A Philosophical Treatise on the Nature and Constitution of Man, Volume 2George Bell & sons, 1876 |
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... ambition 98 7. Influence and use of the moral desires 102 8. Power over , and discipline of these desires . 109 9. How far common to animals as well as man 112 III - THE CONSCIENCE . 1. Supremacy of conscience in the moral constitution ...
... ambition 98 7. Influence and use of the moral desires 102 8. Power over , and discipline of these desires . 109 9. How far common to animals as well as man 112 III - THE CONSCIENCE . 1. Supremacy of conscience in the moral constitution ...
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... ambition leads to indolence , the absence of According to that eminent prelate , Bishop Burnett , " the animal affections considered in themselves , and as they are implanted in us by nature , are not vicious or blameable ; " and " our ...
... ambition leads to indolence , the absence of According to that eminent prelate , Bishop Burnett , " the animal affections considered in themselves , and as they are implanted in us by nature , are not vicious or blameable ; " and " our ...
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... ambition and avarice , which both directly and indirectly are the cause of so much crime among mankind . Indeed , these desires among the brute creation appear only to develope them- selves so far as the emotions extend of emulation and ...
... ambition and avarice , which both directly and indirectly are the cause of so much crime among mankind . Indeed , these desires among the brute creation appear only to develope them- selves so far as the emotions extend of emulation and ...
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... ambition nor avarice find place for exist- As the Supreme of all beings , no ambition can excite Him , having exceeded the utmost bounds to which ambition can impel . And possessing all things , it is contrary to rea- son to suppose ...
... ambition nor avarice find place for exist- As the Supreme of all beings , no ambition can excite Him , having exceeded the utmost bounds to which ambition can impel . And possessing all things , it is contrary to rea- son to suppose ...
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... ambition , on his obtaining it is filled with great joy ; which continues just so long as the novelty of his condition continues to excite him , and he is led to contrast it with that in which he was lately placed , which was one of ...
... ambition , on his obtaining it is filled with great joy ; which continues just so long as the novelty of his condition continues to excite him , and he is led to contrast it with that in which he was lately placed , which was one of ...
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Page 286 - Of law there can be no less acknowledged, than that her seat is the bosom of God, her voice the harmony of the world ; all things in heaven and earth do her homage, the very least as feeling her care, and the greatest as not exempted from her power...
Page 389 - Thus the ideas, as well as children, of our youth often die before us; and our minds represent to us those tombs to which we are approaching; where though the brass and marble remain, yet the inscriptions are effaced by time, and the imagery moulders away. The pictures drawn in our minds are laid in fading colours; and if not sometimes refreshed, vanish and disappear.
Page 46 - How selfish soever man may be supposed, there are evidently some principles in his nature, which interest him in the fortune of others, and render their happiness necessary to him, though he derives nothing from it except the pleasure of seeing it.
Page 287 - Law there can be no less acknowledged, than that her seat is the bosom of God, her voice the harmony of the world : all things in heaven and earth do her homage, the very least as feeling her care, and the greatest as not exempted from her power : both Angels and men and creatures of what condition soever, though each in different sort and manner, yet all with uniform consent, admiring her as the mother of their peace and joy.
Page 391 - How much the constitution of our bodies and the make of our animal spirits are concerned in this, and whether the temper of the brain makes this difference, that in some it retains the characters drawn on it like marble, in others like free-stone, and in others little better than sand...
Page 136 - Which thing I also did in Jerusalem: and many of the saints did I shut up in prison, having received authority from the chief Priests; and when they were put to death, I gave my voice against them.
Page 35 - For the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God, neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.
Page 273 - For it is evident, we observe no footsteps in them of making use of general signs, for universal ideas ; from which we have reason to imagine, that they have not the faculty of abstracting, or making general ideas, since they have no use of words or any other general signs.
Page 181 - I cannot doubt but that there is in me a certain passive faculty of perception, that is, of receiving and taking knowledge of the ideas of sensible things; but this would be useless to me, if there did not also exist in me, or in some other thing, another active faculty capable of forming and producing those ideas.
Page 131 - It is manifest, great part of common language, and of common behaviour over the world, is formed upon supposition of such a moral faculty ; whether called conscience, moral reason, moral sense, or divine reason ; whether considered as a sentiment of the understanding, or as a perception of the heart, or, which seems the truth, as including both.