 Show me any other great Church of which a chief actor and luminary has a sentence like this sentence, splendide verax, of Butler's: " Things are what they are, and the consequences of them will be what they will be; why, then, should we wish to be deceived  Patriotism and Empire - Page 40by John Mackinnon Robertson - 1899 - 208 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Joseph Butler - 1813 - 790 pages
...manner one and the same, and makes no alteration at all in the nature of our case. Things and actions are what they are, and the consequences of them will be what they will be: Why then should we desire to be deceived? As we are reasonable creatures, and have any regard to ourselves, we ought to... | |
 | Joseph Butler (bp. of Durham.) - 1838 - 616 pages
...and makes no alteration at all in the nature of our case. Things and actions are what they are, ana the consequences of them will be what they will be: why, then should we desire to. be deceived? As we are reasonable creatures, and have any regard to ourselves, we ought... | |
 | Joseph Butler, Samuel Hallifax - 1848 - 632 pages
...one and the same, and makes no alteration at all in the nature of our case. Things and actions arc what they are, and the consequences of them will be what they will be: why then should we desire to be deceived? As we are reasonable creatures, and have any regard to ourselves, we ought to... | |
 | Joseph Butler - 1850 - 682 pages
...manner one and the same, and makes no alteration at all in the nature of our case. Things and actions are what they are, and the consequences of them will be what they will be: why, then, should we desire to be deceived ? As we are reasonable creatures, and have any regard to ourselves, we ought... | |
 | Joseph Butler (bp. of Durham.) - 1852 - 628 pages
...manner one and the same, and makes no alteration at all in the nature of our case. Things and actions aw what they are, and the consequences of them will be what they will be: why then should we desire to be deceived' As we are reasonable creatures, and have any regard to our selves, we ought... | |
 | Joseph Butler - 1856 - 576 pages
...manner one and the same, and makes no alteration at all in the nature of our case. Things and actions are what they are, and the consequences of them will be what they will be: why then should we desire to be deceived ? As we are reasonable creatures, and have any regard to our selves, we ought... | |
 | Joseph Butler (bp. of Durham.) - 1856 - 584 pages
...manner one and the same, and makes no alteration at all in the nature of our case. Things and actions are what they are, and the consequences of them will be what they will be: why then should we desire to be deceived ? As we aa10 ['Analogy,' pt. i. chap. iii. p. 61.] reasonable creatures, and... | |
 | Joseph Butler (bp. of Durham.) - 1862 - 574 pages
...manner one and the same, and makes no alteration at all in the nature of our case. Things and actions are what they are, and the consequences of them will be what they will be : why then should we desire to be deceived ? As we are reasonable creatures and have any regard to ourselves, we ought to... | |
 | Sir George Grove, David Masson, John Morley, Mowbray Morris - 1876 - 622 pages
...characterized, I have said, by their great men. Show me any other great Church of which a chief doctor and luminary has a sentence like this sentence, splendide...them will be what they will be ; why, then, should we desire to be deceived Î " To take in such a sentence as that is an education in moral and intellectual... | |
 | 1876 - 1022 pages
...for this law, or for anything else. " It is fit things be stated and considered as they really are." "Things are what they are. and the consequences of...them will be what they will be : why. then, should we desire to be deceived .' " " Í express myself with caution, lest I should be mistaken to vilify reason,... | |
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