A Treatise on the Conduct of the UnderstandingS. Andrus, 1849 - 132 páginas |
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... forces him to ; and that they are arguments , and not inclination or fancy , that make him so confident and positive in his tenets . Now , if after all his profession , he cannot bear any opposition to his opinion , it ' he cannot so ...
... forces him to ; and that they are arguments , and not inclination or fancy , that make him so confident and positive in his tenets . Now , if after all his profession , he cannot bear any opposition to his opinion , it ' he cannot so ...
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... force of truth ; and yet nothing is more frequent than this . Men are fond of certain tenets upon no other evidence but respect and custom , and think they must maintain them , or all is gone ; though they have never examined the ground ...
... force of truth ; and yet nothing is more frequent than this . Men are fond of certain tenets upon no other evidence but respect and custom , and think they must maintain them , or all is gone ; though they have never examined the ground ...
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... force , and coherence of what is said ; and then , as far as we apprehend and see the connexion of ideas , so far it is ours ; without that , it is but so much loose matter floating in our brain . The memory may be stored , but the ...
... force , and coherence of what is said ; and then , as far as we apprehend and see the connexion of ideas , so far it is ours ; without that , it is but so much loose matter floating in our brain . The memory may be stored , but the ...
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... beyond its strength , like the body , strained by lifting at a weight too heavy , has often its force broken , and thereby gets an unaptness or an 、 aversion to any vigorous attempt ever after A sinew 80 OF THE CONDUCT.
... beyond its strength , like the body , strained by lifting at a weight too heavy , has often its force broken , and thereby gets an unaptness or an 、 aversion to any vigorous attempt ever after A sinew 80 OF THE CONDUCT.
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... force again on any subject that re- quires thought and meditation . The under- standing should be brought to the difficult and knotty parts of knowledge , that try the strength of thought , and a full bent of the mind by insensible ...
... force again on any subject that re- quires thought and meditation . The under- standing should be brought to the difficult and knotty parts of knowledge , that try the strength of thought , and a full bent of the mind by insensible ...
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Pasajes populares
Página 7 - Certainly it is heaven upon earth to have a man's mind move in charity, rest in providence, and turn upon the poles of truth.
Página 183 - Their chief use for delight is in privateness and retiring ; for ornament, is in discourse ; and for ability, is in the judgment and disposition of business.
Página 19 - Prosperity is the blessing of the Old Testament, adversity is the blessmg of the New, which carrieth the greater benediction, and the clearer revelation of God's favour. Yet even in the Old Testament, if you listen to David's harp, you shall hear as many hearselike airs as carols ; .and the pencil of the Holy Ghost hath laboured more in describing the afflictions of Job than the felicities of Solomon.
Página 92 - Surely every medicine is an innovation, and he that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils; for time is the greatest innovator ; and if time of course alter things to the worse, and wisdom and counsel shall not alter them to the better, what shall be the end...
Página 131 - I CANNOT call riches better than the baggage of virtue; the Roman word is better, "impedimenta;" for as the baggage is to an army, so is riches to virtue ; it cannot be spared nor left behind, but it hindereth the march; yea, and the care of it sometimes loseth or disturbeth the victory.
Página 6 - The first creature of God, in the works of the days, was the light of the sense; the last was the light of reason ; and his sabbath work, ever since, is the illumination of his Spirit.
Página 184 - Bowling is good for the stone and reins; shooting for the lungs and breast; gentle walking for the stomach; riding for the head; and the like. So if a man's wit be wandering, let him study the mathematics; for in demonstrations, if his wit be called away never so little, he must begin again: if his wit be not apt to distinguish or find differences, let him study the schoolmen; for they are cymini sectores...
Página 184 - 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. Some books also may be read by deputy, and extracts made of them by others; but that would be only in the less important arguments and the meaner sort of books; else distilled books are, like common distilled waters, flashy things.
Página 159 - There is no excellent beauty that hath not some strangeness in the proportion.
Página 37 - There is in man's nature a secret inclination and motion towards love of others, which, if it be not spent upon some one or a few, doth naturally spread itself towards many; and maketh men become humane and charitable ; as it is seen sometimes in friars. Nuptial love maketh mankind ; friendly love perfecteth it ; but wanton love corrupteth and embaseth it.