A Philosophical Treatise on the Nature and Constitution of Man, Volume 2George Bell & sons, 1876 |
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... called forth towards a particular object , without any action in regard to it being considered , or any mental operation exerted , although both these results may doubtless in such a case be produced . They are not , however ...
... called forth towards a particular object , without any action in regard to it being considered , or any mental operation exerted , although both these results may doubtless in such a case be produced . They are not , however ...
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... called will , viz . the last appetite , will to do , or will to omit . " - Ibid . 9 64 The will is always , and in every individual act , necessarily deter- mined by the strongest motive . ” — Edwards on Free Will , pt . iii . s . 4 ...
... called will , viz . the last appetite , will to do , or will to omit . " - Ibid . 9 64 The will is always , and in every individual act , necessarily deter- mined by the strongest motive . ” — Edwards on Free Will , pt . iii . s . 4 ...
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... called forth , that respecting our own welfare grows gradually and comparatively stronger ; while in propor- tion as that for our own welfare is neglected and becomes weaker , that for others increases and expands . The pleasure arising ...
... called forth , that respecting our own welfare grows gradually and comparatively stronger ; while in propor- tion as that for our own welfare is neglected and becomes weaker , that for others increases and expands . The pleasure arising ...
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... called good temper , is but seldom moved by events which are not really important : and as those which affect himself , and which are of moment to him , do not rouse him unless they are very weighty ; so by those relating to others ...
... called good temper , is but seldom moved by events which are not really important : and as those which affect himself , and which are of moment to him , do not rouse him unless they are very weighty ; so by those relating to others ...
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... called naturally inclined to be humane and benevolent , is induced to exercise cruelty from the position in which he is placed ; as when surrounded by enemies , or by those whom he suspects are endeavouring to defraud him of his rights ...
... called naturally inclined to be humane and benevolent , is induced to exercise cruelty from the position in which he is placed ; as when surrounded by enemies , or by those whom he suspects are endeavouring to defraud him of his rights ...
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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.