 Men suffer all their life long under the foolish superstition that they can be cheated. But it is as impossible for a man to be cheated by any one but himself as for a thing to be, and not to be, at the same time.  Lion - Σελίδα 1701828Πλήρης προβολή - Σχετικά με αυτό το βιβλίο
 | Robert Shaw (of Whitburn.) - 1847 - 372 σελίδες
...imperfection in his power. He cannot do what involves a contradiction ; for instance, he cannot make a thing to be, and not to be, at the same time; he cannot do what is repugnant to his nature, or his essential perfections; he cannot deny himself,... | |
 | John Humphrey Noyes - 1847 - 518 σελίδες
...the decision of common sense that to create something out of nothing, is as impossible as to cause a thing to be and not to be at the same time. It is no disparagement of the power of God to say that he cannot make something out of nothing ; for... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 384 σελίδες
...they can be cheated. But it is as impossible for a man to be cheated by any one but himself, as for a thing to be, and not to be, at the same time. There is a third silent party to all our bargains. The nature and soul of things takes on itself the... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 400 σελίδες
...they can be cheated. But it is as impossible for a man to be cheated by any one but himself, as for a thing to be, and not to be, at the same time. There is a third silent party to all our bargains. The nature and soul of things takes on itself the... | |
 | Samuel Noble - 1848 - 516 σελίδες
...was the fashion of old, it is known there are some things impossible even to him. He cannot ordain a thing to be and not to be at the same time. It is reasonable to suppose, that he could not, without permitting pain and evil to a certain extent,... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1849 - 270 σελίδες
...they can be cheated. But it is as impossible for a man to be cheated by any one but himself, as for a thing to be, and not to be, at the same time. There is a third silent party to all our bargains. The nature and soul of things takes on itself the... | |
 | Thomas Chalmers - 1849 - 542 σελίδες
...rectilineal triangle amount to more or less than two right angles ; or that nowhere is it possible for a thing to be and not to be at the same time ; or finally, that nowhere could three individuals make up a unity which shall be the same in all respects... | |
 | George Campbell - 1849 - 472 σελίδες
...conscious, my conviction is reducible to this axiom, or coincident with it, " It is impossible for a thing to be and not to be at the same time." Now when I say, I trust entirely to the clear report of my memory, I mean a good deal more than, "... | |
 | Ralph Waldo [essays] Emerson - 1849 - 270 σελίδες
...they can be cheated. But it is as impossible for a man to be cheated by any one but himself, as for a thing to be, and not to be, at the same time. There is a third silent party to all our bargains. The nature and soul of things takes on itself the... | |
 | Henry Augustus Rowland - 1850 - 320 σελίδες
...and then destroy it ; but he cannot create a world and not create it at the same time. He cannot make a thing to be and not to be at the same time ; he cannot make two and two five ; nor a triangle and circle of the same linear shape, because these... | |
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