...each other, and no meaning remains. All metaphysical impossibilities can be reduced to the formula, that it is impossible for the same thing to be and not to be at the same moment, as this would be an absurdity, — that is, an absurd or meaningless statement. Thus, virtue...

...he who says, no, thinks yes is a mistake. This is only an application of the well-known principle, that it is impossible for the same thing to be and not to be at the same time. But, we shall be asked, What do you mean when you use these words, ' to respect opinions ?' is it always...

...the body is impos-/ sible, no more includes a negation of the Divine Omnipotence,', than to affirm that it is impossible for the same thing to be and \ not to be at the same time. On the other hand, they who I maintain such resurrection to be possible, in reality affirm it to /...

...without any effort of the mind, we can predicate their agreement or disagreement ; as when we assert that " It is impossible for the same thing to be and not to be at the same time," it is evident that, if we fully understand the signification of the terms, we can, at a glance, perceive...

...mankind." Evil is necessarily incidental to every probationary system. Until we upset the axiom, "• That it is impossible for the same thing to be and not to be at the same time," it is no derogation from Omnipotence to say, that it could not do things so contradictory as to convert...

...and he who says no, thinks yes is a mistake. This is only an application of the well-known principle, that it is impossible for the same thing to be and not to be at the same time. But, we shall be asked, what do you mean when you use these words ' to respect opinions f ' is it always...

...each other, and no meaning remains. All metaphysical impossibilities can be reduced to the formula, that it is impossible for the same thing to be and not to be at. the same moment, as this would be an absurdity, — that is, an absurd or meaningless statement. Thus, virtue...

...resurrection of the body is impossible, no more includes a negation of the Divine Omnipotence, than to affirm that it is impossible for the same thing to be and not to be at the same time. On the other hand, they who maintain such resurrection to be possible, in reality affirm it to be possible...

...not exist; but this is not because we have consciously before us the principle of contradiction, ' that it is impossible for the same thing to be and not to be at the same time.' It will be shown forthwith that we arrive reflexly at a knowledge of the intuitive principle, which...

...because they were after or beyond physics. The first principle he laid down in reference to being was that it is impossible for the same thing to be and not to be at the same time and in the same respect. Being either exists by itself, or its existence is by accident. Of the latter...