The Works of Dugald Stewart: The philosophy of the active and moral powers of manHilliard and Brown, 1829 |
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... object of our desire , lead us to view it under aspects unknown to other men ; and which , con- sequently , prompt heroes to plan and execute those hardy enterprises which must always appear ridiculous to the multitude till the sagacity ...
... object of our desire , lead us to view it under aspects unknown to other men ; and which , con- sequently , prompt heroes to plan and execute those hardy enterprises which must always appear ridiculous to the multitude till the sagacity ...
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... object . The most remarkable active principles belonging to this class are , 1. The Desire of Knowledge , or the ... objects , and those laws of the mate- ' I have already remarked , ( see note p . 9 , ) that in this part of his work Dr ...
... object . The most remarkable active principles belonging to this class are , 1. The Desire of Knowledge , or the ... objects , and those laws of the mate- ' I have already remarked , ( see note p . 9 , ) that in this part of his work Dr ...
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... objects of natural histo- ry - of a fifth about the transactions of private families , or about the politics and news ... object of hunger is not happiness but food , so the ob- ject of curiosity is not happiness but knowledge . To this ...
... objects of natural histo- ry - of a fifth about the transactions of private families , or about the politics and news ... object of hunger is not happiness but food , so the ob- ject of curiosity is not happiness but knowledge . To this ...
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... object of moral approbation . A person may indeed employ his in- tellectual powers with a view to his own moral improve- ment , or to the happiness of society , and so far he acts from a laudable principle . But to prosecute study ...
... object of moral approbation . A person may indeed employ his in- tellectual powers with a view to his own moral improve- ment , or to the happiness of society , and so far he acts from a laudable principle . But to prosecute study ...
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... objects ; but , in consequence of be- ing long and constantly accustomed to direct our efforts to its attainment on account of its apprehended ... object of curiosity is not happiness but knowl- CHAP . II . ] 27 AND MORAL POWERS OF MAN .
... objects ; but , in consequence of be- ing long and constantly accustomed to direct our efforts to its attainment on account of its apprehended ... object of curiosity is not happiness but knowl- CHAP . II . ] 27 AND MORAL POWERS OF MAN .
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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.