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Several valuable treatises have recently been published in this country; but the
ground of classification, and the general aspects and connections of the subject,
as presented in the following lectures, are so far different from others, that it is ...
Several valuable treatises have recently been published in this country; but the
ground of classification, and the general aspects and connections of the subject,
as presented in the following lectures, are so far different from others, that it is ...
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... a subject and an object that are not, in the last analysis, identical. What
consciousness testifies to must be accepted. This all allow. Not to do it would be
suicidal even to the skeptic; for he would have no ground for affirming that he
doubted.
... a subject and an object that are not, in the last analysis, identical. What
consciousness testifies to must be accepted. This all allow. Not to do it would be
suicidal even to the skeptic; for he would have no ground for affirming that he
doubted.
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What has now been said relates indeed to the intellect; but the moral nature is not
less central, and presents, to say the least, equal difficulties on this ground. In
connection with the above, it may be well to notice a peculiarity of all advances ...
What has now been said relates indeed to the intellect; but the moral nature is not
less central, and presents, to say the least, equal difficulties on this ground. In
connection with the above, it may be well to notice a peculiarity of all advances ...
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“What,” said a master to his man who had refused to do his bidding on the ground
of conscience,—“what do you mean by conscience?” “It is,” said he, “something
in here that says, I won't.” In the opinion of Paley, if conscience be anything ...
“What,” said a master to his man who had refused to do his bidding on the ground
of conscience,—“what do you mean by conscience?” “It is,” said he, “something
in here that says, I won't.” In the opinion of Paley, if conscience be anything ...
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To a finite being faith is a necessary principle of action, and becomes practical
wisdom when there is a rational ground of confidence in the word of another
because it is his word, or of implicit obedience to his commands. - * ~. - 3d. An
end ...
To a finite being faith is a necessary principle of action, and becomes practical
wisdom when there is a rational ground of confidence in the word of another
because it is his word, or of implicit obedience to his commands. - * ~. - 3d. An
end ...
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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...
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.
Informação bibliográfica
| Título | LECTURES ON MORAL SCIENCE |
| Autor | MARK HOPKINS, D.D. LL.D. |
| Publicação | 1863 |
| Original de | Universidade de Michigan |
| Digitalizado | 17 Fev 2006 |
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