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 111
... speak of the union of the soul with the body to make thereof one single person . For albeit I do not hold that the soul changes the laws of the body , or that the body changes the laws of the soul , and I have introduced the Pre ...
... speak of the union of the soul with the body to make thereof one single person . For albeit I do not hold that the soul changes the laws of the body , or that the body changes the laws of the soul , and I have introduced the Pre ...
Page 136
... speak you to us of ' per- mitting ' ? Is it not God that doeth the evil and that willeth it ? Here it will be necessary to explain what ' permission ' is , so that it may be seen how this term is not employed without reason . But before ...
... speak you to us of ' per- mitting ' ? Is it not God that doeth the evil and that willeth it ? Here it will be necessary to explain what ' permission ' is , so that it may be seen how this term is not employed without reason . But before ...
Page 328
... speak ) would be without doubt insupportable . But Luther and Calvin were far from such a belief : the former hopes that the life to come will make us com- prehend the just reasons of God's choice ; and the latter protests explicitly ...
... speak ) would be without doubt insupportable . But Luther and Calvin were far from such a belief : the former hopes that the life to come will make us com- prehend the just reasons of God's choice ; and the latter protests explicitly ...
Contents
EDITORS INTRODUCTION page | 7 |
PREFACE | 49 |
PRELIMINARY DISSERTATION ON THE CONFORMITY | 73 |
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