Freedom of the WillThe Floating Press, 2009 M01 1 - 270 pages What does it really mean to be possessed of free will? Why is this issue one of the most prominent points of divergence between the various Christian sects and traditions? In Freedom of the Will, leading thinker and theologian Jonathan Edwards offers a comprehensive take on this complex doctrine, addressing free will's relevance to Christianity and other religious faiths. |
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Page 48
... to love wickedness in general, and may render a man unable to take complacence in wicked persons or things; or to choose a wicked in preference to a virtuous life. And on the other hand, a great degree of habitual wickedness may 48.
... to love wickedness in general, and may render a man unable to take complacence in wicked persons or things; or to choose a wicked in preference to a virtuous life. And on the other hand, a great degree of habitual wickedness may 48.
Page 56
... virtuous or vicious, commendable or faulty. To moral Agency belongs a moral faculty, or sense of moral good and evil, or of such a thing as desert or worthiness, of praise or blame, reward or punishments; and a capacity which an Agent ...
... virtuous or vicious, commendable or faulty. To moral Agency belongs a moral faculty, or sense of moral good and evil, or of such a thing as desert or worthiness, of praise or blame, reward or punishments; and a capacity which an Agent ...
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... virtuous or meritorious. Fire that breaks out in a city, and consumes great part of it, is very mischievous in its operation; but is not a moral Agent: what it does is not faulty or sinful, or deserving of any punishment. The brute ...
... virtuous or meritorious. Fire that breaks out in a city, and consumes great part of it, is very mischievous in its operation; but is not a moral Agent: what it does is not faulty or sinful, or deserving of any punishment. The brute ...
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Contents
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Section XIII | 233 |
PART III | 239 |
Section I | 240 |
Section II | 247 |
Section III | 271 |
Section IV | 283 |
Section V | 301 |
Section VI | 315 |
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Section V | 96 |
Section VI | 103 |
Section VII | 116 |
Section VIII | 132 |
Section IX | 138 |
Section X | 151 |
Section XI | 176 |
Section XII | 209 |
Section VII | 329 |
PART IV | 340 |
Section I | 341 |
Section II | 352 |
Section III | 365 |
Section IV | 377 |
Section V | 391 |
Section VI | 404 |
Section VII | 410 |
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