This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1785 edition. Excerpt: ...excellent than what receives it. But we have already admitted, what cannot be denied, there is nothing more excellent than God: it is therefore manifest that he cannot derive this felicity from any thing without. But if this good is supposed to dwell in God, and to be of a different substance, it is ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1785 edition. Excerpt: ...excellent than what receives it. But we have already admitted, what cannot be denied, there is nothing more excellent than God: it is therefore manifest that he cannot derive this felicity from any thing without. But if this good is supposed to dwell in God, and to be of a different substance, it is inconceivable, allowing God to be the author of all things, what could have united these two substances that thus differ from one another. Besides, a thing which differs from another, cannot be the fame with that from which it is supposed to differ; consequently, what differs in essence from the supreme good, cannot be the supreme good: but it would be blasphemy thus to conceive of God; as it is manifest nothing can be more pure and perfect than that sovereign and independent Being. In fact, nothing can exist whose nature is better than its origin. We may therefore conclude, with absolute certainty, that the origin_of all thingsis reallyand substantially the supreme good.--Undoubtedly we may.--But did not you own, said she, that true felicity was the sovereign good?--I confess I did.--You must therefore also grant that God is that very felicity.--I can neither call in question, answered I, your principles, nor the consequence which you draw from them.--Let us now try, continued she, whether we cannot prove the fame thing more convincingly by considering it in this view, that two sovereign goods, different from one another, cannot exist. For of the good that differs, it is apparent one cannot be what the other is: therefore neither of them can be perfect, as the one wants the other. But if neither of them are perfect, it is evident that neither the one or the other is the sovereign good. As such goods cannot differ from one another; and we have before...
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