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NL888 Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
Failed to understand the meaning of "as much"
Context:
"But with regard to the material world, we can at least go so far as this-- we can perceive that events are brought about not by insulated interpositions of Divine power, exerted in each particular case, but by the establishment of general laws."
--Whewell: "Bridgewater Treatise".
"The only distinct meaning of the word 'natural' is STATED, FIXED or SETTLED; since what is natural as much requires and presupposes an intelligent agent to render it so, i.e., to effect it continually or at stated times, as what is supernatural or miraculous does to effect it for once."
Butler: "Analogy of Revealed Religion"
"But with regard to the material world, we can at least go so far as this-- we can perceive that events are brought about not by insulated interpositions of Divine power, exerted in each particular case, but by the establishment of general laws."
--Whewell: "Bridgewater Treatise".
"The only distinct meaning of the word 'natural' is STATED, FIXED or SETTLED; since what is natural as much requires and presupposes an intelligent agent to render it so, i.e., to effect it continually or at stated times, as what is supernatural or miraculous does to effect it for once."
Butler: "Analogy of Revealed Religion"
Top answer
"as much" goes with the later "as". e. the requirement/presupposition is as great in the former case as the latter.
- "as much" goes with the later "as".
- e.
- the requirement/presupposition is as great in the former case as the latter.
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"as much" goes with the later "as".
what is natural requires and presupposes an intelligent agent to render it so as much as what is supernatural or miraculous does to effect it for once
i.e. the requirement/presupposition is as great in the former case as the latter.
what is natural requires and presupposes an intelligent agent to render it so as much as what is supernatural or miraculous does to effect it for once
i.e. the requirement/presupposition is as great in the former case as the latter.
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