Lectures on Moral ScienceGould and Lincoln, 1868 - 304 pagina's |
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Pagina xi
... less be done . In treating of any natural system , as each part implies all the others , wherever we begin , and what- ever method we follow , we are compelled to use terms whose full meaning can be reached only in the progress of the ...
... less be done . In treating of any natural system , as each part implies all the others , wherever we begin , and what- ever method we follow , we are compelled to use terms whose full meaning can be reached only in the progress of the ...
Pagina 17
... less than if he could analyze its beams , and is guided by the polar star no less surely than if he could measure its magnitude and dis- tance . The day and the night , the changing moons and the revolving seasons , are alike to all ...
... less than if he could analyze its beams , and is guided by the polar star no less surely than if he could measure its magnitude and dis- tance . The day and the night , the changing moons and the revolving seasons , are alike to all ...
Pagina 21
... less formidable than it is made by Chalmers and others . To a successful investigation the first requisite is a clear apprehension of the subject to be investigated as distin- guished from everything with which it may be confounded , or ...
... less formidable than it is made by Chalmers and others . To a successful investigation the first requisite is a clear apprehension of the subject to be investigated as distin- guished from everything with which it may be confounded , or ...
Pagina 28
... less central , and presents , to say the least , equal difficulties on this ground . In connection with the above , it may be well to notice a peculiarity of all advances and discoveries made in this direction , as they are related to ...
... less central , and presents , to say the least , equal difficulties on this ground . In connection with the above , it may be well to notice a peculiarity of all advances and discoveries made in this direction , as they are related to ...
Pagina 32
... less capable of apprehending and presenting perfectly the science of æs- thetics . But there is in morals a special difficulty . A vicious man is strongly tempted either to deceive or to bribe his conscience , and can hardly be expected ...
... less capable of apprehending and presenting perfectly the science of æs- thetics . But there is in morals a special difficulty . A vicious man is strongly tempted either to deceive or to bribe his conscience , and can hardly be expected ...
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Lectures on Moral Science: Delivered Before the Lowell Institute, Boston Mark Hopkins Volledige weergave - 1862 |
Lectures on Moral Science: Delivered Before the Lowell Institute, Boston Mark Hopkins Volledige weergave - 1865 |
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...