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... opinions upon this important subject . The senti- ments and the very words are similar . In the Me- ditations , he says ... opinion " to atheism ; but on the other side , much natural philosophy and wading deep into it will bring about ...
... opinions upon this important subject . The senti- ments and the very words are similar . In the Me- ditations , he says ... opinion " to atheism ; but on the other side , much natural philosophy and wading deep into it will bring about ...
Page xxx
... opinion must have been entertained by him very early in life , probably when resident in Cambridge , which he quitted soon after he was sixteen years of age , when the torpor of university pursuits would ill accord with his active mind ...
... opinion must have been entertained by him very early in life , probably when resident in Cambridge , which he quitted soon after he was sixteen years of age , when the torpor of university pursuits would ill accord with his active mind ...
Page xxxi
... opinion thus early impressed upon his mind seems to have been regulated in the year 1605 , when he published the Advancement of Learning , and where , in his tract upon universities , † after having enumerated many of their defects , he ...
... opinion thus early impressed upon his mind seems to have been regulated in the year 1605 , when he published the Advancement of Learning , and where , in his tract upon universities , † after having enumerated many of their defects , he ...
Page xxxiv
... opinion , that all men should be engaged in active life ; that in this theatre of man's life it is reserved only for God and angels to be lookers on .- ( See page 225 of vol . ii . ) " When his Lordship was newly advanced to the Great ...
... opinion , that all men should be engaged in active life ; that in this theatre of man's life it is reserved only for God and angels to be lookers on .- ( See page 225 of vol . ii . ) " When his Lordship was newly advanced to the Great ...
Page xxxvi
... opinion that we shall be well " spoken of upon earth by those that are just and of " the family of virtue ; the opposite whereof is a fury " to man , and makes even life unsweet . 66 Therefore , what is more heavy than evil fame ...
... opinion that we shall be well " spoken of upon earth by those that are just and of " the family of virtue ; the opposite whereof is a fury " to man , and makes even life unsweet . 66 Therefore , what is more heavy than evil fame ...
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