Lectures on Moral Science: Delivered Before the Lowell Institute, BostonGould and Lincoln, 1865 - 304 páginas |
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... 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 consciousness par eminence , the moral consciousness , ap- propriated.
... 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 consciousness par eminence , the moral consciousness , ap- propriated.
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... possible in the Scotch universities such a state of things as is com- plained of by Chalmers . He says : " In the hands of some of our most celebrated professors , it " ( i . e . moral philosophy ) " has been made to usurp the whole ...
... possible in the Scotch universities such a state of things as is com- plained of by Chalmers . He says : " In the hands of some of our most celebrated professors , it " ( i . e . moral philosophy ) " has been made to usurp the whole ...
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... possible perfection . But let the subject be one for which , while every one acknowledges its importance , few have any practical regard ; let it be thought of as something which will do for the closet and the schools , but not for ...
... possible perfection . But let the subject be one for which , while every one acknowledges its importance , few have any practical regard ; let it be thought of as something which will do for the closet and the schools , but not for ...
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... possible conflict of ultimate ends , all others must be subordinated . Ultimate ends often , and necessarily , con- flict with each other . The pleasure from each sense is ultimate ; but it may be necessary to choose between that of ...
... possible conflict of ultimate ends , all others must be subordinated . Ultimate ends often , and necessarily , con- flict with each other . The pleasure from each sense is ultimate ; but it may be necessary to choose between that of ...
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... possible degree of all these forms of good ; also , that the highest good would be from the activity of the highest powers in a right relation to their highest object . Nor is this highest good any mere happening , as is sometimes said ...
... possible degree of all these forms of good ; also , that the highest good would be from the activity of the highest powers in a right relation to their highest object . Nor is this highest good any mere happening , as is sometimes said ...
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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 |
Lectures on Moral Science: Delivered Before the Lowell Institute, Boston Mark Hopkins Visualização integral - 1862 |
Palavras e frases frequentes
according action affirmation animal appetites approbation astronomy attainment beauty become blessedness body called character chemical affinity choice choose cloth conception condition connection conscience consciousness constitution desire of power distinction duty element enjoyment evil faculties faith feeling force form of activity FRANCIS WAYLAND give happiness harmony Hence higher highest holiness idea indicate individual instinct intellect involved knowledge law of limitation lecture liberty light LOUIS AGASSIZ 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 ness object obligation original ourselves particles perfect person philosophical skeptic pleasure principle question rational reach regard relation respect selfishness sense simply SIR WILLIAM HAMILTON society sphere suppose supreme end tendency things thought tion true end truth ultimate end ural virtue virtuous volition whole wholly wrong
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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 antick 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 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 61 - It is a property of the machine, for which we know no remedy, that the organs, by which we perceive pleasure, are blunted and benumbed by being frequently exercised in the same way. There is hardly any one who has not found the difference between a gratification, when new, and when familiar ; or any pleasure which does not become indifferent as it grows habitual.
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 291 - While you labour for any thing below your proper humanity, you seek a happy life in the region of death. Well saith the moral poet:— Unless above himself he can .Erect himself, how mean a thing is man !
Página 109 - And I gave my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all things that are done under the heavens; this sore travail hath God given to the sons of men to be exercised therewith.