A Demonstration of the Being and Attributes of God was published in 1705 and is one of the most famous attempts at proving the existence of God. It is a very clear exposition of the Cosmological Argument, which seeks to show that the existence of the world necessarily entails that of its maker. This volume presents it together with some important supplementary texts, and with a historical introduction that examines Clarke's views and relates them to the Newtonian circle of which he was the most gifted and influential representative.
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A Demonstration of the Being and Attributes of God was published in 1705 and is one of the most famous attempts at proving the existence of God. It is a very clear exposition of the Cosmological Argument, which seeks to show that the existence of the world necessarily entails that of its maker. This volume presents it together with some important supplementary texts, and with a historical introduction which examines Clarke's views and relates them to the Newtonian circle of which he was the most gifted and influential representative.
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All those who either are or pretend to be atheists, who either disbelieve the being of God or would be thought to do so or, which is all one, who deny the principal attributes of the divine nature and suppose God to be an unintelligent being which acts merely by necessity, that is, which in any tolerable propriety of speech acts not at all, but is only acted upon - all men that are atheists, I say, in this sense, must be so upon one or other of these three accounts. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
unintelligent figure, neque alio ordine, quam productae sunt, nullo alio modo, mere necessary agent, infinita infinitis modis, sequi debent, unalterable rectitude, unintelligent matter, most perfect liberty, divine immensity, supreme cause, material world cannot, express contradiction, modern atheists, plain contradiction, beginning motion, infinite succession, infinite things, other certainty, divine eternity, immaterial substances Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Ocellus Lucanus, Reverend Sir, Editor's Note, Anthony Collins, New York, Remarks Upon, Seventh Letter, Archbishop John Tillotson, Besides God, Praeter Deum, The City of God New!
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All those who either are or pretend to be atheists, who either disbelieve the being of God or would be thought to do so or, which is all one, who deny the principal attributes of the divine nature and suppose God to be an unintelligent being which acts merely by necessity, that is, which in any tolerable propriety of speech acts not at all, but is only acted upon - all men that are atheists, I say, in this sense, must be so upon one or other of these three accounts. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
unintelligent figure, neque alio ordine, quam productae sunt, nullo alio modo, mere necessary agent, infinita infinitis modis, sequi debent, unalterable rectitude, unintelligent matter, most perfect liberty, divine immensity, supreme cause, material world cannot, express contradiction, modern atheists, plain contradiction, beginning motion, infinite succession, infinite things, other certainty, divine eternity, immaterial substances Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Ocellus Lucanus, Reverend Sir, Editor's Note, Anthony Collins, New York, Remarks Upon, Seventh Letter, Archbishop John Tillotson, Besides God, Praeter Deum, The City of God New!
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- Isaac Newton: Philosophical Writings (Cambridge Texts in the History of Philosophy) by Isaac Newton on 4 pages
- Thinking Matter: Materialism in Eighteenth Century Britain by John W. Yolton in Front Matter (1), and Front Matter (2)
- LETTER TO SERENA (British Philosophers and Theologians of the 17th and 18th Centuries : Vol 58) by Toland on page 19, and page 40
- Muirhead Library of Philosophy (95 volumes): Dialogues on Metaphysics by Malebranche Nicolas in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- Summa Theologiae: Volume 2, Existence and Nature of God: 1a. 2-11 (Summa Theologiae (Cambridge University Press)) by Thomas Aquinas in Front Matter (1), and Front Matter (2)
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- Archetypal Heresy: Arianism through the Centuries by Maurice Wiles on page 120, page 158, and Back Matter
- God and Government in an 'Age of Reason' by David Nicholls on page 168, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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