The Philosophy of the Moral FeelingsJ. & J. Harper, 1833 - 422 sider |
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Side 18
... less de- gree , from its intercourse with the external world , by causes acting upon the bodily organization . In another work I have described many remarkable examples of the mind , in this condition , recalling its old impressions ...
... less de- gree , from its intercourse with the external world , by causes acting upon the bodily organization . In another work I have described many remarkable examples of the mind , in this condition , recalling its old impressions ...
Side 45
... less extensive . When it becomes the governing propensity , the strongest principles of human nature give way before it , even those of per- sonal comfort and safety . This we see in the con- queror , who braves every danger ...
... less extensive . When it becomes the governing propensity , the strongest principles of human nature give way before it , even those of per- sonal comfort and safety . This we see in the con- queror , who braves every danger ...
Side 62
... less favourable to others , and more favourable to ourselves , than justice warrants . When viewed in this manner , we may often perceive , that conduct which gave rise to emotions of displea- sure , as injurious to us , was fully ...
... less favourable to others , and more favourable to ourselves , than justice warrants . When viewed in this manner , we may often perceive , that conduct which gave rise to emotions of displea- sure , as injurious to us , was fully ...
Side 79
... less of earth in them than heaven , " are those which bind together the domestic circle in the various sym- pathies , affections , and duties which belong to this class of tender relations . It is beautiful also to ob- serve how these ...
... less of earth in them than heaven , " are those which bind together the domestic circle in the various sym- pathies , affections , and duties which belong to this class of tender relations . It is beautiful also to ob- serve how these ...
Side 81
... less than the other affections , to be con- sidered as part of our moral constitution ; and they are calculated to answer important purposes , pro- vided they are kept under the strict control of reason and the moral principle . Their ...
... less than the other affections , to be con- sidered as part of our moral constitution ; and they are calculated to answer important purposes , pro- vided they are kept under the strict control of reason and the moral principle . Their ...
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Side 96 - Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil, rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth; beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things. Charity never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they shall fail; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away....
Side 130 - For when the Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature the things contained in the law, these, having not the law, are a law unto themselves ; which show the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts the mean while accusing or else excusing one another ;) in the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ, according to my Gospel.
Side 176 - Who shall ascend into the hill of the Lord? or who shall stand in his holy place? He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully.
Side 3 - THE LIFE OF MOHAMMED, Founder of the Religion of Islam, and of the Empire of the Saracens.
Side 174 - ... a peace which passeth all understanding;" " a wisdom pure and peaceable, gentle and easy to be entreated, full of mercy and of good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.
Side 118 - B., without degrading me. I think you know Moore. Pray assure him that I have not the smallest influence over Lord Byron, in this particular, and if I had, I certainly should employ it to eradicate from his great mind the delusions of Christianity, which, in spite of his reason, seem perpetually to recur, and to lay in ambush for the hours of sickness and distress.
Side 4 - No person's education can be considered complete without a certain degree of attention to the most recent improvements and discoveries in every branch of science. In none have greater advances been made, in the present century, than in geography and the knowledge of the earth which we inhabit...