The Works of Dugald Stewart: The philosophy of the active and moral powers of manHilliard and Brown, 1829 |
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... consider as a mere exercise of their animal powers , but which , if we reflect on the limited province of sight prior to ex- perience , and on the early period of life at which we are able to judge by the eye of the distances and of the ...
... consider as a mere exercise of their animal powers , but which , if we reflect on the limited province of sight prior to ex- perience , and on the early period of life at which we are able to judge by the eye of the distances and of the ...
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... by authors of eminence , it will be necessary to consider it with some attention . The question with respect to the social or the solitary nature of man seems to me to amount to this 20 [ Book I. PHILOSOPHY OF THE ACTIVE.
... by authors of eminence , it will be necessary to consider it with some attention . The question with respect to the social or the solitary nature of man seems to me to amount to this 20 [ Book I. PHILOSOPHY OF THE ACTIVE.
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... consider this as merely a question of speculative curiosity ; for , upon either supposition , the desire of esteem is equally the work of nature ; and consequently , upon either suppo- sition , it is equally unphilosophical to attempt ...
... consider this as merely a question of speculative curiosity ; for , upon either supposition , the desire of esteem is equally the work of nature ; and consequently , upon either suppo- sition , it is equally unphilosophical to attempt ...
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... consider the desire of posthumous fame as an ultimate fact in our nature , for he proposes a theory to account for it . " It is , " says he " a stupid delusion , when men imagine themselves present and enjoying that fame at the reading ...
... consider the desire of posthumous fame as an ultimate fact in our nature , for he proposes a theory to account for it . " It is , " says he " a stupid delusion , when men imagine themselves present and enjoying that fame at the reading ...
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... consider it as affording an additional stimulus to the instinctive love of posthumous fame , by holding it up to the imagination That the desire of esteem , if a , fantastic principle of action in the one of these cases , is equally so ...
... consider it as affording an additional stimulus to the instinctive love of posthumous fame , by holding it up to the imagination That the desire of esteem , if a , fantastic principle of action in the one of these cases , is equally so ...
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Seite 247 - Warms in the sun, refreshes in the breeze, Glows in the stars, and blossoms in the trees : Lives through all life, extends through all extent, Spreads undivided, operates unspent...
Seite 191 - Look then abroad through Nature, to the range Of planets, suns, and adamantine spheres, Wheeling unshaken through the void immense ; And speak, O man ! does this capacious scene, With half that kindling majesty, dilate Thy strong conception, as when Brutus rose Refulgent from the stroke of...
Seite 335 - Pater ipse colendi Haud facilem esse viam voluit, primusque per artem Movit agros curis acuens mortalia corda, Nee torpere gravi passus sua regna veterno.
Seite 189 - The generous Ashley* thine, the friend of man; Who scann'd his Nature with a brother's eye, His weakness prompt to shade, to raise his aim, To touch the finer movements of the mind, And with the moral beauty charm the heart.
Seite 182 - Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness ; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!
Seite 305 - It is true, that a little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism ; but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion...
Seite 191 - Is aught so fair In all the dewy landscapes of the Spring, In the bright eye of Hesper or the Morn, In Nature's fairest forms, is aught so fair As virtuous Friendship ? as the candid blush Of him who strives with fortune to be just ? The graceful tear that streams for others...
Seite 60 - ... yet, on the other side, they are more cruel and hard-hearted (good to make severe inquisitors), because their tenderness is not so oft called upon. Grave natures, led by custom, and therefore constant, are commonly loving husbands, as was said of Ulysses, "Vetulam suam praetulit immortalitati.
Seite 49 - Tis not enough, your counsel still be true ; Blunt truths more mischief than nice falsehoods do ; Men must be taught as if you taught them not, And things unknown propos'd as things forgot.
Seite 123 - Thou shalt not lend upon usury to thy brother; usury of money, usury of victuals, usury of any thing that is lent upon usury : unto a stranger thou mayest lend upon usury ; but unto thy brother thou shalt not lend upon usury...