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1817 Sept. 13
Not Paul
Ch Paul’s success―its causes
To the energy of his discourse, seconded by the / its / nonsensicalness of his discourses―oral and written taken together was Paul indebted for the success / successes / influence possessed and exercised / experienced by him in his life time: to the energy seconded by the nonsensicalness of his discourses viz of that part of them which in the shape of writing has reached these our times, is his name indebted in no small degree indebted for that body of influence, vast as it is, which it still continues to exercise: for the triumph it has obtained in / by / the having supplanted in / on / pretence of supporting the religion of Jesus.
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Title: [[Some marginal summary paras. on this folio]Description: [Some marginal summary paras. on this folio. This transcript is the material which is not marginal summary paras.] 1817 Sept. 14 Not Paul §. 1. For aptitude /judgment/ of style in antient writings the existing state of things is no improper object of reference. What would be unapt now was unapt then. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9 §. 2 Forms of inaptitude in style and intellectual weakness in discourse /argumentation/ 1. Obscurity in its highest degree nonsensicalness 2. Irrelevant argumentation 3. Irrelevant reference. Demonstration ex auctoritate ill-conducted. 4. Desultoriness then[?] consult[?] J.B. […?] qualities desirable in Style and Language. 10. 11. 12. 13. §. 3. By obscurity, inspiration may be disproved: and in Paul’s case […?] 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40. 41. 42. 43. 44. 45. 46. 47. 48. 49. 50. §. 4 Nonsense - its abundance in Paul’s discourses. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. §. Paul’s demonstrations ex auctoritate - their irrelevancy. 51. 52. 53. 54. 55. 56. 57. 58. 59. 60.
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Title: [[Around folios 1 to 19] Defence of]Description: [Around folios 1 to 19] Defence of Economy - II. ag t I. Burke Ch. 4 Concerning party men and their principles. [Around folios 1 to 13] Sextus for B. [Around folios 20 to 41] Ch. 9. Paul’s Style. I. Argument. §. 1. For judging of aptitude of style in antient discourses the existing state of things is no improper object of reference. What would be unapt now was unapt then. §. 2. Forms of inaptitude in style - Forms of intellectual weakness in argumentation: 1. Obscurity; - in its highest degree, Nonsensicalness: 2 Irrelevancy in argumentation; 3. Irrelevancy in reference - demonstration ex auctoritate ill conducted; 4. Desultoriness §. 3. By obscurity, inspiration may be disproved: and in Paul’s case, is. §. 4. Nonsense - its abundance in Paul’s discourses. §. 5. Paul’s demonstrations ex auctoritate - their irrelevancy. [verso] Ch. 8 2 o Paul’s Style. [Around folios 42 to 57] Ch. 6 I. Argument Paul’s Style §. Different forms of Nonsense observable in the discourses of S t Paul [Around folios 58 to 68] I. Argument 2 1 Style and Character [Around folios 69 to 85] I. Argument Ch Paul’s Character §. 1. All things to all men. §. 2. Falsified predictions. [Around folios 86 to 128] I. Argument Ch. 6 Of Quasi-Miracles, Visions, Quasi-Visions and Trances. [Around folios 133 to 140] I. Argument. Ch. 7 Natural causes of Paul’s Success. §. 1. Energy - how operating as a pledge of security it produces persuasion in favour of any discourse /doctrine/ howsoever absurd. §. 2. Nonsense - its advantage - it is refutation proof. §. 3. The success of a religion is no proof of its verity. §. 4. The more absurd a religion, the stronger the attachment to it. [Full folio wrapper around folios 141 to 214] [front cover] III Style. Character. III. Doctrine (exclusive of Asceticism. [spine] 1818. Not Paul. Style Character and Doctrine not concerning Asceticism. [Around folios 141 to 162] III. Doctrine Ch Paul’s Doctrines §. 1. Plan of this Chapter §. 2. Paul’s doctrine avowedly independent of that delivered to us as Jesus’s §. 2. Real object and design of Paul’s doctrines - his temporal advancement. §. 3. Doctrines more immediately subservient to that end 1. Magnification of faith: viz in the sense inculcated by him. §. 4. — 2. Depreciation of works: viz. in that Mosaic sense in which they were rivals to faith as above in the struggle for salvation §. 5. Doctrines less immediately and forcibly subservient: 1. Mysticism. 2. Asceticism [Around folios 163 to 172] Not Paul III. Doctrine § Mysticism on the commemoration of the death of Jesus. [verso] Not Paul Ch. Conclusion. [Around folios 173 to 186] III. Doctrine. Ch. III. Faith - its alledged necessity to salvation - alledged duty of possessing it. [Around folios 187 to 199] Ch. 9. Paul’s Doctrine Ch. or §. Causes of Paul’s asceticism §. 1. Cause I. In all other pursuits he beheld rivals to that he preached: the greater the pleasure, the more formidable the rivalry §. 2. II Cause II. Notion he found prevalent - heaven not to be purchased but by sacrifices: the greater the sacrifice, the surer the purchase. §. 3. Paul’s arguments in support of asceticism - their absurdity. §. 4. By his anxiety to obtain female married converts, Paul is led into repugnancy to Jesus [Around folio 208] III. Doctrine. excepting Asceticism. [Around folios 209 to 211] Not Paul III Doctrine §. 1. Faith - Paul’s meaning by it. Faith in him, or to his use [Around folios 212 to 214] III. Doctrine. Ch. 10 Ch. 10 Mischievous Doctrines, deduced from Paul but unwarrantably
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Title: [1817 Sept. 8. Not Paul Ch Paul]Description: 1817 Sept. 8. Not Paul Ch Paul’s success―its causes This being the case / Under these circumstances / In this state of things //, which it is by the appearance of intensity of persuasion in one mind that in another mind the reality of it is produced, it is by the nonsensicality of the proposition that the persuasion is protected―effectually protected against all danger of being removed or so much as shaken. By energy it is created, by nonsense it is preserved.
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