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gBfceral * that , tfaey apply wit k the aame eaae &ad certainty to the taost pj ^ K feirad * eseen ? he 4 as to the most triviftl and € » romon-place transactions 5 while afc the same ? time , their jtruttn i ^ * o
plain / and so obvibus , that aoy ott& who profes&es to call ititt ^| ue * tioa , is uri mediately suspected of being either insincere of . m « au £ i •> And as , those general principles are applicable to > mind v ^ well as to b&dy ox s&ajkier *
tlley have beea ; designated me tophjssi caly to distinguish thena ft-ooi physical truths . — -Of this class toe the foilow iajp-r—It is a direct eontrodicAon to suppose that any thingy or aay change , con be produced by absolute nothing . It is impossible far any thing to pro ^
duce itself . If a change - take place , that change must have been produced by something : and tf the thing changed be really passive ^ the ai ^ eratioflL or change must have been produced by something which was different from
the thin ^ kself . If a thing which now ? esiisis , once had . no existence , that thing njnst hare been pc ^ d ^ ed by something else &e « In all these # ^ s well as » e ¥ eral more of a similar de 4
scription , as soon as the terms are understood , the mind iiii mediately fyer ceivea ttot it would iarolve a 4 ireet contradiction to suppose any of them to . be false . Thus , in the first of
these , as « oon as the term absolute nodung m understood , to naean th 6 negation . of all attributes ^ pro perties or qualities , subatratucat aaoit allv tlie consplete absence of evert ? thing * which eeilUd possibly produce any tian ^ else Vf 7 MKj > inA * iiMatfl vs » twlir > n » rAAnM » filial , it urAliifl
be * direct ^© ntraddctiou to this n ^ gative idea , to suppose any : thing , whe ^ ewofo ' && * be fjfFodaeed . Here &e idea of' eonlH-adietteti > ori « ipo 6 Bibili ^ y < jon ^ veyed by die teffiMi ? 4 B . vtke B ^ n ^ and the real impossibility wlfliA ^ cbtsiii the nature © ftoinffff ^ f or absolitteaiaH
thing -eVer to produce something ia the thing 1 signified- ; < And ; it ia the Agreement iofi-ihese ^ ofr ; tlie 7 m > pUiBatioli ol thfe cideaf ^ oCioipofisiblli ^ il& ^ ll ^ paGi 'cases ^ only ( Vkere it really exrat * £ a A « tui ^ whichecnutltutes tlie tiutfa . or € SNMteftt « 6 i 8 of ith ^ . niaacim ^ pBDQpogfr tion . Again , if we examine « whal ift tk a
AJeanr tt ^ ' e expressions thing iprodufae ^ itf ^ li ^ ftve imtaodi ^ toLy i ^ rtfeu' that * Irimatoemwftitt ^ trWtetdrfi ^ wtiiat ^ H ^ thmg ) ms ^ ac ^ HApT >> efor 6 it ba * e « Him ^ tfufl is * tit
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bot )» 4 id and did » ot a ^ i » t at , | he vecy produce Uself ^ involves * a jlif ^ ct jpon ^
tradiQtipe .... A « d , should th |||^ aauaa ^ tfoK be ; <; 0 Utinue 4 thro ^ Oi 0 ij ^ ole , it \ yould be found that in ^ U ^ m ^^ ro ^ p ^ itions as % h $ a ^ ove , tfre fv $ fe& m which # ae | p iite , o « yf asaept to tfeem , isf the cot&ciovmess that the canUjary au ^ positioa c ^ ntaiaa witJb ^ ^ elf a direct contradiction , ju ^ ^ therefore , cannot be ^ ruts , \ V »§* Pf | # ^ 7 evj ^ n for their truth is eguaiiy strong aa that f ^ r any uiathenaati ^ al tr ^ tU vvhateyer . It appears frooa what has been said , that . it is utterly beyond t liie poifser of
the imagination . itself to ^ devise any method bv which we can conceive it possible for any one of t thji % «| a $ s of umxims jtQ fe ^ falsfe ^ fdag i ^ i ^ m * d the
term ^ &m m ^ ia same ^^ giiiuc a , . tiw ^ > Sfi > 4 hat tp ^ epai ^ e , any ; | fcer ^ on e ^ 0 » i » h i ^ owo iJuind to ^^ o nc ^^ th ^ false , he inust first . at ^ aQh different m ^ aaiags fco < tb ^ te ^ n ^ i ^ . whic ^ i ^ hey are jexan&psed & bu * tji ^ n , it i ^ ust b $ the
Obvious 4 ^ t > although tke ^ oiHKJbs or character ^ used in anao uncin ^ m retaam t ^ he s ^ m e « by changing the id ^ as affixed t <^ tho&e ^ o ^^ or ^ h ^ r sel
ractersi , tbe ; ma ^ im ? th ^ -in v ^ s are really altered , and inay , of purae , k either mvz pjr felse , ^ oar ^ g . tQe ^ h ^ mature of t ^ e new idea ^ 3 ^|^ d ^^ d f Thw ftaturally ieads > me $ ft 4 fte c * $
siideratian f ^ aa ^ r , clas % of . ^ gtap ^ yr siqal * propositions , witic ; h , ^ Wju ^ they 4 * a ^ e been , aj ^ d ^ ref 8 tjiU cai ^ iderea by the tmlk of ap # » 4 ^ ^ % * e ^|^ 4 ly certaia a ^ t ^ fopn ^ r , eUs ;^ ha ^ nev ^ tfc eleaa gi ^ en 17 ^ t ^ ^ pucfe gpri&P j veray ^ inww me |^ by ^^ a ^^ U ^ il allude tD t ^ ci ^ if ^^ lr Ift ^ w d effecfci Wc * L *^ &y # rjt ^^^ pt i bav ^
at imi ^ r ^ ery . ^ c ^ uf ^^^ wtniwiww ^ aaorer ^ wt : *^ " 'I ^ ChIj tWjftJW'iliiwWw ^ iJWflSBwtJ 5 r 8 * r 5 i ? I ^*! 'Wf ^ XPO Mr ' h ( i ©^ p ) M mrpri ^ a ^ ^ o wmf ^ ar
hM ^ eSis ^ Jjeagei ^^ , ^ of these maxims ; , but tms surpri $£ mH mm ^\ y ^ mM & m $ < tikmptfc # « ff ry Oifl ^^ A * j n ^^ ip ^ fe ^ Ift ^
tothe wiilA nwmi ^ mii > i « 5 e «« ft ^ W fo&mA . m h ^ j ^ m ^^ hm ^ ^ iff ^ evlde ^ i ^ i ^ ^ af egl , ^ K ^ lrveic ^ rstiQfl fi ^ %# ^ ) f ^ flfcduc&ameflfect dPiVi iy ^^^ l ^^
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23 Lfi Eswfaou Trutfa
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), April 2, 1823, page 216, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1783/page/24/
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