...deludes us. Ammig the other evidences of a future state, which Mr. Stewart mentions are the following. 1. The natural desire of immortality, and the anticipations of futurity inspired by hope. •2 The information we are rendered capable nf acquiring, concerning the more reremóle partsof Iheuuiverse...

...most obvious, and to the bulk of mankind one of the most striking, is the presumption arising from (1.) The natural desire of immortality, and the anticipations of futurity inspired by hope. These desires and anticipations are not to be confounded with the animal principle of self-preservation,...

...than that which is metaphysical. Under this head are ranked, first, the presumptions arising from " the natural desire of immortality, and the anticipations of futurity inspired by hope" ;f — the presumptions, I say, for these feelings surely cannot be considered as affording any positive...

...than that which is metaphysical. Under this head are ranked, first, the presumptions arising from " the natural desire of immortality, and the anticipations of futurity inspired by hope" ;f — the presumptions, I say, for these feelings surely cannot be considered as affording any positive...

...states without any illustration for believing the doctrine of a future state, are the following :— " 1 . The natural desire of immortality, and the anticipations...present state of things to the intellectual faculties of mail ; to IV. The authority of the ancients has more weight with me, either that of our own ancestors,...

...— " 1. The natural desire of immortality, and the anticipations of futurity i^pircd by hope. *' 'J. The natural apprehensions of the mind when under the influence of remorse. " X The exact accommodation of the condition of the lower animals to thc'irhislincts mid to their sensitive...

...obvious, and to the bulk of mankind one of the most striking, is the presumption arising from. — (1st,) The natural desire of immortality, and the anticipations of futurity inspired by hope. These desires and anticipations are not to be confounded with the animal principle of self-preservation,...

...states without any illustration for believing the doctrine of a future state, are the following: " 1. The natural desire of immortality, and the anticipations...exact accommodation of the condition of the lower onimnls to their instincts and to their sensitive powers, contrasted with the unsuitableness of the...

...Phosdrus, § 51-53, and in Cicero, Tus. Disp. I. 23, and Somn. Scip. 8, 9. 37 tions arising from " the natural desire of immortality, and the anticipations of futurity inspired by hope ; " — the presumptions, I say, for these feelings surely cannot be considered as affording any positive...

...states without any illustration for believing the doctrine of a future state, are the following:— " 1. The natural desire of immortality, and the anticipations...The natural apprehensions of the mind when under the iniluence of remorse. IV. The authority of the ancients has more weight with me, either that of our...