Principles of Moral and Political Science: Being Chiefly a Retrospect of Lectures Delivered in the College of Edinburgh, المجلد 2A. Strahan and T. Cadell, London; and W. Creech, Edinburgh, 1792 |
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... respect to events independent of his will , he may acquiefce in the determinations of providence . " How great is the privilege of is the privilege of man , " fays Antoni- " to have it in his power to do what God will approve , and to ...
... respect to events independent of his will , he may acquiefce in the determinations of providence . " How great is the privilege of is the privilege of man , " fays Antoni- " to have it in his power to do what God will approve , and to ...
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... respect to other beings endowed with life . He alfo is destined to do what is neceffary for his preservation : but the mere gratifications of appetite which ferve to obtain this pose , are not fitted to occupy an equal portion of his ...
... respect to other beings endowed with life . He alfo is destined to do what is neceffary for his preservation : but the mere gratifications of appetite which ferve to obtain this pose , are not fitted to occupy an equal portion of his ...
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... respect to the pain that pre- cedes it , or in respect to the disgust and harm that may follow from the unguarded pursuit of enjoyment . Whilst men , therefore , may admire the order of nature in this particular , and comply with it as ...
... respect to the pain that pre- cedes it , or in respect to the disgust and harm that may follow from the unguarded pursuit of enjoyment . Whilst men , therefore , may admire the order of nature in this particular , and comply with it as ...
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... respect to the objects , whether of hope or of fear , the most agreeable state of the mind is alacrity in the reasonable exertions they suggest , and in the use of means to obtain or avoid them , which providence has put in our power ...
... respect to the objects , whether of hope or of fear , the most agreeable state of the mind is alacrity in the reasonable exertions they suggest , and in the use of means to obtain or avoid them , which providence has put in our power ...
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... respect to the oc- cafion on which they arise , or the degrees of intensity with which they are felt , have , in every language , a variety of appellations or names . In our language , approbation and disapprobation , esteem or ...
... respect to the oc- cafion on which they arise , or the degrees of intensity with which they are felt , have , in every language , a variety of appellations or names . In our language , approbation and disapprobation , esteem or ...
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abuſe affume againſt alfo alſo animal becauſe beneficence benevolence beſt cafe cauſe CHAP circumſtances confider confideration confifts conftitutes convention courſe defect defire deſtined difpofed difpofition diſtinction diſtinguiſh effect effential employed enjoyment Epictetus eſtabliſhed eſteem eſtimation evil excellence exerciſe exertions exiſtence exprefs external fafe fafety fame fecure feem fellow creatures fenfe fentiment ferve fervice fhould firſt fituation fociety folly fome fometimes fortitude fortune fource fpecies ftate fubject fuch fuffering fufficient fuperior fupply fuppofed fupport goodneſs happineſs happy higheſt himſelf human inftances intereſt itſelf juſt juſtice labour leaſt lefs leſs magiftrate malice mankind means meaſure mifery mind miſtake moral moſt muſt nations nature neceffary neceffity neceſſary numbers obferved object obligation occafion paffion parties perfon pleaſure poffeffion poffefs prefent preferve principle proper puniſhment purpoſe purſuits queſtion reafon refpect reſtrain SECT ſome ſpecific ſtandard ſtate ſuch ſuppoſed thefe themſelves theſe things thofe thoſe tion uſe virtue wiſdom
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الصفحة 391 - If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of thine hand, O king. But if not, be it known unto thee, O king, that we will not serve thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up.
الصفحة 349 - This pencil take (she said), whose colours clear Richly paint the vernal year : Thine too these golden keys, immortal boy ! This can unlock the gates of joy ; Of horror that, and thrilling fears, Or ope the sacred source of sympathetic tears.
الصفحة 262 - If man were to live in a state of nature, unconnected with other individuals, there would be no occasion for any other laws than the law of nature, and the law of God.
الصفحة 94 - T'HAT the mind of man is never satisfied with the objects •*• immediately before it, but is always breaking away from the present moment, and losing itself in schemes of future felicity; and that we forget the proper use of the time now in our power, to provide for the enjoyment of that which, perhaps, may never be granted us...
الصفحة 423 - ... whole accommodations of human life, may, under the facilities of commerce, find a market in which it may be exchanged for what will procure any other part, or the whole: so that the owner of the clay-pit, or the industrious potter, without producing any one article immediately fit to supply his own necessities, may obtain the possession of all that he wants.
الصفحة 131 - Nous-mêmes, à ne considérer que la partie matérielle de notre être, nous ne sommes au-dessus des animaux que par quelques rapports de plus, tels que ceux que nous donnent la langue et la main; et quoique les ouvrages du Créateur soient en...
الصفحة 76 - The reputation of virtue, like celebrity in any other way, may engage men in competition and rivalfhip ; but virtue itfelf is promoted by the prevalence of virtue in the world. The lamp of wifdom is lighted by communication with the wife ; and benevolence is infpired in the fociety of the benevolent. Fortitude and temperance gain ftrength by example. Whoever can reft upon thefe qualities of...
الصفحة 469 - RIGHT TO ANY ONE, although TO HAVE GOVERNMENT, and this purged of every person incapable or unworthy of the trust, IS MATTER OF EXPEDIENCE TO EVERY ONE," Conceiving government to be intended for the general advantage, he, on the one hand, reprobated the old system of France, as framed, or rather jumbled together, in such a manner as to degrade human...
الصفحة 357 - ... to fill this station and give out for all men the hymn to god ? For what else can I, a lame, old man, do, but sing hymns to god? If I were a nightingale, I would act the part of a nightingale, if a swan, the part of a swan. But since I am a reasonable creature, it is my duty to praise god, this is my business.
الصفحة 349 - This pencil take (fhe faid) whofe colours clear Richly paint the vernal year : Thine too thefe golden keys, immortal boy ! This can unlock the gates of Joy ; Of Horror that, and thrilling Fears, Or ope the facred fource of fympathetic Tears. III. 2. Nor fecond he f , that rode fublime Upon the feraph-wings of Extafy, The fecrets of th