Modern Civilisation in Relation to Christianity: A Series of EssaysWilliam Blackwood & Sons, 1864 - 128 sider |
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... principles of the spiritual economy . Whatever truth there may be in a favourite dictum of the day , that Science and Theology should be each allowed to pursue its independent course , it is not and cannot be applicable in the domain of ...
... principles of the spiritual economy . Whatever truth there may be in a favourite dictum of the day , that Science and Theology should be each allowed to pursue its independent course , it is not and cannot be applicable in the domain of ...
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... principle is essentially sordid . Assuming enjoyment to be the greatest good , and pleasure the highest end of exist- ence , it sets pleasure or enjoyment before us as the one direct and exclu- sive object of pursuit ; and , broaden it ...
... principle is essentially sordid . Assuming enjoyment to be the greatest good , and pleasure the highest end of exist- ence , it sets pleasure or enjoyment before us as the one direct and exclu- sive object of pursuit ; and , broaden it ...
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... principle . " Indeed , you would often think the opposite principle were the great inspiring stimulus of human activity , and that the end was - not to promote the greatest amount of happiness , but to produce the greatest amount of ...
... principle . " Indeed , you would often think the opposite principle were the great inspiring stimulus of human activity , and that the end was - not to promote the greatest amount of happiness , but to produce the greatest amount of ...
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... principle of an equable and all - embracing Civilization , that it must rest on THE DUE 66 DEVELOPMENT AND EXERCISE OF ALL THE POWERS AND SUSCEPTIBILITIES OF OUR NATURE . " Utilitarianism glaringly violates this rule , by ignoring , not ...
... principle of an equable and all - embracing Civilization , that it must rest on THE DUE 66 DEVELOPMENT AND EXERCISE OF ALL THE POWERS AND SUSCEPTIBILITIES OF OUR NATURE . " Utilitarianism glaringly violates this rule , by ignoring , not ...
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... principle of morality " is not already in men's minds , " invested with a peculiar sacre ness " ) - viz . , to divest them of a portion of their sanctity . " Could we well have better proof that our moral feelings are not a compounded ...
... principle of morality " is not already in men's minds , " invested with a peculiar sacre ness " ) - viz . , to divest them of a portion of their sanctity . " Could we well have better proof that our moral feelings are not a compounded ...
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