Self Knowledge: A Treatise, Shewing the Nature and Benefit of that Important Science, and the Way to Attain It. Intermixed with Various Reflections and Observations on Human NatureSamuel T. Armstrong, 1809 - 211 Seiten |
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Seite iv
... vanity I before suspect- ed myself to be guilty of . And the world will judge , that I speak it rather to do myself honour than you . However , I am beforehand with them in the observation . And that I may not be tempted , in this ...
... vanity I before suspect- ed myself to be guilty of . And the world will judge , that I speak it rather to do myself honour than you . However , I am beforehand with them in the observation . And that I may not be tempted , in this ...
Seite vi
... vanity to think that this , which I now offer to the public , is entirely free from those faults which I have remarked in that pious and excellent author ; and am sensible , that if I do not fall under a much heavier censure myself , it ...
... vanity to think that this , which I now offer to the public , is entirely free from those faults which I have remarked in that pious and excellent author ; and am sensible , that if I do not fall under a much heavier censure myself , it ...
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... vanity will often prompt a man to this ; who , unacquainted with the measure of his capacities , attempts things out of his pow er , and beyond his reach ; whereby he makes the world acquainted with two things to his disadvantage ...
... vanity will often prompt a man to this ; who , unacquainted with the measure of his capacities , attempts things out of his pow er , and beyond his reach ; whereby he makes the world acquainted with two things to his disadvantage ...
Seite 71
... vanity ? Or something in their humour , that hits our fancy ? Or something in their conversation , that improves our under- standing ? Or a certain sweetness of disposi- tion , and agreeableness of manner , that is nat- urally engaging ...
... vanity ? Or something in their humour , that hits our fancy ? Or something in their conversation , that improves our under- standing ? Or a certain sweetness of disposi- tion , and agreeableness of manner , that is nat- urally engaging ...
Seite 87
... . lar interest and secret vanity may be the hidden and true one . While we think we are serving * Jurieu's Method of Christ . Devot . Part iii . ch . • GOD , we may be only sacrificing to Mammou DOTH CONSIST . 87 XVII XVIII.
... . lar interest and secret vanity may be the hidden and true one . While we think we are serving * Jurieu's Method of Christ . Devot . Part iii . ch . • GOD , we may be only sacrificing to Mammou DOTH CONSIST . 87 XVII XVIII.
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acquaintance actions ance apostle Paul appear bad company better body censure CHAPTER character Christ christian Cicero conscience consider creatures danger death Delphos despise discover disposition divine duty endeavour enemy esteem examine excellent false fancy faults favour give greatest guard happiness hath heart honour human humility ignorance important improvement inclinations judge judgment keep kind of knowledge kind of science know ourselves know thyself knowl live Lord's prayer man's mankind manner Marcus Antoninus means ment mind myste necessary Nemesius never observe occasions opinion pains particular passions perhaps Persius pleasure Plut Plutarch prejudices pride proper Prov Psal rational reason received religion rule scripture Seneca sensible sentiments shews sins soon soul spirit taste temptations thee thine things Thomas a Kempis thou art thoughts thyself tion true understanding vanity virtue weak whilst wisdom wise zeal
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Seite 118 - We then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves. Let every one of us please his neighbour for his good to edification.
Seite 90 - Woe to him that coveteth an evil covetousness to his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the power of evil!
Seite 62 - The whole employ of body and of mind. All spread their charms, but charm not all alike; On...
Seite 179 - An adversary, on the contrary, makes a stricter search into us, discovers every flaw and imperfection in our tempers, and though his malice may set them in too strong a light, it has generally some ground for what it advances. A friend exaggerates a man's virtues ; an enemy inflames his crimes. A wise man should give a just attention to both of them, so far as they may tend to the improvement of the one and the diminution of the other.
Seite 56 - A wise man hath his foibles, as well as a fool. But the difference between them is, that the foibles of the one are known to himself, and concealed from the world ; the foibles of the other are known to the world, and concealed from himself.
Seite 82 - In these and the like cases, a man's judgment is easily perverted, and a wrong bias hung upon his mind. These are the inlets of prejudice, the unguarded avenues of the mind, by which a thousand errors and secret faults find admission, without being observed or taken notice of.
Seite 135 - Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, "Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye," and behold, a beam is in thine own eye? Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye.
Seite 190 - When you are angry answer not till you have repeated the fifth petition of the Lord's prayer : — " Forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive them that trespass against us...
Seite 180 - ... we should consider on the other hand how far we. may deserve the praises and approbations which the world bestow upon us ; whether the actions they celebrate proceed from laudable and worthy motives ; and how far we are really possessed of the virtues which gain us applause among those with whom we converse.
Seite xii - It was the observation of a great divine and reformer, that he w/io acquires his learning at the expense of his morals, is the worse for his education. And we may add, that he who does not improve his temper, together with his understanding, is not much the better for it. For he ought to measure his progress in science by the improvement of his morals ; and remember that he is no further a learned man than he is a wise and good man ; and that he cannot be a finished philosopher till he. is a Christian.