Thoughts on Religion & Other Subjects [with Pious Reflections for Every Day in the Month & Prayers by Fénelon.].1846 - 283 pages |
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Page 23
... infinite vacuity , is only to be filled up by an object infinite and immoveable . * It is most astonishing to reflect , that of all myste- ries , that which seems to be farthest removed from our discovery and apprehension , I mean the ...
... infinite vacuity , is only to be filled up by an object infinite and immoveable . * It is most astonishing to reflect , that of all myste- ries , that which seems to be farthest removed from our discovery and apprehension , I mean the ...
Page 32
... infinite space . What is finite , vanishes before that which is infinite , and becomes pure nothing . Thus our understanding , in respect of God's : thus human justice compared with the Divine . Nay , the disproportion between unity and ...
... infinite space . What is finite , vanishes before that which is infinite , and becomes pure nothing . Thus our understanding , in respect of God's : thus human justice compared with the Divine . Nay , the disproportion between unity and ...
Page 33
... infinite gulph , or chaos , fixed between us : we play , as it were a game of chance , for an uncertainty thus infinitely distant . What will you wager ? reason can affirm neither the one nor the other event : rea- son can deny neither ...
... infinite gulph , or chaos , fixed between us : we play , as it were a game of chance , for an uncertainty thus infinitely distant . What will you wager ? reason can affirm neither the one nor the other event : rea- son can deny neither ...
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... infinite distance between the cer- tainty of venturing , and the uncertainty of winning , makes the finite good , which you certainly expose , equal to the infinite , which you uncertainly pursue . This is all deceptions : every ...
... infinite distance between the cer- tainty of venturing , and the uncertainty of winning , makes the finite good , which you certainly expose , equal to the infinite , which you uncertainly pursue . This is all deceptions : every ...
Page 35
... infinite reversion , and yet , in effect , have given nothing for the purchase . + :: But , you say , you are so made as to be incapable of believing at least , therefore , endeavour to understand this your incapacity , and to find what ...
... infinite reversion , and yet , in effect , have given nothing for the purchase . + :: But , you say , you are so made as to be incapable of believing at least , therefore , endeavour to understand this your incapacity , and to find what ...
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