 Edwards' opinion—Dr. Edwards on moral certainty—Physical necessity. WE sometimes hear it said, that if the will is directed by motives, if it is not a self-moving power, it is a mere machine. It is easy to use words without meaning. What is a machine...  A Review of President Day's Treatise on the Will - Side 14af Bennet Tyler - 1838 - 30 siderFuld visning - Om denne bog
 | Francis Lister Hawks, Caleb Sprague Henry, Joseph Green Cogswell - 1838 - 524 sider
...remark. President Day observes, " we sometimes hear it said, that if the will is directed by motives, if it is not a self-moving power, it is a mere machine....bodily motions ? Is it impelled by a mechanical force." (p. 129.) Does President Day imagine the expression, " the will is a machine," to be literal or metaphorical... | |
 | Jeremiah Day - 1838 - 212 sider
...certainty — Physical necessity. WE sometimes hear it said, that if the will is directed by motives, if it is not a self-moving power, it is a mere machine....bodily motions ? Is it impelled by a mechanical force ? Does a machine, like the mind in wil12 Resemblance to a machine. ling, act from choice ? Is it under... | |
 | Jeremiah Day - 1838 - 212 sider
...certainty—Physical necessity. WE sometimes hear it said, that if the will is directed by motives, if it is not a self-moving power, it is a mere machine....bodily motions ? Is it impelled by a mechanical force ? Does a machine, like the mind in wil12 Resemblance to a machine. ling, act from choice? Is it under... | |
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...remark. President Day observes, " we sometimes hear it said, that if the will is directed by motives, if it is not a self-moving power, it is a mere machine....having certain movements, and set in operation by a mateiial force. Has the will or its acts any of these properties ? Is it a material substance ? Has... | |
 | Caleb Sprague Henry, Joseph Green Cogswell - 1838 - 518 sider
...remark. President Day observes, "we sometimes hear it said, that if the will is directed by motives, if it is not a self-moving power, it is a mere machine....understood to be an instrument composed entirely of matter r having certain movements,and set in operation by a material force. Has the will or its acts any of... | |
 | Jeremiah Day - 1849 - 206 sider
...certainty—Physical necessity. WE sometimes hear it said, that if the will is directed by motives, if it is not a self-moving power, it is a mere machine....machine ? It is commonly understood to be an instrument entirely composed of matter, having certain movements, and set in operation by a material force. Has... | |
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