Lectures on Moral Science: Delivered Before the Lowell Institute, BostonGould and Lincoln, 1862 - 304 páginas |
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... object of Moral Philosophy . " Then followed such an examination of the constitution of man as I was able to make . This shows that the present lectures are but the carrying out of my original thought ; but that those lectures should ...
... object of Moral Philosophy . " Then followed such an examination of the constitution of man as I was able to make . This shows that the present lectures are but the carrying out of my original thought ; but that those lectures should ...
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... object to that now taken . - But whatever may be said of this central point , the Lectures have been much changed in other respects , and , as I hope , improved . Such as they are , with thankfulness that I am permitted to address so ...
... object to that now taken . - But whatever may be said of this central point , the Lectures have been much changed in other respects , and , as I hope , improved . Such as they are , with thankfulness that I am permitted to address so ...
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... objects and phenomena are not only without us , but are separated from us by inconceivable distances ; of the other , the phenomena are not only within us , but belong to that part of our nature which is special to us , and whose circle ...
... objects and phenomena are not only without us , but are separated from us by inconceivable distances ; of the other , the phenomena are not only within us , but belong to that part of our nature which is special to us , and whose circle ...
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... objects , the complexity of its phenomena , and from its inconceivable forces and velocities , there was con- nected with success here an excitement and sublimity which greatly heightened the purely scientific pleasure , and which ...
... objects , the complexity of its phenomena , and from its inconceivable forces and velocities , there was con- nected with success here an excitement and sublimity which greatly heightened the purely scientific pleasure , and which ...
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... object of his anger to himself for the purpose of observing it , the anger is gone . It cannot , therefore , be studied directly , as we study the objects of our senses , but only as it is remembered . This holds in all cases of violent ...
... object of his anger to himself for the purpose of observing it , the anger is gone . It cannot , therefore , be studied directly , as we study the objects of our senses , but only as it is remembered . This holds in all cases of violent ...
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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.