Thoughts on the Cause of Evil, Physical and Moral: In a Series of Letters |
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... less perfect than others : hence there necessa- rily arises a possibility of evil , notwith- standing that the Creator is infinitely good . In short , thus all that we call evil is either an evil of imperfection — as the want of cer ...
... less perfect than others : hence there necessa- rily arises a possibility of evil , notwith- standing that the Creator is infinitely good . In short , thus all that we call evil is either an evil of imperfection — as the want of cer ...
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... less would it an- swer the question how such affliction and suffering becomes necessary . The loss of a tooth , and the pain suffered by the pa- tient from whom it is extracted , are cer- tainly evils , whether the patient is a good or ...
... less would it an- swer the question how such affliction and suffering becomes necessary . The loss of a tooth , and the pain suffered by the pa- tient from whom it is extracted , are cer- tainly evils , whether the patient is a good or ...
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... less ex- actly by the quantity of force with which my fear acts on me , than if my preponde- rating motive was unresisted . Hence I do in one country frequently and with pleasure an act which in another I do seldom and E cautiously ...
... less ex- actly by the quantity of force with which my fear acts on me , than if my preponde- rating motive was unresisted . Hence I do in one country frequently and with pleasure an act which in another I do seldom and E cautiously ...
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... less accurate one than the former ; or , in other words , the motives of idiots and brutes are more in- stantaneous , and have less reference to the future , than those which actuate the rational man . The advocates of free will ...
... less accurate one than the former ; or , in other words , the motives of idiots and brutes are more in- stantaneous , and have less reference to the future , than those which actuate the rational man . The advocates of free will ...
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... less to the judgment among Asiatics than among us - all its success will depend . The whole of your suit should be picked men both for morals and manners : the behaviour even of the lowest should be marked with seriousness and decorum ...
... less to the judgment among Asiatics than among us - all its success will depend . The whole of your suit should be picked men both for morals and manners : the behaviour even of the lowest should be marked with seriousness and decorum ...
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Page 26 - The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son : the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.
Page 87 - O Lord, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps.
Page 167 - Now the serpent was more subtle than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?
Page 167 - And the Lord God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field: upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat, all the days of thy life: and I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.
Page 146 - And Israel saw that great work which the Lord did upon the Egyptians; and the people feared the Lord, and believed the Lord, and his servant Moses.
Page 145 - But Pharaoh shall not hearken unto you, that I may lay my hand upon Egypt, and bring forth mine armies, and my people the children of Israel, out of the land of Egypt by great judgments. 5 And the Egyptians shall know that I am the Lord, when I stretch forth mine hand upon Egypt, and bring out the children of Israel from among them.
Page 144 - And the LORD said unto Moses, See, I have made thee a god to Pharaoh: and Aaron thy brother shall be thy prophet.
Page 137 - O, woman ! in our hours of ease, Uncertain, coy, and hard to please, And variable as the shade By the light quivering aspen made ; When pain and anguish wring the brow, A ministering angel thou...
Page 25 - The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, neither shall the children be put to death for the fathers; every man shall be put to dcath for his own sin.
Page 55 - Whatever it be that forms the manners of one generation, the next must imbibe a deeper tincture of the same dye; men being more susceptible of all impressions during infancy, and retaining these impressions as long as they remain in the world.