...Philo, with an air of alacrity and triumph, mark the consequences. First, by this method of reasoning, you renounce all claim to infinity in any of the attributes of the Deity. For, as the cause ought only to be proportioned to the effect, and the effect, so far as it falls under our cognisance,...

...tangential points. 1 . Infinity: By using the principle of causal analogy, Philo holds, Cleanthes must "renounce all claim to infinity in any of the attributes of the Deity."7 This is because the cause can only be like the effect, and the effects we observe are finite...

...Philo, with an air of alacrity and triumph, mark the consequences. First, by this method of reasoning, you renounce all claim to infinity in any of the attributes of the Deity. For as the cause ought only to be proportioned to the effect, and the effect, so far as it falls under our cognizance,...

...better." With an air of triumph, Philo now calls upon Cleanthes to mark the consequences. First, . . . you renounce all claim to infinity in any of the attributes of the Deity. For as the cause ought only to be proportioned to the effect, and the effect, so far as it falls under our cognisance,...

...Cleanthes' analogical reasoning imposes strict limits on what can be known about God. It precludes 'all claim to infinity in any of the attributes of the Deity', because cause must be in proportion to effect, and what we know of the effect is not infinite (p. 35)....

...Philo, with an air of alacrity and triumph, mark the consequences. First. By this method of reasoning, you renounce all claim to infinity in any of the attributes of the deity. For as the cause ought only to be proportioned to the effect, and the effect, so far as it falls under our cognizance,...