Lectures on Moral Science: Delivered Before the Lowell Institute, BostonGould and Lincoln, 1862 - 304 páginas |
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... whole thought is directed to the object of his anger , and nothing can be conceived more incompatible with the state of an angry man than that he should be engaged in taking psychologi- cal observations on himself . The moment he turns ...
... whole thought is directed to the object of his anger , and nothing can be conceived more incompatible with the state of an angry man than that he should be engaged in taking psychologi- cal observations on himself . The moment he turns ...
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... whole domain of humanity , insomuch that every emotion which the heart can feel , and every deed which the hand can per- form , have , in every one aspect , whether relating to moral character or not , come under the cognizance of moral ...
... whole domain of humanity , insomuch that every emotion which the heart can feel , and every deed which the hand can per- form , have , in every one aspect , whether relating to moral character or not , come under the cognizance of moral ...
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... whole twenty- seven lectures he did not treat of the conscience , or of right and wrong , at all . Such a blending of departments , all covered by one name , in a single professorship , could not be favorable to accurate analysis ...
... whole twenty- seven lectures he did not treat of the conscience , or of right and wrong , at all . Such a blending of departments , all covered by one name , in a single professorship , could not be favorable to accurate analysis ...
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... whole basis of the ideal and skeptical philosophy . It becomes as the spear of Ithuriel , and its simple touch will change what seemed whole continents of solid speculation into mere banks of German fog . If we say that the subject and ...
... whole basis of the ideal and skeptical philosophy . It becomes as the spear of Ithuriel , and its simple touch will change what seemed whole continents of solid speculation into mere banks of German fog . If we say that the subject and ...
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... whole shall assume all the definiteness and completeness of which the science , from its nature , is capable . This difficulty from a want of terms , and of uniformity in their usage , has been felt from the first , and will be ...
... whole shall assume all the definiteness and completeness of which the science , from its nature , is capable . This difficulty from a want of terms , and of uniformity in their usage , has been felt from the first , and will be ...
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according action affirmation animal appetites approbation astronomy attainment beauty become blessedness body called character chemical affinity choice choose conception condition connection conscience consciousness constitution desire of power distinction dition duty element enjoyment evil faculties faith feeling force form of activity give given happiness harmony Hence higher highest holiness idea inalienable indicate individual instinct intellect involved law of limitation 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 regard relation respect selfishness sense simply society sphere 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 - 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, Allowing him a breath, a little scene, To monarchize, be fear'd and kill with looks...
Página 291 - But shadows, clouds, and darkness, rest upon it. 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 98 - It is for this reason that the blood of the martyrs has been the seed of the church...
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 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.
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.
Página 75 - They that are whole need not a physician, but they that are sick ;" and the law of self-denial as a remedy, or as a condition for the working of other remedies, may be as different from its natural law as the regimen of a sick man should be from that of one who is well. It has been from a consciousness of disorder that difficulties and obscurity have arisen at this point.
Página 151 - Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools, and CHANGED the glory of the uncorruptible God into AN IMAGE made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things.
Página 61 - These pleasures, by repetition, lose their relish. 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.