Lectures on Moral ScienceGould and Lincoln, 1868 - 304 pagina's |
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Pagina 52
... kind . Has man a sensitive nature ? There is , from the activity of that , and from each modification of that activity , as in the different senses , a sensitive good . It is multiform , but one . Has he an intellectual nature ? There ...
... kind . Has man a sensitive nature ? There is , from the activity of that , and from each modification of that activity , as in the different senses , a sensitive good . It is multiform , but one . Has he an intellectual nature ? There ...
Pagina 62
... kind , for which we need a distinctive name , but which we will here call happiness . This will differ with the powers , intellectual , ęsthetic , moral , spiritual , which are in exercise . By these , taking cognizance practically ...
... kind , for which we need a distinctive name , but which we will here call happiness . This will differ with the powers , intellectual , ęsthetic , moral , spiritual , which are in exercise . By these , taking cognizance practically ...
Pagina 65
... kind , into solid masses by what we call the attraction of cohesion . For this gravitation is plainly con- ditional , since matter must be aggregated before it can cohere . This gives us the next higher force . The next force needed ...
... kind , into solid masses by what we call the attraction of cohesion . For this gravitation is plainly con- ditional , since matter must be aggregated before it can cohere . This gives us the next higher force . The next force needed ...
Pagina 70
... kind of good except the highest ; and so will enable us to live in the best sense of that much - abused expression , " according to nature . " This is a point of great importance in morals . Accord ing to an ancient theory , that of ...
... kind of good except the highest ; and so will enable us to live in the best sense of that much - abused expression , " according to nature . " This is a point of great importance in morals . Accord ing to an ancient theory , that of ...
Pagina 86
... kind should begin to be sought in any other way , is not conceivable . And so the Scriptures represent it . They speak of thirsting for God ; and the Saviour said , " If any man thirst , let him come to me and drink . " Our associations ...
... kind should begin to be sought in any other way , is not conceivable . And so the Scriptures represent it . They speak of thirsting for God ; and the Saviour said , " If any man thirst , let him come to me and drink . " Our associations ...
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Lectures on Moral Science: Delivered Before the Lowell Institute, Boston Mark Hopkins Volledige weergave - 1862 |
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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...