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Page 141
... suppose the future volitions of moral agents not to be necessary events ; or , which is the same thing , events which it is not impossible but that they may not come to pass ; and yet to suppose that God certainly foreknows them , and ...
... suppose the future volitions of moral agents not to be necessary events ; or , which is the same thing , events which it is not impossible but that they may not come to pass ; and yet to suppose that God certainly foreknows them , and ...
Page 232
... suppose , that contrary re- lations may belong to the same thing , at the same time , with respect to different things . So to suppose , that there are acts of the soul by which a man voluntarily moves , and acts upon objects , and ...
... suppose , that contrary re- lations may belong to the same thing , at the same time , with respect to different things . So to suppose , that there are acts of the soul by which a man voluntarily moves , and acts upon objects , and ...
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... suppose , on a foresight of something that shall come to pass in time , is to suppose that something that first begins to be in time , is the cause of something that has been from all eternity , which is absurd ; for nothing can be a ...
... suppose , on a foresight of something that shall come to pass in time , is to suppose that something that first begins to be in time , is the cause of something that has been from all eternity , which is absurd ; for nothing can be a ...
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