The Philosophy of the Moral FeelingsJ. & J. Harper, 1833 - 422 sider |
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... sound . He never seeks to surprise us by the ingenuity , or to startle us by the novelty of his doctrines ; but he directs all his force against the most prominent difficulties of his subject , and never quits his position till the ...
... sound . He never seeks to surprise us by the ingenuity , or to startle us by the novelty of his doctrines ; but he directs all his force against the most prominent difficulties of his subject , and never quits his position till the ...
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... sound metaphysical lore as any human being need give a rush to pos- sess , unless he aspires to very high distinction in that peculiar line of investigation . He has divested his researches of all the frivolous trum- pery in which the ...
... sound metaphysical lore as any human being need give a rush to pos- sess , unless he aspires to very high distinction in that peculiar line of investigation . He has divested his researches of all the frivolous trum- pery in which the ...
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... sound philosophy , along with the dictates of conscience and the light of revealed truth , we shall find them to constitute , one uniform and harmo- nious whole , the various parts of which tend , in a remarkable manner , to establish ...
... sound philosophy , along with the dictates of conscience and the light of revealed truth , we shall find them to constitute , one uniform and harmo- nious whole , the various parts of which tend , in a remarkable manner , to establish ...
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... sound mind , and capable of discharging their duties in various situa- tions of life in a creditable and useful manner . But the knowledge which we derive from the other source is of immediate and essential importance to men of every ...
... sound mind , and capable of discharging their duties in various situa- tions of life in a creditable and useful manner . But the knowledge which we derive from the other source is of immediate and essential importance to men of every ...
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... sound inquiry in moral science ; and to a man in an opposite condition we should no more appeal in regard to the principles of moral truth , than we should take from the fatuous person or the maniac our test of those first principles of ...
... sound inquiry in moral science ; and to a man in an opposite condition we should no more appeal in regard to the principles of moral truth , than we should take from the fatuous person or the maniac our test of those first principles of ...
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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...