Eternity is a negative idea clothed with a positive name.

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Eternity is a negative idea clothed with a positive name. It supposes in that to which it is applied a present existence, and is the negation of a beginning or of an end of that existence - William Paley

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English theologian and philosopher, 1743-1805

Born:1743

Author Keywords: Philosopher, Theologian, English

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