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With regard to the supposition of Cantabrigiensis , that qppn the principle of . p . n absojate resjt or ^ - tioq of feeing or as he denominates it , * a new cre ^ iqn , &ny xjunat&er of beings might bye him * spli *? ifc ip not only inconsistent with | he ide ^ of renovation , which
c&a apply only to the s ^ nje ny tmfcer * as well as jtp i ) ie same Mngs in every pther respect , as those V&ich b&A prepiqu ^ ly existed ; but it Loyojves th = e contnadicjtion of
supposing that jjiajiy can be one ; ead he might vyitb eqq ^} propriety suppose * that $ ny pumfc > er of be * ing $ in the preswt stete might be constituted exactly alike ; and tJbat their minds and conscious
identities might be so similar , or so blended toget £ ier that neither themselves nor others could distinguish between ibem , except from th ^ ir numerical differ ^ nco # nd thai of their external cjreum-$ to !) ce $ ; and might urg ^ it a ^ an th ^ j
•^ r guh ^ nt 3 gaiti 3 t present eaisteiicp , | bat ^ i ny number of per * son ^ being created precisely like himself , migfit actually be hitnsjelfi But the feet is * that as w ^ ^ F ^ all ' necessarily numerically
Uifferem , and different wttli regard * o Qur external circumsrt ^ nc ^ s , so are these circun ^ i ^ nci s upifovmly and necessarily accompanied with correspondent differucc ?^ , in the structure of our minds and their
re&peciive acquisitions . These differences , which commence in some degree from our birth , and are promoted by ibe ^ ev ^ ial peculiarities which attend the
experience and menial opemtion of each individual ; and if a difference is disccinable between u * . on wir jbrsi entrance iftto * btiug * tbere is reason to beli . ev $ * niuich more marked difference will attend our
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seeoffp entrance , * with ftil our respective former acquisitions , accompanied with a renovated vigor adapted to review them with peculiar advantages , . . Unity of persxm is a . circumstance essentially connected with conscious identity . The mind is an ima <* e
or representation of external things ; and if the person to which it belongs , together with surround * ing objects , preserve their sameness , with pn ) y such alterations , as might reasonably he expected , the injnd , which ib th ^ transcript ivill likewise preserve ^ - ^ anaenesg and its reflex cQn&ciou&ness of-it *
But if so material an altei ^ tt'ion is introduced as th ^ t of tb ^ juultiplication of persons exactly similar , the utmost disorder must be introduced into its e&neepti an ^ and coirecipus 4 ivefsity and c (> n - fusion fnusttatee place of conscious uniformity und fiasiei ^ Bfis .-
JM ^ uch of the difficuUy that has been felt upon this ^ subjf ^ l , seems to have arisen from -theidea--that matter , ntid perhaps miud ate ^ , have a kind of independent existence , ^ nd consequently that certain particular pdrtioos of > ne or
fcoth are necessary to eonstitute the sarpe beiug . Bujt'&v fact the supppsition of tqore tfian one infinite independent Bdiiig ^ a marrife&t absurdity ; ali existence either is the Deity ^ hitnself , or the result erf his operations . And that out futrfre existeade should ati
depend rather on su ^^ h - ordinary act of his poiwer ^ ai is usually considered as the effect of his inore immediate \ ittevventiom , th ^ tn on aby of those * ordinary opeirations to whfefethe nuav « of seconcMfy e ^ us ^ * U ^ itrftUj apptied , may have tf Jjf » 6 ^ ull ^ r tetide £ rcy to ' promote hi Ous mxnd
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%$ & Difficulties ^ Bmr $ m y fiesurrtciionf
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1813, page 736, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2434/page/44/
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