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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.1824 Excerpt: ... norants of its existence, they have quickly learned its uses on seeing it made use of by others.: but though many of the brute creatures are delighted with warmth, and have opportunities every day of seeing how fire is supplied with rue, and by that means preserved, it never was known that one of them attempted to preserve a fire by this means. This shows a strange defect of rationality, unaccountable upon any other supposition than that the soul or sentient principle of brutes is some how or other inferior in its nature to that of man; but still it is a sentient principle, capable of perceptions as-quick, and in many instances much more so than our own. Father Bougeant supports his opinion of the spirits of brute creatures being devils in the following manner: Having proved atlarge that beasts naturally have understanding, " Reason (says he) naturally inclines us to believe that beasts have a spiritual soul; and the only thing that opposes this sentiment is, the consequences that mi jht be inferred from it. If brutes have a soul, that that soul must be either matter or spirit; it must be one of the two, and yet you dare affirm neither. You dare not say it is matter, because you must then necessarily suppose matter to be capable of thinking; nor will you say that it is spirit, this opinion bringing with it consequences contrary to the principles of religion; and this, among others, that man would differ from beasts only by the degrees of plus and minus, more and less which would demolish the very foundation of all religion. Therefore, if I can elude all these consequences; if I can assign to beasts a spiritual soul, without striking at the doctrines of religion; it is evident, that my system, being the most agreeable to reason, is the only warrantable hypot...
| ISBN-13 | 9780217870085 |
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| ISBN-10 | 0217870082 |
| Weight | 0.26 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.17 In |
| List Price | $14.14 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 70 pages |
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| Published On | 2009-12-01 |
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