The Philosophy of the Moral FeelingsJ. & J. Harper, 1833 - 422 sider |
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... sacred and majestic of all sciences . He has made it clear that sound metaphysical philosophy is not a knowledge which puffeth up : that , on the contrary , its legitimate tendency is to chastise the arrogance of human wisdom , and to ...
... sacred and majestic of all sciences . He has made it clear that sound metaphysical philosophy is not a knowledge which puffeth up : that , on the contrary , its legitimate tendency is to chastise the arrogance of human wisdom , and to ...
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... sacred writings as a departure from the strict course of philosophical inquiry . This opinion , I am satisfied , is entirely at variance with truth ; and , in every moral investigation , if we take the in- ductions of sound philosophy ...
... sacred writings as a departure from the strict course of philosophical inquiry . This opinion , I am satisfied , is entirely at variance with truth ; and , in every moral investigation , if we take the in- ductions of sound philosophy ...
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... sacred writers appealing to them as sources of conviction existing in the mental consti- tution of every man . There is an obvious absurd- ity , again , in supposing that principles , which are to regulate the conduct of responsible ...
... sacred writers appealing to them as sources of conviction existing in the mental consti- tution of every man . There is an obvious absurd- ity , again , in supposing that principles , which are to regulate the conduct of responsible ...
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... sacred writings , " Keep thy heart with all diligence , because out of it are the issues of life . " " Blessed are the pure in heart , for they shall see God . " Thus , there are desires which are folly , and there are 54 DESIRES .
... sacred writings , " Keep thy heart with all diligence , because out of it are the issues of life . " " Blessed are the pure in heart , for they shall see God . " Thus , there are desires which are folly , and there are 54 DESIRES .
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... sacred things , or giving an air of fashion to what is calculated to corrupt the moral principles of the unthinking classes of society . If they are restrained by no higher motive , the feelings of patriot- ism , and even of personal ...
... sacred things , or giving an air of fashion to what is calculated to corrupt the moral principles of the unthinking classes of society . If they are restrained by no higher motive , the feelings of patriot- ism , and even of personal ...
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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...