The Book of NatureJ. & J. Harper, 1831 - 467 sivua |
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Sivu 26
... supposed absurdity in conceiving that any thing could be created out of nothing . " Epicureans , and many other schools of philosophers , who borrowed it from them , perpetually appeal to this position . It was current , however , among ...
... supposed absurdity in conceiving that any thing could be created out of nothing . " Epicureans , and many other schools of philosophers , who borrowed it from them , perpetually appeal to this position . It was current , however , among ...
Sivu 32
... supposed , and which we cannot otherwise contemplate or charac- terize than by the negative term Spirit , as it is from matter , which is more im- mediately submitted to our eyes , and constitutes the substrate of our own being and ...
... supposed , and which we cannot otherwise contemplate or charac- terize than by the negative term Spirit , as it is from matter , which is more im- mediately submitted to our eyes , and constitutes the substrate of our own being and ...
Sivu 33
... supposed stars to have preceded planets in the order of creation ; and that the earth was at first a star , and continued so till rendered opaque by having its bright surface incrusted with grosser and untransparent matter , and drawn ...
... supposed stars to have preceded planets in the order of creation ; and that the earth was at first a star , and continued so till rendered opaque by having its bright surface incrusted with grosser and untransparent matter , and drawn ...
Sivu 34
... supposed habitations of other kinds or orders of intelligent beings , together with the different planets by which it is probable they were sur- rounded , and to which they may have given light and fructifying seasons , as the sun gives ...
... supposed habitations of other kinds or orders of intelligent beings , together with the different planets by which it is probable they were sur- rounded , and to which they may have given light and fructifying seasons , as the sun gives ...
Sivu 35
... supposed to have triumphed over the deluge itself . While there is little doubt that the hard and closely crystallized granitic mountains of every country in which they occur , " the everlasting hills , " to copy a cor- rect and ...
... supposed to have triumphed over the deluge itself . While there is little doubt that the hard and closely crystallized granitic mountains of every country in which they occur , " the everlasting hills , " to copy a cor- rect and ...
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