 Accordingly we find, from the bodies which lie under our observation, that matter is only made as the basis and support of animals, and that there is no more of the one than what is necessary for the existence of the other. Infinite goodness is of so...  The British Essayists - Page 7edited by - 1808Full view - About this book
 | Joseph Addison - 1856 - 1090 pages
...manner thrown away upon dead matter, any further than as it is subservient to beings which are conscious of their existence. Accordingly we find, from the...under our observation, that matter is only made as the ' Fontenelle. • Which are — that live." This complicated construction, though againal rule, has... | |
 | Thomas Dick - 1857 - 878 pages
...manner, thrown away upon dead matter any further than as it is subservient to beings which are conscious of their existence." Accordingly we find, from the...that matter is only made as the basis and support of living beings, and that there is little more of the one than what is necessary for the existence and... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1864 - 470 pages
...manner thrown away upon dead matter, any farther than as it is subservient to beings which are conscious of their existence. Accordingly we find, from the...communicative a nature, that it seems to delight in the con'erring of existence upon every degree of perceptive being. As this is a speculation which I have... | |
 | George Atherton Aitken - 1898 - 438 pages
...manner thrown away upon dead matter, any further than as it is subservient to beings which are conscious of their existence. Accordingly we find, from the...it seems to delight in the conferring of existence upon every degree of perceptive 2 being. As this is a speculation which I have often pursued with great... | |
 | George Gregory Smith - 1898 - 342 pages
...thrown away upon dead Matter, any further than as it is sub' servient to Beings which are conscious of their Existence, Accordingly we find, from the...necessary for the Existence of the other, Infinite No. 519. Infinite Goodness is of so communicative a Nature, that Saturday, it seems to delight in the... | |
 | Arthur O. Lovejoy - 1936 - 404 pages
...and theologians unread, by repeated references to it in the Spectator — for example, in No. 519. Infinite Goodness is of so communicative a Nature,...it seems to delight in the conferring of Existence upon every degree of Perceptive Being. As this is a Speculation which I have often pursued with great... | |
 | Dikka Berven - 1995 - 456 pages
...is, all things — have necessarily flowed forth. . . . " ™ Addison, in the same vein, said that " Infinite Goodness is of so communicative a Nature,...it seems to delight in the conferring of Existence upon every degree of Perceptive Being." 17 Leibniz, in a passage reminiscent of Montaigne's remarks... | |
 | Paul Cavill, Heather Ward - 2007 - 515 pages
...Being'. The essay starts from the evidence of the world to deduce the character of the Being who made it: 'Infinite Goodness is of so communicative a nature...it seems to delight in the conferring of existence upon every degree of perceptive being.' The logic of the essay is that since there is a scale or order... | |
 | John Hamilton Moore - 1806 - 402 pages
...beings which are conscious of their existence. Accordingly we find, from the bodies which lie wider our observation, that matter is only made as the basis...what is necessary for the existence of the other. 6. Infinite goodness is of so communicative a nature, that it seems to delight in the conferring of... | |
 | John Lewis (publisher) - 238 pages
...from the bodies which lie under our obfervation, that matter is only made as the bafis and lupport of animals, and that there is no more of the one, than what is neceflkry for the exiftence of the other. Infinite Goodnefs is of fo communicative a nature, that it... | |
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