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... action , that it is something wherein is no passion or passiveness ; that is ( according to their sense of passiveness ) it is under the pow- er , influence or action of no cause . And this implies , that ac- tion has no cause , and is ...
... action , that it is something wherein is no passion or passiveness ; that is ( according to their sense of passiveness ) it is under the pow- er , influence or action of no cause . And this implies , that ac- tion has no cause , and is ...
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... action be used in the like relative sense , then action and passion are only two contrary relations . And it is no absurdity to suppose , that contrary re- lations may belong to the same thing , at the same time , with respect to ...
... action be used in the like relative sense , then action and passion are only two contrary relations . And it is no absurdity to suppose , that contrary re- lations may belong to the same thing , at the same time , with respect to ...
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Jonathan Edwards Samuel Austin. · ily , and of choice , and the action be determined by their antecedent volition , it is no action or doing of theirs . Hence some metaphysicians have been led unwarily , but absurdly , to suppose the ...
Jonathan Edwards Samuel Austin. · ily , and of choice , and the action be determined by their antecedent volition , it is no action or doing of theirs . Hence some metaphysicians have been led unwarily , but absurdly , to suppose the ...
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