. Outlines of natural theology for the use of the Canadian student [microform] : selected and arranged from the most authentic sources. Natural history; Natural theology; Sciences naturelles; Théologie naturelle. 112. meet and result in objective existence ; for reason unfolds to us not one force working in nature as sub- ordinate to another, but One Supreme Force, All- Powerful, Absolute Existence, originating and creat- ing forces which are objectivised, manifested in forms. Thus there may be a relationship between the several forces as there is in the several forms of matter, and yet by the
. Outlines of natural theology for the use of the Canadian student [microform] : selected and arranged from the most authentic sources. Natural history; Natural theology; Sciences naturelles; Théologie naturelle. 112. meet and result in objective existence ; for reason unfolds to us not one force working in nature as sub- ordinate to another, but One Supreme Force, All- Powerful, Absolute Existence, originating and creat- ing forces which are objectivised, manifested in forms. Thus there may be a relationship between the several forces as there is in the several forms of matter, and yet by the reason the understanding is corrected in its judgments, and it can be conceived that in the combination of forces is the origination of a new thing, even a distinct personality. It is, we apprehend, after this manner that we may admit a correlation between spirit and matter which does not involv". the notion of identity, and leads to a conception of the reality of spiritual existence supe- rior to, and differentiated from, matter, ^and yet which may be involved in or combined with matter as a special form or mode of existence. It is from this point of view that we are informed of the dis- tinctibility of matter, even under its present mode of existence; for although forces may and do change their modes of manifestation indefinitely, yet, after Cousin, we can conceive of the utter annihilation of matter by a suspension of the free-will of that All- Absolute Power which alone cannot cease to he Free Spontaneity, the Absolute under self-contained conditions. The same reason guides the judgment correctly, and informs it how spiritual existence must be in its forms differentiated, even to the. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Bovell, James, 1817-1880. [Toronto? : s. n. ]
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