Lectures on Moral ScienceGould and Lincoln, 1868 - 304 pagina's |
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Pagina xi
... seek for them . For this it is hoped that due allowance may be made . It will be seen that important , and even cardinal points , are often but briefly touched in these discus- sions . I can only say that the work is , of necessity ...
... seek for them . For this it is hoped that due allowance may be made . It will be seen that important , and even cardinal points , are often but briefly touched in these discus- sions . I can only say that the work is , of necessity ...
Pagina 33
... seek to sim- plify it ; we may make independent search into the depths of our own consciousness ; we may be careful in the use of words , conforming at least to our own definitions ; and , above all , we may either enter upon , or ...
... seek to sim- plify it ; we may make independent search into the depths of our own consciousness ; we may be careful in the use of words , conforming at least to our own definitions ; and , above all , we may either enter upon , or ...
Pagina 40
... seek aid in various directions . I propose to inquire , at present , what aid we may derive from a consideration of ends as they stand related to all rational and moral action . In acting morally , man also acts rationally ; but it is ...
... seek aid in various directions . I propose to inquire , at present , what aid we may derive from a consideration of ends as they stand related to all rational and moral action . In acting morally , man also acts rationally ; but it is ...
Pagina 47
... of no excuse . This relation of volition to an ultimate end has not gen- erally been stated with sufficient distinctness , and the result has been a constant puzzle . It is generally said that all men seek happiness , and yet no man ever.
... of no excuse . This relation of volition to an ultimate end has not gen- erally been stated with sufficient distinctness , and the result has been a constant puzzle . It is generally said that all men seek happiness , and yet no man ever.
Pagina 48
Mark Hopkins. all men seek happiness , and yet no man ever made it the direct object of volition . No man can . That God holds in his own power . It is his immediate gift through that constitution and relation of things which he has ...
Mark Hopkins. all men seek happiness , and yet no man ever made it the direct object of volition . No man can . That God holds in his own power . It is his immediate gift through that constitution and relation of things which he has ...
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Lectures on Moral Science: Delivered Before the Lowell Institute, Boston Mark Hopkins Volledige weergave - 1862 |
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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...