Elements of Moral Philosophy and of Christian Ethics, Volume 1J. Duncan, 1826 |
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... judgment is not yet matured , —that it is for the greater part under the impulse of their feelings , -and that men of wisdom and of age are diffident on those topics on which they so fearlessly dogmatize . The imagina- tion throws its ...
... judgment is not yet matured , —that it is for the greater part under the impulse of their feelings , -and that men of wisdom and of age are diffident on those topics on which they so fearlessly dogmatize . The imagina- tion throws its ...
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... judgment is unsearchable , and whose ways are past finding out . Our reason forms one of the fairest gifts of the Creator to the beings that he has formed after his own likeness , and to allow it to remain fettered by the prejudices of ...
... judgment is unsearchable , and whose ways are past finding out . Our reason forms one of the fairest gifts of the Creator to the beings that he has formed after his own likeness , and to allow it to remain fettered by the prejudices of ...
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... judgments which we form , on subjects that are beyond the line of our pursuits . Though it is not my intention to point out all the advantages to be derived from a general knowledge of science , I cannot but notice the important benefit ...
... judgments which we form , on subjects that are beyond the line of our pursuits . Though it is not my intention to point out all the advantages to be derived from a general knowledge of science , I cannot but notice the important benefit ...
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... judgments should be accurate on subjects so elevated and so important , unless we cultivate a pure and devout state of heart . How different are the impressions which at growing acquaintance with the wonders of nature will produce on ...
... judgments should be accurate on subjects so elevated and so important , unless we cultivate a pure and devout state of heart . How different are the impressions which at growing acquaintance with the wonders of nature will produce on ...
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... judgment remains in sus- pense , and all I can say is , it may be so , and it may be otherwise . " This is a very just view of the stress which ought in any case to be laid on hypothesis , and of the uses to which it may be applied ...
... judgment remains in sus- pense , and all I can say is , it may be so , and it may be otherwise . " This is a very just view of the stress which ought in any case to be laid on hypothesis , and of the uses to which it may be applied ...
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