 | Sir Richard Joseph Sullivan (bart.) - Philosophy - 1794 - 518 pages
...something now is, it is evident something always was ; otherwise, the things that now are, must have been produced out of nothing, absolutely, and without cause...which is a plain contradiction in terms. That which exists must have had a, cause, a reason, a ground for its existence -}-. Mind * Ethic, par. z, Pup.... | |
 | Daniel Waterland - Apologetics - 1823 - 382 pages
..." existence. And this necessity is indeed antece" dent, though not in time, yet in the order ofna" ture, to the existence of the being itself." Upon...been originally produced out of nothing, absolutely, aiyl without cause; which is a plain contradiction in terms. That which has existed from eternity must... | |
 | Daniel Waterland - 1823 - 750 pages
..." existence. And this necessity is indeed antece" dent, though not in time, yet in the order ofna" ture, to the existence of the being itself." Upon...demonstration : and his chain of argument runs thus : Something1 must have existed from all eternity : otherwise every thing that now exists must have... | |
 | Samuel Clarke - God - 1823 - 478 pages
...now is, it is evident that something always was ; otherwise the things that now are must have been produced out of nothing, absolutely and without cause, which is a plain contradiction in terms. For to say a thing is produced, apd yet that there is no cause at all of that production, is to say... | |
 | Johann Eduard Erdmann - Philosophy, Modern - 1840 - 460 pages
...now is , 'tis evident that something always was; otherwise the things that now are, must have been produced out of nothing absolutely and without cause, which is a plain contradiction in terms, for to say a thing is produced and yet that there is no cause at all of that production , is to say... | |
 | Johann Eduard Erdmann - Philosophy, Modern - 1840 - 476 pages
...now is, 'tis evident that something nl\\;iy« wn ; otherwise the things that now are, must have been produced out of nothing absolutely and without cause, which is a plain contradiction in temiH, for lo »ay a thing1 is produced and yet that there ig no cause at all of that production, is... | |
 | Edward Robinson - 1841 - 530 pages
...now is, 'tis manifest that something always was, otherwise the things that now are, must have been produced out of nothing, absolutely and without cause, which is a plain contradiction in terms," etc. It is not meant, by any means, that this is not conclusive reasoning ; but only that it is not... | |
 | Theology - 1841 - 544 pages
...something now w, 'tis manifest that something always was, otherwise the things that now are, must have been produced out of nothing, absolutely and without cause, which is a plain contradiction in terms," etc. It is not meant, by any means, that this is not conclusive reasoning ; but only that it is not... | |
 | Religion - 1841 - 528 pages
...now is, 'tis manifest that something always was, otherwise the things that now are, must have been produced out of nothing, absolutely and without cause, which is a plain contradiction in terms," etc. It is not meant, by any means, that this is not conclusive reasoning ; but only that it is not... | |
 | William Honyman Gillespie - God - 1843 - 422 pages
...is thus he argues) "that Something always Was : Otherwise " the Things that Now Are, must have been produced " out of Nothing, absolutely and without Cause : Which " is a plain contradiction in Terms. For, to say a Thing " is produced, and yet that there is no Cause at all of " that Production, is to... | |
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tis evident that something always was. Otherwise, the things that now are must have been produced out of nothing, absolutely, and without cause — which is a plain contradiction in terms. For to say a thing is produced, and yet that there is no cause... 
