 | Sir William Hamilton - 1859 - 752 pages
...one hand, to conceive nothing becoming something, — or, on the other, something becoming nothing. When God is said to create out of nothing, we construe...supposing that He evolves existence out of Himself; we view the Creator as the cause of the universe. "Ex nihilo nihil, in nihilum nil posse reverti,"... | |
 | Sir William Hamilton - 1861 - 584 pages
...one hand, to conceive nothing becoming something, — or, on the other, something becoming nothing. When God is said to create out of nothing, we construe...supposing that He evolves existence out of himself; we view the Creator as the cause of the universe. " Ex nihilo nihil, in nihilum nil posse revert! "... | |
 | Sir William Hamilton - 1861 - 584 pages
...one hand, to conceive nothing becoming something, — or, on the other, something becoming nothing. When God is said to create out of nothing, we construe...supposing that He evolves existence out of himself; •we view the Creator as the cause of the universe. " Ex nihilo nihil, in nihilum nil posse reverti... | |
 | James Oswald Dykes, James Stuart Candlish, Hugh Sinclair Paterson, Joseph Samuel Exell - 1861 - 994 pages
...substance from existence in eternity to existence in time. With this compare Hamilton's statements. " When God is said to create out of nothing, we construe...supposing that He evolves existence out of Himself," (Lect. 533). " We are able to conceive, indeed, the creation of a world, but not as the springing of... | |
 | Sir William Hamilton - 1862 - 584 pages
...nothing becoming something, — or, on the other, something becoming nothing. When God is said to ereate out of nothing, we construe this to thought by supposing that He evolves existence out of himself ; we view the Creator as the cause of the universe. " Ex nihilo nihil, in nihilum nil posse reverti... | |
 | Robert DEUCHAR - 1864 - 374 pages
...nothing." Hence the necessity for a divine revelation to be apprehended by faith. Sir William proceeds, " When God is said to create out of nothing, we construe...supposing that he evolves existence out of himself. We view the Creator as the cause of the universe. Ex nihilo nihil, in nihilum nil posse reverti, expresses... | |
 | John Stuart Mill - 1865 - 578 pages
...one hand, to con" ceive nothing becoming something, or, on the other, " something becoming nothing. When God is said to " create out of nothing, we construe...supposing that he evolves existence out of himself; we * "When I say no one else, I ought perhaps to except Krug, from whom in another place (Lectures,... | |
 | John Stuart Mill - 1865 - 360 pages
...least the germ of his own theory. t Lectures, ii. 377, 378. the other, something becoming nothing. When God is said to create out of nothing, we construe...supposing that he evolves existence out of himself; we view the Creator as the cause of the universe. ' Ex nihilo nihil, in nihilum nil posse reverti,'... | |
 | John Stuart Mill - 1865 - 372 pages
...least the germ of his own theory. t Lectures, ii. 377, 378. the other, something becoming nothing. When God is said to create out of nothing, we construe...supposing that he evolves existence out of himself; we view the Creator as the cause of the universe. ' Ex nihilo nihil, in nihilum nil posse reverti,'... | |
 | John Stuart Mill - 1865 - 368 pages
...Lectures, ii. 377, 378. VoL. n. 2 the other, something becoming nothing. When God is said to create out o_f nothing, we construe this to thought by supposing that he evolves existence out of himself; we view the Creator as the cause of the universe. ' Ex nihilo nihil, in nihilum nil posse reverti,'... | |
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We are unable, on the one hand, to conceive nothing becoming something, or, on the other, something becoming nothing. When God is said to create out of nothing, we construe this to thought by supposing that he evolves existence out of himself ; we view... 
