The True Intellectual System Of The Universe Vol 3 Of 3

Author : Ralph Cudworth
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781330413036
Total Pages : 706 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (13 download)

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Download or read book The True Intellectual System of the Universe, Vol. 3 of 3 written by Ralph Cudworth and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-06-26 with total page 706 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The True Intellectual System of the Universe, Vol. 3 of 3: Wherein All the Reason and Philosophy of Atheism Is Confuted, and Its Impossibility Demonstrated, With a Treatise Concerning Eternal and Immutable Morality We come now to the second head proposed, of miracles and effects supernatural. That there hath been something miraculous or above nature, sometimes done even among the Pagans (whether by good or evil spirits), appears not only from their own records, but also from the scripture itself. And it is well known, that they pretended (besides oracles) to miracles also, even after the times of Christianity; and that not only in Apollonius Tyanæus and Apuleius, but also in the Roman emperors themselves, as Vespasian and Adrian, but especially in the temple of Æsculapius; thus much appearing from that Greek table therein hung up at Rome, in which, amongst other things, this is recorded: "That a blind man being commanded by the oracle to kneel before the altar, and then passing from the right side thereof to the left, to lay five fingers upon the altar, and afterward lifting up his hand, to touch his eyes therewith; all this being done accordingly, he recovered his sight, the people all applauding; that great miracles were done under the emperor Antoninus," &c. But we have in the scripture an account of miracles, both greater in number, and of a higher nature; done especially by Moses, and our Saviour Christ and his apostles. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.