Lectures on Moral Science: Delivered Before the Lowell Institute, BostonScholarly Publishing Office, University of Michigan Library, 1863 - 312 páginas |
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... present , what aid we may derive from a consideration of ends as they stand related to all rational and moral action . In acting morally , man also acts rationally ; but it is the characteristic of rational action that it involves the ...
... present , what aid we may derive from a consideration of ends as they stand related to all rational and moral action . In acting morally , man also acts rationally ; but it is the characteristic of rational action that it involves the ...
Página 45
... present state , to the attainment of the end for which man was made . Let this be shown of any such precept , and its obligation will not only be recognized , but it will be an evi- dence that the religion is from God ; and a ...
... present state , to the attainment of the end for which man was made . Let this be shown of any such precept , and its obligation will not only be recognized , but it will be an evi- dence that the religion is from God ; and a ...
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... present scheme of thought , virtue will consist in the choice of the right end , followed , of course , if the choice be thoroughgoing , by the willing of that state or mode of activity which is believed to be proximate to that . That ...
... present scheme of thought , virtue will consist in the choice of the right end , followed , of course , if the choice be thoroughgoing , by the willing of that state or mode of activity which is believed to be proximate to that . That ...
Página 64
... present system , and the condition of nothing , would be so utterly out of rela- tion as to be alien from every conception of unity . In seeking , then , for the law of subordination and limit- ation of the forces of the universe , we ...
... present system , and the condition of nothing , would be so utterly out of rela- tion as to be alien from every conception of unity . In seeking , then , for the law of subordination and limit- ation of the forces of the universe , we ...
Página 97
... present business is to inquire how far we should be governed by it . This involves the question respecting a true courage , since a man is to brave danger and to die when required by that , and only then . Under no circumstances is a ...
... present business is to inquire how far we should be governed by it . This involves the question respecting a true courage , since a man is to brave danger and to die when required by that , and only then . Under no circumstances is a ...
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.