Elements of CriticismA. S. Barnes & Company, 1866 - 486 pages |
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Page 13
... Admitting that no being can act but where it is , is there any thing more simple or more common , than the acting upon subjects at a distance by intermediate means ? This holds in fact with respect both to seeing and hearing . When I ...
... Admitting that no being can act but where it is , is there any thing more simple or more common , than the acting upon subjects at a distance by intermediate means ? This holds in fact with respect both to seeing and hearing . When I ...
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... admit not of a definition . All that can be done is to point out how they are acquired . The ideas of motion and of rest are familiar even to a child , from seeing its nurse sometimes walking , sometimes sitting the former it is taught ...
... admit not of a definition . All that can be done is to point out how they are acquired . The ideas of motion and of rest are familiar even to a child , from seeing its nurse sometimes walking , sometimes sitting the former it is taught ...
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... admit sufficient variety , introduce a method in the management of affairs : without them our conduct would be fluctuating and desultory ; and we should be hurried from thought to thought , and from action to action , entirely at the ...
... admit sufficient variety , introduce a method in the management of affairs : without them our conduct would be fluctuating and desultory ; and we should be hurried from thought to thought , and from action to action , entirely at the ...
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... admit reason , and to prompt actions with a view to an end , it may in that state be termed deliberative . 87. With respect to actions exerted as means to an end , desire to bring about the end is what determines one to exert the action ...
... admit reason , and to prompt actions with a view to an end , it may in that state be termed deliberative . 87. With respect to actions exerted as means to an end , desire to bring about the end is what determines one to exert the action ...
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... admitting a principle of benevolence , why may it not be a motive to action , as well as selfishness is , or any other principle ? + [ Consult Beattie's Moral Science , 286-9 . ] 88. Passions and actions that are selfish ; social ...
... admitting a principle of benevolence , why may it not be a motive to action , as well as selfishness is , or any other principle ? + [ Consult Beattie's Moral Science , 286-9 . ] 88. Passions and actions that are selfish ; social ...
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