 | New Church gen. confer - 1868 - 602 pages
...of the Infinite. How can the Infinite become that which it was not from the first ? If causation be a possible mode of existence, that which exists without...to the alternative of Pantheism, which pronounces tn$ Iffo'ct to be a, mere appearance, and merges all existence in a cause, and all things are merely... | |
 | 1859 - 598 pages
...and the same being 1 A Cause cannot, as such, be absolute ; the Absolute cannot, as such, be a cause. The cause, as such, exists only in relation to its...alternative of pantheism, which pronounces the effect to be mere appearance, and merges all real existence in the cause. The validity of this alternative will... | |
 | Great Britain - 1859 - 584 pages
...the third conception, that of the Infinite. How can the Infinite become that which it was not froin the first 1 If causation is a possible mode of existence,...alternative of pantheism, which pronounces the effect to be mere appearance, and merges all real existence in the cause. The validity of this alternative will... | |
 | Henry Longueville Mansel - Rationalism - 1859 - 378 pages
...conception, that of the Infinite. How can the Infinite become that which it was not from the first? If Causation is a possible mode of existence, that...alternative of Pantheism, which pronounces the effect to be mere appearance, and merges all real existence in the cause.<23) The validity of this alternative... | |
 | England - 1859 - 826 pages
...that which it was not from the first! If Causation in a possible mode of existence, tlmt which i v.-i- without causing is not infinite; that which becomes...has passed beyond its former limits. Creation at any moment of time being thus inconceivable, th^ philosopher is reduced to the alternative of Pantheism,... | |
 | John Kitto - Bible - 1859 - 472 pages
...absolute exists first by itself and then as a cause, is to contradict the conception of the infinite. If causation is a possible mode of existence, that which exists without causing is not infinite ; creation at any particular instant is inconceivable, and the philosopher is reduced to the alternative... | |
 | John Kitto - Bible - 1859 - 474 pages
...absolute exists first by itself and then as a cause, is to contradict the conception of the infinite. If causation is a possible mode of existence, that which exists without causing is not infinite; creation at any particular instant is inconceivable, and the philosopher is reduced to the alternative... | |
 | Scotland - 1859 - 1036 pages
...Infinite. How can the Infinite hecome that which it was not from the first? If Causation is a possihle mode of existence, that which exists without causing is not infinite; that which hecomes a cause has passed heyond its former limits. Creation at any moment of time heing thus inconceivahle,... | |
 | Henry Longueville Mansel - Rationalism - 1859 - 376 pages
...conception, that of the Infinite. How can the Infinite become that which it was not from the first ? If Causation is a possible mode of existence, that which exists without causing,,is not infinite ; that which becomes a cause has passed beyond its 32 INCONCEIVABILITY OF... | |
 | Henry Longueville Mansel - 1860 - 389 pages
...conception, that of the Infinite. How can the Infinite become that which it was not from the first? If Causation is a possible mode of existence, that...alternative of Pantheism, which pronounces the effect to be mere appearance, and merges all real existence in the cause. <23) The validity of this alternative... | |
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... attempt to escape from this apparent contradiction, by introducing the idea of succession in time. The Absolute exists first by itself, and afterwards becomes a Cause, But here we are checked by the third conception, that of the Infinite. How can... 
