A Dissertation on Liberty and Necessity, Pleasure and Pain:

A reproduction of the philosophical pamphlet by Benjamin Franklin, written in response to The Religion of Nature Delineated. It argues that an omnipotent, benevolent God is incompatible with the human notions of free will and morality. He goes on to say that humans and animals are equal in God'...

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Main Author: Franklin, Benjamin (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY Columbia University Press [1930]
Series:The Facsimile Text Society. Series I: Literature and Language 5
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Summary:A reproduction of the philosophical pamphlet by Benjamin Franklin, written in response to The Religion of Nature Delineated. It argues that an omnipotent, benevolent God is incompatible with the human notions of free will and morality. He goes on to say that humans and animals are equal in God's eyes, an agreement that years later he refuted publicly
Item Description:Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 30. Apr 2019)
Physical Description:1 online resource
ISBN:9780231876933
DOI:10.7312/fran90076

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