The Works of Dugald Stewart: The philosophy of the active and moral powers of manHilliard and Brown, 1829 |
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... Conclusion of the Argument for the Existence 222 223 223 230 230 252 of God 294 PART I. 294 PART II . 306 SECTION IV . - Digression with respect to the Use and Abuse of the Speculation concerning Final Causes in Philo- sophical ...
... Conclusion of the Argument for the Existence 222 223 223 230 230 252 of God 294 PART I. 294 PART II . 306 SECTION IV . - Digression with respect to the Use and Abuse of the Speculation concerning Final Causes in Philo- sophical ...
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... conclusion from the phenomenon . We must therefore glean up our experiments in this science from a cautious observa- tion of human life , and take them as they appear in the common course of the world , by men's behaviour in company ...
... conclusion from the phenomenon . We must therefore glean up our experiments in this science from a cautious observa- tion of human life , and take them as they appear in the common course of the world , by men's behaviour in company ...
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... conclusion , it is nevertheless certain , that a strong and habitual tendency to indulge this af- fection affords no slight presumption in favor of the worth and benevolence of a character . Whoever re- flects , on the one hand , upon ...
... conclusion , it is nevertheless certain , that a strong and habitual tendency to indulge this af- fection affords no slight presumption in favor of the worth and benevolence of a character . Whoever re- flects , on the one hand , upon ...
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... conclude , that the love of ourselves ( which this mode of speaking seems to contrast with benevolence ) was the radical source of all the vices . And , accordingly , this conclusion has been adopted by many writers , both ancient and ...
... conclude , that the love of ourselves ( which this mode of speaking seems to contrast with benevolence ) was the radical source of all the vices . And , accordingly , this conclusion has been adopted by many writers , both ancient and ...
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... conclusion , in this instance , is a necessary consequence of the premises from which it is deduced will appear hereafter . The foregoing observations coincide so remarkably with a passage in Aristotle's Ethics , that I am tempted to ...
... conclusion , in this instance , is a necessary consequence of the premises from which it is deduced will appear hereafter . The foregoing observations coincide so remarkably with a passage in Aristotle's Ethics , that I am tempted to ...
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Seite 306 - I had rather believe all the fables in the legend, and the Talmud, and the Alcoran, than that this universal frame is without a mind ; and, therefore, God never wrought miracle to convince atheism, because his ordinary works convince it.
Seite 251 - Warms in the sun, refreshes in the breeze, Glows in the stars, and blossoms in the trees : Lives through all life, extends through all extent, Spreads undivided, operates unspent...
Seite 191 - Look then abroad through Nature, to the range Of planets, suns, and adamantine spheres, Wheeling unshaken through the void immense ; And speak, O man ! does this capacious scene, With half that kindling majesty, dilate Thy strong conception, as when Brutus rose Refulgent from the stroke of...
Seite 343 - Pater ipse colendi Haud facilem esse viam voluit, primusque per artem Movit agros curis acuens mortalia corda, Nee torpere gravi passus sua regna veterno.
Seite 278 - Hunc solem, et Stellas, et decedentia certis Tempora momentis, sunt qui formidine nulla Imbuti spectent...
Seite 58 - ... yet, on the other side, they are more cruel and hard-hearted (good to make severe inquisitors), because their tenderness is not so oft called upon. Grave natures, led by custom, and therefore constant, are commonly loving husbands, as was said of Ulysses, "Vetulam suam praetulit immortalitati.
Seite 506 - It is as natural to die as to be born; and to a little infant, perhaps, the one is as painful as the other. He that dies in an earnest pursuit, is like one that is wounded in hot blood; who, for the time, scarce feels the hurt; and therefore a mind fixed and bent upon somewhat that is good, doth avert the dolours of death; but, above all, believe it, the sweetest canticle is, 'Nunc dimittis' when a man hath obtained worthy ends and expectations.
Seite 47 - Tis not enough, your counsel still be true ; Blunt truths more mischief than nice falsehoods do ; Men must be taught as if you taught them not, And things unknown propos'd as things forgot.
Seite 123 - Thou shalt not lend upon usury to thy brother; usury of money, usury of victuals, usury of any thing that is lent upon usury : unto a stranger thou mayest lend upon usury ; but unto thy brother thou shalt not lend upon usury...
Seite 68 - Dear is that shed to which his soul conforms, And dear that hill which lifts him to the storms ; And as a child, when scaring sounds molest, Clings close and closer to the mother's breast, So the loud torrent and the whirlwind's roar But bind him to his native mountains more.