The Principles of Metaphysical and Ethical Science Applied to the Evidences of ReligionHickling, Swan and Brown, 1855 - 487 páginas |
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... appetites , for instance ; to have " the sensation of hunger " is an abstract and general ex- pression , applicable to any number of cases ; but in any par- ticular case , it signifies nothing unless interpreted to mean I am hungry ...
... appetites , for instance ; to have " the sensation of hunger " is an abstract and general ex- pression , applicable to any number of cases ; but in any par- ticular case , it signifies nothing unless interpreted to mean I am hungry ...
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... appetites . Besides these mechanical operations , or organic functions of life , which are common to the animal and vegetable kingdom , though they are more numerous and more complex in the former , I exclude the simple appetites and ...
... appetites . Besides these mechanical operations , or organic functions of life , which are common to the animal and vegetable kingdom , though they are more numerous and more complex in the former , I exclude the simple appetites and ...
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... appetites have been called instinctive , only because they are not acquired by experience or instruction ; they are innate . But this is far from being the only character- istic of what are usually termed the instincts of the lower ani ...
... appetites have been called instinctive , only because they are not acquired by experience or instruction ; they are innate . But this is far from being the only character- istic of what are usually termed the instincts of the lower ani ...
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... appetites , or blind desires and inclinations , which are confessedly common to man and the brute , having been set aside for reasons already mentioned ; and thirdly , that the lower animals , because their highest attribute is instinct ...
... appetites , or blind desires and inclinations , which are confessedly common to man and the brute , having been set aside for reasons already mentioned ; and thirdly , that the lower animals , because their highest attribute is instinct ...
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... appetites , which would lead them to devour their food as soon as found , store up in subterranean cells a provision for the coming winter , though as yet , in their short life , they have experienced only the warmth and abun- dance of ...
... appetites , which would lead them to devour their food as soon as found , store up in subterranean cells a provision for the coming winter , though as yet , in their short life , they have experienced only the warmth and abun- dance of ...
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absolute abstract action admit agency animal antecedent appear appetites applied argument argument from design attributes believe benevolence Bishop Butler body brute called causation character chemical affinity Christianity conceive conception conclusion conduct conscience consciousness consequences considered constitution creation Deity desires distinct Divine doctrine Dugald Stewart duty earth effect efficient cause enjoyment evidence evil existence experience external fact faculty feeling happiness human idea immediate impulse induction inference infinite inquiry instance instinct intellect J. S. Mill justice knowledge material matter means ment metaphysical mind moral government moral universe motion motives natural theology necessary never object obligation observation organs origin outward perfect person phenomena philosophy physical science pleasure polytheism principles proof prove purpose reason relations relations of ideas religious respect revelation sense Sir James Mackintosh skepticism Spinoza suppose theory things tion truth universe virtue volition whole wisdom words
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Página 49 - THE heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork. Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowledge. There is no speech nor language, where their voice is not heard. Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world.
Página 425 - When the loose mountain trembles from on high, Shall gravitation cease, if you go by ? Or some old temple, nodding to its fall, For Chartres' head reserve the hanging wall ? But still this world (so fitted for the knave) Contents us not.
Página 42 - Berkeley's ingenious sophistry to prove the non-existence of matter, and that every thing in the universe is merely ideal. I observed, that though we are satisfied his doctrine is not true, it is impossible to refute it. I never shall forget the alacrity with which Johnson answered, striking his foot with mighty force against a large stone, till he rebounded from it —
Página 483 - The hour is coming, in the which all that are in the grave shall hear his voice, and shall come forth : they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life ; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation...
Página 167 - The secrets of the hoary deep; a dark Illimitable ocean, without bound, Without dimension, where length, breadth, and height, And time, and place, are lost; where eldest Night And Chaos, ancestors of Nature, hold Eternal anarchy, amidst the noise Of endless wars, and by confusion stand.
Página 426 - What nothing earthly gives or can destroy, The soul's calm sun-shine, and the heart-felt joy, Is virtue's prize; a better would you fix? Then give humility a coach and six, Justice a conqueror's sword, or truth a gown, Or public spirit, its great cure, a crown.
Página 72 - In short, there are two principles which I cannot render consistent, nor is it in my power to renounce either of them, viz. that all our distinct perceptions are distinct existences, and that the mind never perceives any real connexion among distinct existences.
Página 239 - I say, that, if one train of thinking be more desirable than another, it is that which regards the phenomena of nature with a constant reference to a supreme intelligent Author. To have made this the ruling, the habitual sentiment of our minds, is to have laid the foundation of every thing which is religious. The world thenceforth becomes a temple, and life itself one continued act of adoration.
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The Cambridge Companion to Thomas Reid Terence Cuneo,René van Woudenberg Pré-visualização limitada - 2004 |