More by Joseph Priestley
Most of the early Christian writers thought the text "I and my Father are one," was to be understood of an unity or harmony of disposition only.
An History of the Corruptions of Christianity (1782)
Great as Bacon was, he was far from being free from the mistakes and prejudices of those who went before him.
The History and Present State of Discoveries Relating to Vision, Light, and Colours (1772)
When we say there is a GOD, we mean that there is an intelligent designing cause of what we see in the world around us, and a being who was himself uncaused.
Institutes of Natural and Revealed Religion (1772)
The mind of man can never be wholly barren. Through our whole lives we are subject to successive impressions; for, either new ideas are continually flowing in, or traces of the old ones are marked deeper.
Institutes of Natural and Revealed Religion (1772)
We, who only learn from history that crucifixion was a kind of death to which slaves and the vilest of malefactors were exposed, can but very imperfectly enter into their prejudices, so as to feel what they must have done with respect to it.
An History of the Corruptions of Christianity (1782)
It may, perhaps, be true, though we cannot distinctly see it to be so, that as all finite things require a cause, infinites admit of none.
Institutes of Natural and Revealed Religion (1772)
Could that great man revisit the earth, and view the experiments of the present race of electricians, he would be no less amazed than Roger Bacon, or Sir Francis, would have been at his.
The History and Present State of Electricity (1767)
Respect a parliamentary king, and chearfully pay all parliamentary taxes; but have nothing to do with a parliamentary religion, or a parliamentary God.
Religious rights, and religious liberty, are things of inestimable value.
Institutes of Natural and Revealed Religion (1772)
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