversions ; which in different tempers , customs , and doctrines of men , are different , and divers men differ not only in their ...
... evil in the conversation and society of mankind . Good and evil are names that signify our appetites and aversions ; which in different tempers , customs , and doctrines of men , are different , and divers men differ not only in their ...
Page 119
... evil . For these words good and evil are ever used with relation to the person that useth them , there being nothing simply and absolutely so , nor any rule of good and evil to be taken from the nature of objects themselves ; but from ...
... evil . For these words good and evil are ever used with relation to the person that useth them , there being nothing simply and absolutely so , nor any rule of good and evil to be taken from the nature of objects themselves ; but from ...
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David Hume | 39 |
An argument for limited theism | 57 |
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