The Improvement of Human Reason: Exhibited in the Life of Hai Ebn Yokdhan |
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... concerning the Mysteries of the Eastern Philosophy , men- tion'd by the | Learned Avicenna : Now you must understand , that whoever designs * And I teftify , & c . ] After he bad testified the Unity of the Godhead , be immediately adds ...
... concerning the Mysteries of the Eastern Philosophy , men- tion'd by the | Learned Avicenna : Now you must understand , that whoever designs * And I teftify , & c . ] After he bad testified the Unity of the Godhead , be immediately adds ...
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... concerning thofe Men who were fo wild - and Enthufiaftick as to ufe fuch extravagant expreffions , appears plainly from those words of bis quoted by Dr. Pocock in his Specimen . p - 267 . where he Jays , People ran on to fuch a degree ...
... concerning thofe Men who were fo wild - and Enthufiaftick as to ufe fuch extravagant expreffions , appears plainly from those words of bis quoted by Dr. Pocock in his Specimen . p - 267 . where he Jays , People ran on to fuch a degree ...
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... concerning the UNION , worth your Obferving ; There he , fays That ' twill appear plainly to any one that un- derstands the defign of his Book , that that de- gree is not attainable by the means of those Sciences which were then in use ...
... concerning the UNION , worth your Obferving ; There he , fays That ' twill appear plainly to any one that un- derstands the defign of his Book , that that de- gree is not attainable by the means of those Sciences which were then in use ...
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... concerning the UNION , he himself con- feffes that he had wrote nothing compleat , where he fays , That it would require a great deal of trouble and pains to express that clear- ly which he had undertaken to prove ; and , that the ...
... concerning the UNION , he himself con- feffes that he had wrote nothing compleat , where he fays , That it would require a great deal of trouble and pains to express that clear- ly which he had undertaken to prove ; and , that the ...
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... concerning the Hap- pinefs of Man , he fays , that it is only in this Life , and then adds , that whatsoever Peo- ple talk of befides , is meer Whimfy and old Wives Fables . A principle , which if be- liev'd would make all Men despair ...
... concerning the Hap- pinefs of Man , he fays , that it is only in this Life , and then adds , that whatsoever Peo- ple talk of befides , is meer Whimfy and old Wives Fables . A principle , which if be- liev'd would make all Men despair ...
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