Lectures on Moral ScienceGould and Lincoln, 1868 - 304 pagina's |
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... conceptions and forms of speech , and more than one gen- eration was required for it to permeate the masses and thoroughly control the habits of thought . But in that the proofs were open to popular apprehension , and , for the most ...
... conceptions and forms of speech , and more than one gen- eration was required for it to permeate the masses and thoroughly control the habits of thought . But in that the proofs were open to popular apprehension , and , for the most ...
Pagina 36
... conception of utility involved in what has just been said , we yet do not need it for the vindication of these sciences . We are capable of an inter- • USE OF STUDYING THE SCIENCE . 37 est in science 36 LECTURES ON MORAL SCIENCE .
... conception of utility involved in what has just been said , we yet do not need it for the vindication of these sciences . We are capable of an inter- • USE OF STUDYING THE SCIENCE . 37 est in science 36 LECTURES ON MORAL SCIENCE .
Pagina 40
... conception of the structure , and pass from that to the end ; but our interest in the study of the structure is from its apprehended relation to an end ; and we are never satisfied with a knowledge of structure without that of the end ...
... conception of the structure , and pass from that to the end ; but our interest in the study of the structure is from its apprehended relation to an end ; and we are never satisfied with a knowledge of structure without that of the end ...
Pagina 41
... conceive of him as under obligation to act in any particu- lar way . For the very conception of obligation that of an end is a condition . We sec , therefore , that in all rational action the central conception is that of an end . In ...
... conceive of him as under obligation to act in any particu- lar way . For the very conception of obligation that of an end is a condition . We sec , therefore , that in all rational action the central conception is that of an end . In ...
Pagina 42
... conception of this end must have controlled the formation and adjustment of every part of his complex structure . From the study of this structure we may gain some knowledge of its end . Aside from revelation , this is our only ...
... conception of this end must have controlled the formation and adjustment of every part of his complex structure . From the study of this structure we may gain some knowledge of its end . Aside from revelation , this is our only ...
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Lectures on Moral Science: Delivered Before the Lowell Institute, Boston Mark Hopkins Volledige weergave - 1862 |
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according action affirmation animal appetites approbation ARNOLD GUYOT astronomy attainment beauty become benevolence blessedness body Brown University called character chemical affinity choice choose cloth conception condition connection conscience consciousness constitution distinction duty element enjoyment evil faculties faith feeling force form of activity give happiness harmony Hence HENRY LONGUEVILLE MANSEL higher highest holiness HUGH MILLER idea indicate individual instinct intellect involved knowledge lecture liberty light Lowell Institute lower means ment mind moral act moral affections moral character moral nature moral philosophy moral quality moral reason moral science natural affections natural law ness object obligation octavo original ourselves particles perfect person philosophical skeptic pleasure principle question rational reach regard relation respect selfishness sense simply society sphere suppose supreme end tendency things thought tion true end truth ultimate end virtue virtuous volition whole wholly WILLIAMS COLLEGE wrong
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Pagina 121 - Allowing him a breath, a little scene, To monarchize, be fear'd and kill with looks, Infusing him with self and vain conceit, As if this flesh which walls about our life Were brass impregnable, and humour'd thus Comes at the last and with a little pin Bores through his castle wall, and farewell king...
Pagina 121 - All murder'd: for within the hollow crown That rounds the mortal temples of a king Keeps Death his court, and there the antick sits, Scoffing his state and grinning at his pomp...
Pagina 291 - Here will I hold. If there's a power above us (And that there is, all Nature cries aloud Through all her works), he must delight in virtue ; And that which he delights in must be happy.
Pagina 121 - The needy traveller, serene and gay, Walks the wild heath, and sings his toil away : Does envy seize thee ? crush th...
Pagina 121 - And that small model of the barren earth Which serves as paste and cover to our bones. For God's sake, let us sit upon the ground And tell sad stories of the death of kings...
Pagina 66 - He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity.
Pagina 294 - Oh ! let her read, nor loudly, nor elate, The doom that bars us from a better fate ; But, sad as angels for the good man's sin, Weep to record, and blush to give it in ! And well may Doubt, the mother of Dismay, Pause at her martyr's tomb, and read the lay.
Pagina 98 - It is for this reason that the blood of the martyrs has been the seed of the church...