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It excludes the doctrine of angels and also such things as are neither bodies nor properties of bodies . ... The subject of philosophy is every body [ i.e. , piece of matter ) of which we can conceive any beginning , which we can ...
It excludes the doctrine of angels and also such things as are neither bodies nor properties of bodies . ... The subject of philosophy is every body [ i.e. , piece of matter ) of which we can conceive any beginning , which we can ...
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He begins : Two chief kinds of bodies offer themselves to such as search after their generation and properties : One is called a natural body ; the other is called a commonwealth and is made by the wills and argeement of men .
He begins : Two chief kinds of bodies offer themselves to such as search after their generation and properties : One is called a natural body ; the other is called a commonwealth and is made by the wills and argeement of men .
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In this lies the key to the working of the body politic . This alone legitimizes civil undertakings which , without it , would be absurd , tyrannical and liable to the most frightful abuses . The social compact gives the body politic ...
In this lies the key to the working of the body politic . This alone legitimizes civil undertakings which , without it , would be absurd , tyrannical and liable to the most frightful abuses . The social compact gives the body politic ...
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Contents
AN INTRODUCTION | 2 |
The principles of natural theologyfrom St Thomas Aquinas | 9 |
The religious wagerfrom Blaise Pascal | 22 |
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