Elements of Moral Philosophy and of Christian Ethics, Volume 1J. Duncan, 1826 |
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... importance to the virtue and happiness of mankind that just and comprehensive views should be entertained on these fundamental subjects . " All religion , " says Archbishop Til- lotson , -whose name must always be venerated by all who ...
... importance to the virtue and happiness of mankind that just and comprehensive views should be entertained on these fundamental subjects . " All religion , " says Archbishop Til- lotson , -whose name must always be venerated by all who ...
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... important pur- poses , however , in the ages of barbarism and of dark- ness ; they preserved awake some share of attention to literary and scientific pursuits ; and by the powerful , though ridiculous , contentions which they occasioned ...
... important pur- poses , however , in the ages of barbarism and of dark- ness ; they preserved awake some share of attention to literary and scientific pursuits ; and by the powerful , though ridiculous , contentions which they occasioned ...
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... important maxims for the regulation of their own conduct , and for the general improvement of mankind . Thus the powers of reflection and observation , by which alone the study of man can be successfully prosecuted , are united . " It ...
... important maxims for the regulation of their own conduct , and for the general improvement of mankind . Thus the powers of reflection and observation , by which alone the study of man can be successfully prosecuted , are united . " It ...
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... importance , in opposition to the doctrine that all moral distinctions are created by arbitrary appointment . This tenet was not only false , but was actually productive of the most pernicious consequences ; since its influence gra ...
... importance , in opposition to the doctrine that all moral distinctions are created by arbitrary appointment . This tenet was not only false , but was actually productive of the most pernicious consequences ; since its influence gra ...
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... importance to the interests of mankind , is sufficiently obvious . I shall only observe , that revelation itself assumes the fact , that from the moral feelings of our nature , though often perverted by ignorance and corruption , we may ...
... importance to the interests of mankind , is sufficiently obvious . I shall only observe , that revelation itself assumes the fact , that from the moral feelings of our nature , though often perverted by ignorance and corruption , we may ...
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