Lectures on Moral Science: Delivered Before the Lowell Institute, BostonGould and Lincoln, 1862 - 304 páginas |
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... never greater . Thus situated , it is an encouragement to think of the seas of doubt through which astronomy has waded . We remember that the perplexities of its votaries were once as great as ours can be now , and hope for a similar ...
... never greater . Thus situated , it is an encouragement to think of the seas of doubt through which astronomy has waded . We remember that the perplexities of its votaries were once as great as ours can be now , and hope for a similar ...
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... never deal with his present , but only with his past self . The moment his attention should be so far called to himself as to inquire whether he was angry , his anger must cease ; and the REASONS FOR ITS SLOWER PROGRESS . 21 prophet of ...
... never deal with his present , but only with his past self . The moment his attention should be so far called to himself as to inquire whether he was angry , his anger must cease ; and the REASONS FOR ITS SLOWER PROGRESS . 21 prophet of ...
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... never have been heard of as a philosophical skeptic . The mind of Hume had in perfection the acuteness of the skeptic , which enabled him to see defects , and so to destroy , but had not the comprehensiveness needed for construction ...
... never have been heard of as a philosophical skeptic . The mind of Hume had in perfection the acuteness of the skeptic , which enabled him to see defects , and so to destroy , but had not the comprehensiveness needed for construction ...
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... never be sure that our impressions are alike . “ What , ” said a master to his man who had refused to do his bidding on the ground of conscience , " what do you mean by conscience ? " " It is , " said he , " something in here that says ...
... never be sure that our impressions are alike . “ What , ” said a master to his man who had refused to do his bidding on the ground of conscience , " what do you mean by conscience ? " " It is , " said he , " something in here that says ...
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... end ; and we are never satisfied with a knowledge of structure without that of the end . The perfection of a work of design must consist in its morals = purposes = vice THE CONSIDERATION OF ENDS . 40 LECTURES ON MORAL SCIENCE .
... end ; and we are never satisfied with a knowledge of structure without that of the end . The perfection of a work of design must consist in its morals = purposes = vice THE CONSIDERATION OF ENDS . 40 LECTURES ON MORAL SCIENCE .
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Lectures on Moral Science: Delivered Before the Lowell Institute, Boston Mark Hopkins Visualização integral - 1865 |
Lectures on Moral Science: Delivered Before the Lowell Institute, Boston Mark Hopkins Visualização integral - 1862 |
Lectures on Moral Science: Delivered Before the Lowell Institute, Boston Mark Hopkins Visualização integral - 1862 |
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according action affirmation animal appetites approbation astronomy attainment beauty become benevolence blessedness body called character chemical affinity choice choose conception condition connection conscience consciousness constitution distinction dition duty element enjoyment evil faculties faith feeling force form of activity give given glory happiness harmony Hence higher highest holiness human idea inalienable indicate individual instinct intellect involved lecture liberty light lower means ment mind moral act moral affections moral character moral constitution moral nature moral philosophy moral quality moral reason moral science natural affections natural law natural right nature of things ness object obligation original ourselves parent particles perfect person philosophical skeptic pleasure principle question rational reach reference regard relation respect selfishness sense simply society sphere subordinate suppose supreme end tendency things thought tion true end truth ultimate end ural virtue virtuous volition whole wholly WILLIAMS COLLEGE wrong
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Página 121 - Allowing him a breath, a little scene, To monarchize, be fear'd and kill with looks, Infusing him with self and vain conceit, As if this flesh which walls about our life Were brass impregnable, and humour'd thus Comes at the last and with a little pin Bores through his castle wall, and farewell king...
Página 291 - Here will I hold. If there's a power above us (And that there is, all Nature cries aloud Through all her works), he must delight in virtue ; And that which he delights in must be happy.
Página 121 - The needy traveller, serene and gay, Walks the wild heath, and sings his toil away : Does envy seize thee ? crush th...
Página 121 - All murder'd: for within the hollow crown That rounds the mortal temples of a king Keeps Death his court, and there the antic sits, Scoffing his state and grinning at his pomp...
Página 121 - And that small model of the barren earth Which serves as paste and cover to our bones. For God's sake, let us sit upon the ground And tell sad stories of the death of kings...
Página 66 - He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity.
Página 200 - Honor and wealth, with all his worth and pains ! It seems a story from the world of spirits When any man obtains that which he merits, Or any merits that which he obtains.
Página 85 - Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times ; and the turtle, and the crane, and the swallow, observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the judgment of the LORD.
Página 170 - The will, and the affections of the soul, are not two faculties; the affections are not essentially distinct from the will, nor do they differ from the mere actings of the will, and inclination of the soul, but only in the liveliness and sensibleness of exercise.
Página 203 - Greatness and goodness are not means, but ends ! Hath he not always treasures, always friends, The good great man ? Three treasures, love, and light, And calm thoughts regular as infant's breath : And three firm friends, more sure than day and night, Himself, his Maker, and the angel Death.