...arguments. But it is clear that he could, for he is " all powerful," by which I do not mean that he can cause a thing to be and not to be at the same time ; but, that he is " alt the power that is in the universe, AND NO MORE ; and it would be difficult to conceive how...

...said to be. If then we construe this literally, we make out a direct contradiction to facts. We make a thing to be and not to be, at the same time; we make out a broken body before it was broken, and blood poured out before it was poured out. All...

...maxim, or axiom, as it may be called ; — for surely it is as self-evident as that it is impossible for a thing to be and not to be at the same time, or that the whole is greater than the parts, — " Quod nullibi est, nan est, — what exists nowhere...

...why is it a self-contradiction, or an impossibility ? " It is impossible," said M. Leibnitz, " for a thing to be and not to be at the same time." This impossibility I admit ; because to assert the contrary, would imply a self-contradiction absolute...

...be true — that is, cannot coexist in nature," — in a propositive form, that it is impossible for a thing to be and not to be at the same time. And, how does he know this impossibility ? Only, we presume, because he cannot conceive a thing to...

...they can be cheated. But it is as impossible for a man to be cheated by any one but himself, as for a thing to be and not to be at the same time. There is a third silent party to all our bargains. The nature and soul of things takes upon itself...

...itself absolutely impossible, but what implies a contradiction ; and though it be contradictious for a thing to be, and not to be, at the same time ; yet is there no manner of contradiction at all in this, for any imperfect contingent being, which...

...itself absolutely impossible, but what implies a contradiction ; and though it be contradictious for a thing to be, and not to be, at the same time ; yet is there no manner of contradiction at all in this, for any imperfect contingent being, which...

...any particular place — cannot change. He can create innumerable worlds with a word, but cannot make a thing to be and not to be at the same time. He might change a mouse into an elephant ; but then the elephant so formed would not be a mouse. When...

...nature involves a selfevident contradiction. Thus, the omnipotence of God, cannot in the same sense, cause a thing to be, and not to be, at the same moment, and in the same place. This is a physical impossibility. And again, God cannot be unholy, unjust,...