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or first Cause, whilest it is an even Question, whether an Eternal succession of things be so much as possible? And besides all this, Aristotle himself (who is supposed to be the great Patron of this Opinion of the Eternity of the World) doth elsewhere in several places of his works, own it as one of the greatest absurdities that can be, to assert an infinite progress of Causes, and says, that it is unworthy of a Philosopher to resolve any thing this way, |
or First Cause, whilst it is an even Question, whither an Eternal succession of things be so much as possible? And beside all this, Aristotle himself (who is supposed to be the great Patron of this Opinion of the Eternity of the World) does elsewhere in several places of his works, own it as one of the greatest absurdities that can be, to assert an infinite progress of Causes, and Says, that it is unworthy of a Philosopher to resolve any thing this Way, |
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