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... things . " But in a world where there are so many apparent discrepancies both natural and moral , he must be more happy who knows the arrangement of things into systems , and sees how all these systems go to make up one greater system ...
... things . " But in a world where there are so many apparent discrepancies both natural and moral , he must be more happy who knows the arrangement of things into systems , and sees how all these systems go to make up one greater system ...
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... things without being able to unravel their perplexities . From the place assigned to Moral Philosophy in the classification adopted in these lectures , an incidental consideration of the above harmonies seemed to be required . Hence it ...
... things without being able to unravel their perplexities . From the place assigned to Moral Philosophy in the classification adopted in these lectures , an incidental consideration of the above harmonies seemed to be required . Hence it ...
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... THINGS . GIVING AND RE- CEIVING . - RIGHTS OF GOVERNMENT . -LIBERTY AS RELATED TO RIGHTS . - DIFFERENT KINDS OF LIBERTY - NATURAL , CIVIL , POLITICAL ,. • 253 LECTURE XII . A FUTURE LIFE . ITS RELATION TO MORALITY . THE PHYSICAL ARGU ...
... THINGS . GIVING AND RE- CEIVING . - RIGHTS OF GOVERNMENT . -LIBERTY AS RELATED TO RIGHTS . - DIFFERENT KINDS OF LIBERTY - NATURAL , CIVIL , POLITICAL ,. • 253 LECTURE XII . A FUTURE LIFE . ITS RELATION TO MORALITY . THE PHYSICAL ARGU ...
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... thing observed , and that some of its states at least ( they say all ) are of such a charac- ter as to preclude examination at the moment they exist . Thus , when a man is thoroughly angry his whole thought is directed to the object of ...
... thing observed , and that some of its states at least ( they say all ) are of such a charac- ter as to preclude examination at the moment they exist . Thus , when a man is thoroughly angry his whole thought is directed to the object of ...
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... things covered by the same word ; and while the language re- mained in that state it was scarcely possible that much progress should be made in the science . But as thought was concentrated and analysis progressed , that which was DY ...
... things covered by the same word ; and while the language re- mained in that state it was scarcely possible that much progress should be made in the science . But as thought was concentrated and analysis progressed , that which was DY ...
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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.