Elements of Moral Science, Volumen1Mundell, Doig, and Stevenson, 1807 - 408 páginas |
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... ourselves in action . CHAPTER I. THE PERCEPTIVE FACULTIES . 10. THESE may perhaps be reduced to nine . 1 . External sensation , by which we acquire the know- ledge of bodies and their qualities . 2. Conscious- ness , by which we attend ...
... ourselves in action . CHAPTER I. THE PERCEPTIVE FACULTIES . 10. THESE may perhaps be reduced to nine . 1 . External sensation , by which we acquire the know- ledge of bodies and their qualities . 2. Conscious- ness , by which we attend ...
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... ourselves exist ; nor is it necessary that we should for the thing is self - evident , and the constitution of our nature makes it impossible for us to entertain any doubt concerning this matter . 104. It would be a task equally tedious ...
... ourselves exist ; nor is it necessary that we should for the thing is self - evident , and the constitution of our nature makes it impossible for us to entertain any doubt concerning this matter . 104. It would be a task equally tedious ...
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... ourselves , and of infe- riority in that which we compare with ourselves as we are at present . This resolves laughter into pride . But nothing is more absurd . Proud men are more remarkable for gravity than for laughter ; and laughter ...
... ourselves , and of infe- riority in that which we compare with ourselves as we are at present . This resolves laughter into pride . But nothing is more absurd . Proud men are more remarkable for gravity than for laughter ; and laughter ...
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... ourselves agreeable to those with whom we associate , especially to the wise and good . This , however , we shall not be able to do , unless we take pains to regulate all our passions , and bring them down to that level , on which they ...
... ourselves agreeable to those with whom we associate , especially to the wise and good . This , however , we shall not be able to do , unless we take pains to regulate all our passions , and bring them down to that level , on which they ...
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... ourselves should suffer if we were in his situation , with the same habits and of reflection which we have at present . powers 220. Our fellow - feeling is never thoroughly roused , till we know something of the nature and cause of that ...
... ourselves should suffer if we were in his situation , with the same habits and of reflection which we have at present . powers 220. Our fellow - feeling is never thoroughly roused , till we know something of the nature and cause of that ...
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Página 71 - Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested; that is, some books are to be read only in parts; others to be read, but not curiously; .and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention.
Página 231 - Mirth is like a flash of lightning, that breaks through a gloom of clouds, and glitters for a moment ; cheerfulness keeps up a kind of daylight in the mind, and fills it with a steady and perpetual serenity.
Página 119 - The sun had long since, in the lap Of Thetis, taken out his nap, And, like a lobster boil'd, the morn From black to red began to turn...
Página 295 - The sentiments enforced are so transcendently beautiful, that they never can be out of place or season, wherever they may be found. In his second chapter of Natural Theology, speaking of the Divine attributes, he says: "Revelation gives such a display of the Divine goodness, as must fill us with the most ardent gratitude and adoration. For...
Página 105 - That which in the smallest compass exhibits the greatest variety of beauty, is a fine human face. The features are of various sizes and forms; the corresponding ones exactly uniform; and each has that shape, size, position, and proportion, which is most convenient. Here too is the greatest beauty of colors, which are blended, varied, and disposed with marvellous delicacy. But the chief beauty of the countenance arises from its expression, of sagacity, good-nature, cheerfulness, modesty, and other...
Página 296 - to think, that a Being infinitely good, must also be of infinite mercy : but " still the purity and justice of God must convey the most alarming thoughts " to those who know themselves to have been, in instances without number,
Página 306 - God had given about it to the ancient church, it may with the strictest propriety be said, " that life and immortality have been brought to light by the gospel.
Página 396 - Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do unto you, do you even so to them.
Página 295 - Revelation gives such a display of " the divine goodness, as must fill us with the most ardent gra" titude and adoration. For in it we find, that God has put it " in our power, notwithstanding our degeneracy and unworthi" ness, to be happy both in this world and for ever ; a hope " which reason alone could never have permitted us to entertain " on any ground of certainty. And here we may repeat what " was already hinted at, that although the right use of rea...
Página 352 - To virtue, therefore, which is the right exercise of our moral powers, the character of man's chief good does belong: which will appear still more evident when we consider, that the hope of future felicity is the chief consolation of the present life, and that the virtuous alone can reasonably entertain that hope. As, on the other hand, vice, in the most prosperous condition, is subject to the pangs of a guilty conscience, and to the dreadful anticipation of future punishment; which are sufficient...