Basic Problems of Philosophy: Selected ReadingsDaniel J. Bronstein, Yervant Hovhannes Krikorian, Philip Paul Wiener |
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... cause every act of man's will , and every desire , and inclination pro- ceedeth from some cause , and that from another cause , in a con- tinual chain , whose first link is in the hand of God the first of all causes , proceed from ...
... cause every act of man's will , and every desire , and inclination pro- ceedeth from some cause , and that from another cause , in a con- tinual chain , whose first link is in the hand of God the first of all causes , proceed from ...
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... cause , and consequently can never be discovered in it . Motion in the second Billiard - ball is a quite distinct ... cause and effect , which binds them together , and renders it impossible that any other effect could result from the ...
... cause , and consequently can never be discovered in it . Motion in the second Billiard - ball is a quite distinct ... cause and effect , which binds them together , and renders it impossible that any other effect could result from the ...
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... causes ; all of which is plainly false . There- fore it is necessary to admit a first efficient cause , to which every- one gives the name of God . The third way is taken from possibility and necessity and runs thus . We find in nature ...
... causes ; all of which is plainly false . There- fore it is necessary to admit a first efficient cause , to which every- one gives the name of God . The third way is taken from possibility and necessity and runs thus . We find in nature ...
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