Philosophical and Practical Treatise on the Will

Thomas Cogswell Upham

Harper & Brothers Publishers., 1860 - 411 Seiten

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CLASSIFICATION OF THE MENTAL POWERS	25

Desires in proximity with the will	29

Obligatory feelings also in proximity with the will	30

Evidence of the same from terms found in different languages	31

Opinions of metaphysical writers on the foregoing statements	32

Of the strength of the desires	33

Of the strength of feelings of obligation	34

Of the influence of the sensibilities on the understanding	35

CHAPTER I	223

Of comparative or relative weakness of the will	224

Instances of want of energy of the will	225

Remarks on great strength of the will Page	226

Energy of the will as displayed under bodily suffering	227

Energy of the will as shown in imminent danger	228

Energy of the will as shown in martyrdoms	229

Distinction between the idea and reality of liberty	230

The necessity of that controlling power which exists in the will	36

A knowledge of the Will implies a preliminary knowledge of	37

Of the nature of the acts of the will or volitions	38

Volition never exists without some object	39

It exists only in reference to what we believe to be in our power	40

Volition relates to our own action and to whatever else may be dependent upon	41

Volitions involve a prospective element	42

The connexion of the understanding with the will shown from	43

Causes of the variation of the strength of the voluntary exercise	44

Further illustrations of the same subject	45

Of preference or indifference as applicable to the will	46

Of the opinions of Mr Locke on this point	49

Emotions change with changes in the intellectual perceptions	55

POWER OF THE WILL	59

Of what are strictly included under the sensibilities	61

Emotions followed by desires and feelings of obligation	67

CHAPTER V	94

Probable cause of desires and volitions being confounded 94	95

The distinction of desires and volitions asserted by consciousness	96

Desires differ from volitions in fixedness and permanency	98

Further proof of this distinction from language	99

Sentiments of esteem and honour often imply this distinction	100

Of some strictures on the foregoing remarks of Reid	101

Volition may exist in respect to those complex acts which the mind can embrace as one 100 101	103

If the distinction in question do not exist the foundation of morals becomes unsettled	105

56	107

Other instances in illustration of proof 107	108

Proofs drawn from some facts in the constitution of the mind	109

Of the chastisements of the Supreme Being inflicted on those he loves	111

Objected that these views lead to contradictions 109	113

LAWS OF THE WILL	117

CHAPTER I	119

Of the importance of the topics now entered upon	120

Section Page	123

CHAPTER II	130

Laws of the will inferred from the fact that in the administration	136

CHAPTER III	142

Of the reasonableness of the foregoing views	148

Other familiar instances of this foresight	154

Proof from the regularity observable in the commission of crime	161

LAWS OF THE WILL INVOLVED IN ITS OWN NATURE	163

Statement of other laws that are involved in the constitution	169

A belief in the law of causality founded in the peculiar structure	175

Opinions of President Edwards on this subject	183

CHAPTER VII	190

Of the distinction between liberty and power	192

Grounds or foundation of this belief	196

Occasions of the origin of the idea of power	198

The inquiry whether the will has its laws preliminary to that of 119	200

120	202

NATURE AND KINDS OF MOTIVES	203

its freedom 122	204

Doction	207

Further illustrations of this subject	210

Nature of the influence of motives	214

Power of the will requisite in the military and other arts	231

Energy of the will requisite in the men of revolutions	232

Practical application of these views CHAPTER V	233

Connexion of the philosophy of the will with consistency of char	234

Of the circumstances under which this mental harmony may	236

Objected that the foregoing views are necessarily and in their very	242

Evidence of the freedom of the will from consciousness	249

FREEDOM OF THE WILL IMPLIED IN MANS MORAL NATURE Section Pag 156 Remarks on the nature or mode of the argument	257

Of the elements of mans moral nature	258

Evidence of freedom of the will from feelings of approval and dis approval	259

Proof of freedom from feelings of remorse	260

Without the possession of liberty of will man could never have framed the abstract notions of right and wrong	261

acter	262

Proof from feelings of moral obligation	263

Evidence from mens views of crimes and punishments	264

Prevalent opinions of mankind on this subject	266

CHAPTER V	267

Evidence from the occasional suspension of the wills acts	268

Evidence of the freedom of the will from the control which every man has over his own motives of action	269

The freedom of the will further shown from the attempts of men to influence the conduct of their fellowmen	271

Argued further from the view taken in the Scriptures	273

Practical importance of the doctrine of liberty	274

CHAPTER VI	277

Answered that they result necessarily from the evidence	278

Denial of the alleged contradiction	280

Admission of inexplicableness or mystery	281

Of the limited powers of the human mind	283

The opposite supposition attended with equal difficulty	286

Both views are to be fully received	287

The doctrine of the wills freedom equally important with that of its subjection to law	288

CHAPTER VII	289

Inability to define enthralment or slavery	291

The nature of mental enthralment illustrated by a reference to extorted promises	292

Illustration of the same subject from cases of torture	293

Historical illustrations of the subject	295

The will enthralled by the indulgence of the appetites	297

Enthralment of the will occasioned by predominant and overru ling propensities	298

The will enthralled by inordinate ambition	300

The will enslaved by the indulgence of the passions	301

Inordinate intensity of the domestic affections	302

Of the slavery of the will in connexion with moral accountability	304

Illustrated from the prosecution of some general plan	334

Of the objective or outward sphere of the minds activity	340

Remarks on constitutional weakness of the will	346

Illustrations of the consistent character 237 Of individuals remarkable for consistency of character 238 Of the value of consistency in the religious ch...	365

Of the foundation or basis of consistency and inconsistency of character	367

Of inconsistency of belief in connexion with inconsistency of conduct and character	368

Selfpossession an element of consistency of character	374

Consistency implies perseverance under changes of circumstances	375

Consistency implies a control over the passions CHAPTER VI	376

iliary to the discipline of the will 246 Of the culture of the appetites propensities and passions as aux 244 Importance of a due discipline of the volunt...	378

Importance of repressing the outward signs of the passions 249 Of enlightening the intellect in connexion with the discipline of the will	384

Of the effects of tabit in giving strength to the will 256 Of strengthening the will by religious considerations 251 Of aiding the will by a reference to t...	394

Of aiding the will by a reference to the conscience 253 Of the aids furnished by the principle of imitation 254 Of aiding the will by placing ourselves...	396

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Seite 402 - 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.‎

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Seite 405 - The condition of man, after the fall of Adam, is such, that he cannot turn and prepare himself, by his own natural strength and good works, to faith, and calling upon God : wherefore we have no power to do good works pleasant and acceptable to God, without the grace of God by Christ preventing us, that we may have a good will, and working with us, when we have that good will.‎

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Seite 125 - ... her seat is the bosom of God, her voice the harmony of the world; all things in heaven and earth do her homage, the very least as feeling her care, and the greatest as not exempted from her power; both angels and men and creatures of what condition soever, though each in different sort and manner, yet all with uniform consent, admiring her as the mother of their peace and joy.‎

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Seite 143 - LORD, thou hast searched me, and known me. Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off. Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways.‎

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Seite 305 - They answered him, We be Abraham's seed, and were never in bondage to any man: how sayest thou, Ye shall be made free? Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin.‎

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Seite 145 - Remember the former things of old: For I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none like me, Declaring the end from the beginning, And from ancient times the things that are not yet done, Saying, My counsel shall stand, And I will do all my pleasure...‎

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Seite 369 - If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him. But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering: for he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea, driven with the wind, and tossed. For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord.‎

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Seite 144 - Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight : but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do.‎

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Seite 361 - ... their religious zeal, but which were, in fact, the necessary effects of it. The intensity of their feelings on one subject made them tranquil on every other. One overpowering sentiment had subjected to itself pity and hatred, ambition and fear. Death had lost its terrors, and pleasure its charms. They had their smiles and their tears, their raptures and their sorrows, but not for the things of this world.‎

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Titel	Philosophical and Practical Treatise on the Will
Autor/in	Thomas Cogswell Upham
Verlag	Harper & Brothers Publishers., 1860
Original von	Harvard University
Digitalisiert	30. Aug. 2007
Länge	411 Seiten

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