Elements of Moral Philosophy and of Christian Ethics, Volume 1J. Duncan, 1826 |
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... animal enjoyment , and which prevents it from sinking into that state of total inactivity , which while it continues , renders amelioration , either in the savage of the wood , or in the vassal of the tyrant , hopeless . " Whatever ...
... animal enjoyment , and which prevents it from sinking into that state of total inactivity , which while it continues , renders amelioration , either in the savage of the wood , or in the vassal of the tyrant , hopeless . " Whatever ...
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... animals , we feel an irresistible conviction that he has been formed for contemplating the perfections and obeying the will of the Creator ; and we observe in the first command- ment of the law only the explicit statement of a truth ...
... animals , we feel an irresistible conviction that he has been formed for contemplating the perfections and obeying the will of the Creator ; and we observe in the first command- ment of the law only the explicit statement of a truth ...
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... animals , have their time completely divided between sleep and their bodily exertions . Beings in such a situation form an exception to the general , and in my opinion , to the natural , condition of mankind : their ignorance ...
... animals , have their time completely divided between sleep and their bodily exertions . Beings in such a situation form an exception to the general , and in my opinion , to the natural , condition of mankind : their ignorance ...
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... animals , or a man of understanding from a fool . The same kind of evidence , then , that carries con- viction every moment to our minds that others exist beside ourselves in the world , proves the being and perfection of God . For , in ...
... animals , or a man of understanding from a fool . The same kind of evidence , then , that carries con- viction every moment to our minds that others exist beside ourselves in the world , proves the being and perfection of God . For , in ...
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... animal frame , we discover the most skilful adaptation of instruments to the accomplishment of certain ends . In the eye , for ex- ample , we have a most beautiful and admirable piece of mechanism , adapted with exquisite wisdom for the ...
... animal frame , we discover the most skilful adaptation of instruments to the accomplishment of certain ends . In the eye , for ex- ample , we have a most beautiful and admirable piece of mechanism , adapted with exquisite wisdom for the ...
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