Lectures on Moral Science: Delivered Before the Lowell Institute, BostonScholarly Publishing Office, University of Michigan Library, 1863 - 312 páginas |
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... expression of his thought , are built up after a certain method , it deserves to be considered whether that thought will not be best reached by following in their study the order that has been followed in their construction , and which ...
... expression of his thought , are built up after a certain method , it deserves to be considered whether that thought will not be best reached by following in their study the order that has been followed in their construction , and which ...
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... expression by one man , -if it should have its Newton , yet its full acceptance by the public mind and assimilation with it would necessarily be slow . In astronomy , the true system was opposed to the popular conceptions and forms of ...
... expression by one man , -if it should have its Newton , yet its full acceptance by the public mind and assimilation with it would necessarily be slow . In astronomy , the true system was opposed to the popular conceptions and forms of ...
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... expression , " according to nature . " This is a point of great importance in morals . Accord- ing to an ancient theory , that of Aristotle , virtue and good consist in proportion , or the golden mean . It is readily seen that many ...
... expression , " according to nature . " This is a point of great importance in morals . Accord- ing to an ancient theory , that of Aristotle , virtue and good consist in proportion , or the golden mean . It is readily seen that many ...
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... expression in a few words that shall set in motion armies and navies , and the echo of what was at first but a few feeble vibrations of the atmosphere shall come back from distant continents in the roar of cannon and the groans of the ...
... expression in a few words that shall set in motion armies and navies , and the echo of what was at first but a few feeble vibrations of the atmosphere shall come back from distant continents in the roar of cannon and the groans of the ...
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... expression in words that shall be repeated through all time , and work like leaven in transforming society . The control of man over nature can never be arbitrary . " Nature is conquered only by obeying her laws . ” But while nature ...
... expression in words that shall be repeated through all time , and work like leaven in transforming society . The control of man over nature can never be arbitrary . " Nature is conquered only by obeying her laws . ” But while nature ...
Palavras e frases frequentes
according action affirmation animal appetites approbation astronomy attainment beauty become benevolence blessedness body called cents character chemical affinity choice choose cloth conception condition connection conscience consciousness constitution desire of power distinction dition duty element enjoyment evil faculties FACULTIES INSTRUMENTAL faith feeling force form of activity give 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 object obligation original ourselves Parliament of England particles perfect person philosophical skeptic pleasure principle question rational reach 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 wrong
Passagens conhecidas
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 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 98 - But to the hero, when his sword Has won the battle for the free, Thy voice sounds like a prophet's word, And in its hollow tones are heard The thanks of millions yet to be.
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 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 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 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.