Theodicy: Essays on the Goodness of God, the Freedom of Man, and the Origin of EvilYale University Press, 1952 - 448 pages |
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Page 89
... able to make do with admitted premisses alone ? Now if there is such an objection against our thesis we must say that the falsity of this thesis is demonstrated , and that it is impossible for us to have reasons sufficient to prove it ...
... able to make do with admitted premisses alone ? Now if there is such an objection against our thesis we must say that the falsity of this thesis is demonstrated , and that it is impossible for us to have reasons sufficient to prove it ...
Page 305
... able to understand the relation existing between free actions and the providence of God , have denied that God was the first efficient cause of free will : but that is sacrilegious . The others , not being able to apprehend the relation ...
... able to understand the relation existing between free actions and the providence of God , have denied that God was the first efficient cause of free will : but that is sacrilegious . The others , not being able to apprehend the relation ...
Page 349
... able to penetrate with such subtlety all the principles of Spinoza , and succeed in overthrowing them , after having ... able angle , he endeavoured to find its weak spot and was never able to discover any means of destroying it , or ...
... able to penetrate with such subtlety all the principles of Spinoza , and succeed in overthrowing them , after having ... able angle , he endeavoured to find its weak spot and was never able to discover any means of destroying it , or ...
Contents
EDITORS INTRODUCTION page | 7 |
PREFACE | 49 |
PRELIMINARY DISSERTATION ON THE CONFORMITY | 73 |
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