Les voyages de Cyrus: avec un discours sur la théologie et la mythologie des payens, Volume 2chez Bossange, Masson et Besson., 1802 - Mythology |
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... light only at the top , in order to hide from the eye all objects abroad except the heavens . The inside was a peristyle of porphyry and numi- dian marble . At certain distances one from another were several altars consecrated to the ...
... light only at the top , in order to hide from the eye all objects abroad except the heavens . The inside was a peristyle of porphyry and numi- dian marble . At certain distances one from another were several altars consecrated to the ...
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... light was obscured ; our globe fell to ruins , the abyss was opened and overflowed ; it was divided by seas into is- lands and continents ; the fruitful hills became craggy rocks , and the delightful valleys fright- ful precipices ...
... light was obscured ; our globe fell to ruins , the abyss was opened and overflowed ; it was divided by seas into is- lands and continents ; the fruitful hills became craggy rocks , and the delightful valleys fright- ful precipices ...
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... light fluttering minds in them ; but I defy you to consider attentively the consequences of your system without hor- ror and shame : what motive is it that could induce you to prefer the system of a blind na- ture to that of a wise ...
... light fluttering minds in them ; but I defy you to consider attentively the consequences of your system without hor- ror and shame : what motive is it that could induce you to prefer the system of a blind na- ture to that of a wise ...
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... mais ce n'est pas là cette clarté parfaite qui dissipe toute obscurité . Vous niez une puissance créatrice parce que vous ne comprenez pas comment " of light , which , when they are all united 32 VOYAGES DE CYRUS . Liv . VI .
... mais ce n'est pas là cette clarté parfaite qui dissipe toute obscurité . Vous niez une puissance créatrice parce que vous ne comprenez pas comment " of light , which , when they are all united 32 VOYAGES DE CYRUS . Liv . VI .
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... light induces us to believe , but the greatest obscurity is not a sufficient reason for denying in this dawn of human life the lights of understanding are too faint to shew us truth with a perfect evidence ; we only get a glimpse of it ...
... light induces us to believe , but the greatest obscurity is not a sufficient reason for denying in this dawn of human life the lights of understanding are too faint to shew us truth with a perfect evidence ; we only get a glimpse of it ...
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Adonis âmes Anaximander ancient année Astyages autres avait avant avoir Babylon beauty bien c'est Cambyse célestes chose ciel cœur contre corps crimes Cyaxare Cyrus d'une Deity Descartes deux Dieu Dieux différens divine Divinité doctrine earth Ecnibal Egyptians elle enfin espèce esprits état été eternal éternelle être fait faut Gods gouvernement grand Grecs heaven hommes Hystaspes idées infinite intelligences j'ai jamais jour Jupiter l'âme l'autre l'esprit l'on l'ordre l'univers livres lois lui-même lumière Malebranche matière Medes monde mort mortels Mythras n'est Nabonassar Nabuchodonosor nations nature Osiris parfait passions Payens père Perse Persians peuple peut philosophers plaisir Platon Plutarch poëtes premier prince principe produit puissance Pythagore qu'elle qu'il qu'on qu'une que les raison régions religion rendre rien sagesse seul Sorane soul sous souveraine substance suivant sujet suprême tems terre thing tion tous les tout trois Typhon Urania vérité vers vertu voir Voyez Zoroastre
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Page 116 - Thus saith the Lord to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have holden, to subdue nations before him ; and I will loose the loins of kings, to open before him the twoleaved gates ; and the gates shall not be shut...
Page 132 - Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia, The Lord God of heaven hath given me all the kingdoms of the earth; and he hath charged me to build him an house at Jerusalem, which is in Judah.
Page 117 - I have raised him up in righteousness, and I will direct all his ways: he shall build my city, and he shall let go my captives, not for price nor reward,
Page 157 - But some man will say, How are the dead raised up ? and with what body do they come ? Thou fool, that which thou sowest is not quickened except it die : And that which thou sowest thou sowest not that body that shall be, but bare grain, it may chance of wheat, or of some other grain : But God giveth it a body as it hath pleased Him and to every seed his own body.
Page 132 - Who is there among you of all his people? His God be with him, and let him go up to Jerusalem, which is in Judah ; and build the house of the Lord God of Israel, he is the God which is in Jerusalem.
Page 117 - I have made the earth, and created man upon it : I, even my hands, have stretched out the heavens, and all their hosts have I commanded.
Page 117 - I am the Lord, and there is none else, there is no God besides me ; I girded thee though thou hast not known me...
Page 140 - Osiris, tells us,* that the theology of the Egyptians had two meanings ; the one holy and symbolical, the other vulgar and literal ; and consequently that the figures of animals which they had in their temples, and which they seemed to adore, were only so many hieroglyphics to represent the divine attributes.
Page 128 - Almighty, the brightness of the everlasting light, the unspotted mirror of the power of God, and the image of His goodness...
Page 105 - It was this Messiah who conversed with the patriarchs under a human form: it was he who appeared to Moses upon the Holy Mount : it was he who spoke to the prophets under a visible appearance ; and it is he who will at last come in triumph upon the clouds to restore the universe to its primitive splendour and felicity.