Elements of Moral Philosophy and of Christian Ethics, Volume 1J. Duncan, 1826 |
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... operations , it possesses attractions of a high and permanent order . That it tends , in a high degree , to improve and elevate the mind , will , I am persuaded , be universally admitted . It may , I am aware , be urged , that the same ...
... operations , it possesses attractions of a high and permanent order . That it tends , in a high degree , to improve and elevate the mind , will , I am persuaded , be universally admitted . It may , I am aware , be urged , that the same ...
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... operations of our mind , our trains of thought , and the laws by which they are regulated ; and to analyze and classify the various workings of the immaterial part of our nature . The habits of clear discernment and close reasoning on ...
... operations of our mind , our trains of thought , and the laws by which they are regulated ; and to analyze and classify the various workings of the immaterial part of our nature . The habits of clear discernment and close reasoning on ...
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... operations of the human mind , and the habits of human nature , there cannot , in this case , be too much attention bestowed on that science whose object it is to consider man as a sensi- tive , an intelligent , a moral , and a social ...
... operations of the human mind , and the habits of human nature , there cannot , in this case , be too much attention bestowed on that science whose object it is to consider man as a sensi- tive , an intelligent , a moral , and a social ...
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... operations of the mind , in obtaining a knowledge of its powers and susceptibilities , and in rendering our inquiries subservient to the practical improvement of society . " Truth , " says D'Alembert , - " truth in metaphy- sics ...
... operations of the mind , in obtaining a knowledge of its powers and susceptibilities , and in rendering our inquiries subservient to the practical improvement of society . " Truth , " says D'Alembert , - " truth in metaphy- sics ...
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... operations of the human mind ; and that in reviewing the history of error as well as of truth , of speculation and of action , we have before us the phenomena on which many of our metaphysical reasonings are founded , and from which the ...
... operations of the human mind ; and that in reviewing the history of error as well as of truth , of speculation and of action , we have before us the phenomena on which many of our metaphysical reasonings are founded , and from which the ...
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