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Natural Religion insufficient; and Reveal'd necessary to man's happiness ...: or, a Rational Enquiry into the principles of the modern Deists. Wherein ... the writings of ... Lord Herbert, ... to wit, his books De Veritate, Re Religione Gentilium, and his Religio Luici ... are ... answer'd: to which treatise are annex'd several essays upon other subjects. (Oratio inauguralis habita Andreapoli ... 1710, in qua ... examinatur ... Epistola Archimedis ad Regem Gelonem. ... A. Pitcarnio, M.P. ut vulgo creditur auctore.).

Thomas HALYBURTON

Published: 1714

Total Pages: 478


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