Elements of Moral Philosophy and of Christian Ethics, Volume 2J. Duncan, 1826 |
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... creatures CHAPTER IV . - On the Extent to which we are required to love our . 305 · . 308 CHAPTER V. - On the Nature and Properties of the Love we owe our Neighbour CHAPTER VI . - On the Way in which Benevolence is to be exercised , so ...
... creatures CHAPTER IV . - On the Extent to which we are required to love our . 305 · . 308 CHAPTER V. - On the Nature and Properties of the Love we owe our Neighbour CHAPTER VI . - On the Way in which Benevolence is to be exercised , so ...
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... creatures is clearly discoverable from the light of nature ; and in the second place , that this government is conducted in such a way in the present life , as unavoidably to lead our views to the certainty of a future . CHAPTER II ...
... creatures is clearly discoverable from the light of nature ; and in the second place , that this government is conducted in such a way in the present life , as unavoidably to lead our views to the certainty of a future . CHAPTER II ...
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... creatures with a reference to their moral as well as to their physical good . His love to moral purity and loveliness , must , from the boundless excellency of his nature , and from his intuitively beholding what is right , be infinite ...
... creatures with a reference to their moral as well as to their physical good . His love to moral purity and loveliness , must , from the boundless excellency of his nature , and from his intuitively beholding what is right , be infinite ...
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... creatures to the degree of virtue or of vice which prevails in their character . But no such unvarying and complete distribution of happiness and misery takes place in the present state ; for virtuous men are often exposed to the ...
... creatures to the degree of virtue or of vice which prevails in their character . But no such unvarying and complete distribution of happiness and misery takes place in the present state ; for virtuous men are often exposed to the ...
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... creatures . While this is manifested to us in various ways , it is comprehensively and definitely expressed in that per- fect law which he has given us , as the measure of virtue and the rule of conduct . Before proceeding to point out ...
... creatures . While this is manifested to us in various ways , it is comprehensively and definitely expressed in that per- fect law which he has given us , as the measure of virtue and the rule of conduct . Before proceeding to point out ...
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