Hannah Adams, A Dictionary of All Religions and Religious Denominations… (1817)
“ The mind, or intellect, was formed of particles most subtle in their nature, and capable of the most rapid motion. The world is preserved by the same mechanical causes by which it was framed, and from the same causes it will at last be dissolved. ”
Hannah Adams, A Dictionary of All Religions and Religious Denominations… (1817)
“ He accounted for the formation of the world supposing that a finite number of that infinite multitude of atoms, which fills the immense space of the universe, falling fortuitously into the region of our world, were in consequence of their innate motion collected into one rude and indigested mass. All the various parts of nature were formed by those atoms, which were best fitted to produce them. ”
Hannah Adams, A Dictionary of All Religions and Religious Denominations… (1817)
“ He taught that man is to do every thing for his own sake; that is to make his own happiness his chief end, and do all in his power to secure and preserve it. He considered pleasure as the ultimate goal of mankind ”
