The Works of Dugald Stewart: The philosophy of the active and moral powers of manHilliard and Brown, 1829 |
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... reference to any further end . Thus we frequently see horses , when confined alone in an enclosure , neglect their food and break the fences to join their companions in the contiguous field . Every person must have remarked the spirit ...
... reference to any further end . Thus we frequently see horses , when confined alone in an enclosure , neglect their food and break the fences to join their companions in the contiguous field . Every person must have remarked the spirit ...
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... reference to his fellow creatures , he is placed by the condition of his birth in that element , where alone the perfection and happiness of his nature are to be found . In speaking of the lower animals , I before observed , that such ...
... reference to his fellow creatures , he is placed by the condition of his birth in that element , where alone the perfection and happiness of his nature are to be found . In speaking of the lower animals , I before observed , that such ...
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... reference to society . It will be said that these are the feelings of one who has experienced the pleasures of social life , and that no inference can be drawn from such facts in opposition to Hobbes . But if they do not prove in man an ...
... reference to society . It will be said that these are the feelings of one who has experienced the pleasures of social life , and that no inference can be drawn from such facts in opposition to Hobbes . But if they do not prove in man an ...
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... reference to the advantages it is to yield us either now or hereafter ) may be among the number ? It would not indeed ( as I have already hinted ) mate- rially affect the argument , although we should suppose with Wollaston , that the ...
... reference to the advantages it is to yield us either now or hereafter ) may be among the number ? It would not indeed ( as I have already hinted ) mate- rially affect the argument , although we should suppose with Wollaston , that the ...
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... reference to our own enjoyment . I have not offered these objections to the selfish the- ory with any view of exalting our natural affections into virtues ; for , in so far as they arise from original constitution , they confer no merit ...
... reference to our own enjoyment . I have not offered these objections to the selfish the- ory with any view of exalting our natural affections into virtues ; for , in so far as they arise from original constitution , they confer no merit ...
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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.