The Problem of Evil: An Introduction to the Practical SciencesLongmans, Green, 1887 - 281 páginas |
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... mean by a sentient being , we should probably say a being which feels . Feeling is one of the in- separable aspects of consciousness , of which knowledge and volition are commonly counted as the other two . A creature low down in the ...
... mean by a sentient being , we should probably say a being which feels . Feeling is one of the in- separable aspects of consciousness , of which knowledge and volition are commonly counted as the other two . A creature low down in the ...
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... means of determining that which is physically evil and that which is physically not evil . Sensations are either pleasurable , or painful , or indifferent . Pain is the index of physical evil . That which hurts me I esteem to be evil ...
... means of determining that which is physically evil and that which is physically not evil . Sensations are either pleasurable , or painful , or indifferent . Pain is the index of physical evil . That which hurts me I esteem to be evil ...
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... mean by the latter is , evil which is caused by wrongful or unrighteous volitions to do that which is known to be pain ... means and end of all the rest , and establishes its rule of right and wrong upon the basis of the general welfare ...
... mean by the latter is , evil which is caused by wrongful or unrighteous volitions to do that which is known to be pain ... means and end of all the rest , and establishes its rule of right and wrong upon the basis of the general welfare ...
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... means , or by the slow action of anaesthetics . In either of these cases pain gives no warning of approaching death . But in the normal and natural movement of the forces of evolution and dissolution it is an efficient monitor of danger ...
... means , or by the slow action of anaesthetics . In either of these cases pain gives no warning of approaching death . But in the normal and natural movement of the forces of evolution and dissolution it is an efficient monitor of danger ...
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... mean by the word evil that which we desire to avoid , ward off , escape from , prevent . The same thing is to be said of ... means of avoidance , the assumption being in such case that death will be a cessation of pain- Where the wicked ...
... mean by the word evil that which we desire to avoid , ward off , escape from , prevent . The same thing is to be said of ... means of avoidance , the assumption being in such case that death will be a cessation of pain- Where the wicked ...
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