{"product_id":"2940015719017","title":"The System Of Nature, Volume 2","description":"CONTENTS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e      PART II.  Of the Divinity.--Proofs of his existence.--\u003cbr\u003e      Of his attributes.--Of his influence over the happiness of man.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAP. I.  The origin of man's ideas upon the Divinity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAP. II.  Of mythology.--Of theology\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAP. III.  Of the confused and contradictory ideas of theology.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAP. IV.  Examination of the proofs of the existence of the Divinity,\u003cbr\u003eas given by Clarke.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAP. V.  Examination of the proofs offered by Descartes, Malebranche,\u003cbr\u003eNewton, \u0026amp;c.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAP. VI.  Of Pantheism; or of the natural ideas of the Divinity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAP. VII.  Of Theism--Of the System of Optimism--Of Final Causes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAP. VIII.  Examination of the Advantages which result from Man's\u003cbr\u003eNotions on the Divinity;--of their Influence upon Morals;--upon\u003cbr\u003ePolitics;--upon Science;--upon the Happiness of Nations, and that\u003cbr\u003eof individuals.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAP. IX.  Theological Notions cannot be the Basis of Morality.--\u003cbr\u003eComparison between Theological Ethics and Natural Morality--\u003cbr\u003eTheology prejudicial to the Human Mind.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAP. X.  Man can form no Conclusion from the Ideas which are offered\u003cbr\u003ehim of the Divinity.--Of their want of just Inference.--Of the Inutility\u003cbr\u003eof his Conduct.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAP. XI  Defence of the Sentiments contained in this Work.--Of Impiety.--\u003cbr\u003eDo there exist Atheists?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAP. XII.  Is what is termed Atheism, compatible with Morality?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAP. XIII.  Of the motives which lead to what is falsely called Atheism.--\u003cbr\u003eCan this System be dangerous?--Can it be embraced by the Illiterate?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAP. XIV.  A summary of the Code of Nature.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA Brief Sketch of the Life and Writings of M. de Mirabaud\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMIRABAUD'S\u003cbr\u003eSYSTEM OF NATURE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTranslated from the Original\u003cbr\u003eBY SAMUEL WILKINSON\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     PART II.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     ON THE DIVINITY:--PROOFS OF HIS EXISTENCE:--OF HIS ATTRIBUTES:\u003cbr\u003e     OF HIS INFLUENCE OVER THE HAPPINESS OF MAN.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAP. I.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e_The Origin of Man's Ideas upon the Divinity._\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIf man possessed the courage, if he had the requisite industry to recur\u003cbr\u003eto the source of those opinions which are most deeply engraven on his\u003cbr\u003ebrain; if he rendered to himself a faithful account of the reasons which\u003cbr\u003emake him hold these opinions as sacred; if he coolly examined the basis\u003cbr\u003eof his hopes, the foundation of his fears, he would find that it very\u003cbr\u003efrequently happens, those objects, or those ideas which move him most\u003cbr\u003epowerfully, either have no real existence, or are words devoid of\u003cbr\u003emeaning, which terror has conjured up to explain some sudden disaster;\u003cbr\u003ethat they are often phantoms engendered by a disordered imagination,\u003cbr\u003emodified by ignorance; the effect of an ardent mind distracted by\u003cbr\u003econtending passions, which prevent him from either reasoning justly, or\u003cbr\u003econsulting experience in his judgment; that this mind often labours with\u003cbr\u003ea precipitancy that throws his intellectual faculties into confusion;\u003cbr\u003ethat bewilders his ideas; that consequently he gives a substance and a\u003cbr\u003eform to chimeras, to airy nothings, which he afterwards idolizes from\u003cbr\u003esloth, reverences from prejudice.","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47069681418480,"sku":"2940015719017","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940015719017","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}