The Selected Writings of Benjamin RushPhilosophical Library, 1947 - 433 pages |
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Page 46
... reason - for reason and religion have the same objects . They are in no one instance opposed to each other . On the contrary , reason is noth- ing but imperfect religion , and religion is nothing but perfect reason . It becomes ...
... reason - for reason and religion have the same objects . They are in no one instance opposed to each other . On the contrary , reason is noth- ing but imperfect religion , and religion is nothing but perfect reason . It becomes ...
Page 190
... reason , nor to the precarious decisions of taste . Hence we often find the moral faculty in a state of vigour in persons , in whom reason and taste , exist in a weak , or in an uncultivated state . It is worthy of notice , likewise ...
... reason , nor to the precarious decisions of taste . Hence we often find the moral faculty in a state of vigour in persons , in whom reason and taste , exist in a weak , or in an uncultivated state . It is worthy of notice , likewise ...
Page 194
... reason why the Spaniards , in ancient times , never ad- mitted a man's evidence in a court of justice , who had been con- victed of drunkenness . Water is the universal sedative of tur- bulent passions ; it not only promotes a general ...
... reason why the Spaniards , in ancient times , never ad- mitted a man's evidence in a court of justice , who had been con- victed of drunkenness . Water is the universal sedative of tur- bulent passions ; it not only promotes a general ...
Contents
ON SLAVEKEEPING 1773 | 3 |
A PLAN OF A PEACEOFFICE FOR THE UNITED STATES | 19 |
SYLVANIA 1777 | 54 |
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