TAILIEUCHUNG - Title: An Examination of President Edwards

I ENTERED upon an examination of the "Inquiry" of President Edwards, not with a view to find any fallacy therein, but simply with a desire to ascertain the truth for myself. If I have come to the conclusion, that the whole scheme of moral necessity which Edwards has laboured to establish, is founded in error and delusion; this has not been because I came to the examination of his work with any preconceived opinion. In coming to this conclusion I have disputed every inch of the ground with myself, as firmly and as resolutely as I could have done with an adversary. The result has. | An Examination of President Edwards by Albert Bledsoe 1 jpysgl KJ An Examination of President Edwards by Albert Bledsoe The Project Gutenberg EBook of An Examination of President Edwards Inquiry into the Freedom of the Will by Albert Bledsoe This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at Title An Examination of President Edwards Inquiry into the Freedom of the Will Author Albert Bledsoe Release Date April 12 2011 EBook 35839 Language English Character set encoding ASCII START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK FREEDOM OF THE WILL Produced by Keith G Richardson EXAMINATION OF An Examination of President Edwards by Albert Bledsoe 2 EDWARDS ON THE WILL. AN EXAMINATION OF PRESIDENT EDWARDS INQUIRY INTO THE FREEDOM OF THE WILL. BY ALBERT TAYLOR BLEDSOE. Man as the minister and interpreter of nature does and understands as much as his observations on the order of nature either with regard to things or the mind permit him and neither knows more nor is capable of more. --Novum Organum. PHILADELPHIA H. HOOKER 16 SOUTH SEVENTH STREET. 1845. ENTERED according to act of Congress in the year 1845 by H. HOOKER in the clerk s office of the District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. King Baird Printers 9 George St. TO THE REV. WILLIAM SPARROW D. D. AS A TOKEN OF ADMIRATION FOR HIS GENIUS AND AFFECTIONATE REGARD FOR HIS VIRTUES This little Volume IS RESPECTFULLY INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR. CONTENTS. INTRODUCTORY REMARKS An Examination of President Edwards by Albert Bledsoe 3 SECTION I. OF THE POINT IN CONTROVERSY SECTION II. OF EDWARDS USE OF THE TERM CAUSE SECTION III. THE INQUIRY INVOLVED IN A VICIOUS CIRCLE SECTION IV. VOLITION NOT AN EFFECT SECTION V. OF THE CONSEQUENCES OF REGARDING VOLITION AS AN EFFECT SECTION VI. OF THE MAXIM THAT EVERY EFFECT MUST HAVE A CAUSE SECTION

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• Albert Bledsoe
• history
• votition
• controversy
• President Edwards
• vicious circle