 | Richard Bentley - 1693 - 304 ページ
...fliall deny then that they have any Reafon or Senfe, if they be nothing but Matter. Omnipotence it felf cannot create cogitative Body. And 'tis not any imperfection...power of God, but an incapacity in the Subject: The Idea's of Matter and Thought are abfolutely incompatible. And this the Gtxrtejjans themfelves to allow.... | |
 | Richard Bentley - 1809 - 450 ページ
...or fenfe, if they be nothing but matter. Omnipotence itfelf cannot create cogitative body. And it is not any imperfection in the power of God, but an incapacity in the fubject. The ideas of matter and thought are abfolutely incompatible ; and this the Cartefians themfelves... | |
 | John Sheppard - 1837 - 358 ページ
...shall deny then, that they have any reason or sense, if they be nothing but matter. Omnipotence itself cannot create cogitative body. And 'tis not any imperfection...in the subject; the ideas of matter and thought are absolutely incompatible. And this the Cartesians do themselves allow. Do but convince them that brutes... | |
 | John Sheppard - 1837 - 358 ページ
...shall deny then, that they have any reason or sense, if they be nothing but matter. Omnipotence itself cannot create cogitative body. And 'tis not any imperfection...the subject ; the ideas of matter and thought are absolutely incompatible. And this the Cartesians do themselves allow. Do but convince them that brutes... | |
 | Richard Bentley - 1838 - 580 ページ
...shall deny then that they have any reason or sense, if they be nothing but matter. Omnipotence itself cannot create cogitative body. And 'tis not any imperfection...in the subject. The ideas of matter and thought are absolutely incompatible ; and this the Cartesians themselves do allow. Do but convince them that brutes... | |
 | Paul Russell - 2008 - 442 ページ
...shall deny then that they have any reason or sense, if they be nothing but matter. Omnipotence itself cannot create cogitative body. And 'tis not any imperfection in the power of God, but an incapacity in the subject.82 When Collins subsequently came to criticize Clarke's views on this subject, which were similar... | |
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Or, if brutes be supposed to be bare engines* and machines, I admire and adore the divine artifice and skill in such a wonderful contrivance. But I shall deny then that they have any reason or sense, if they be nothing but matter. Omnipotence itself cannot... 