The Works of Dugald Stewart: The philosophy of the active and moral powers of manHilliard and Brown, 1829 |
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... sentiments , " He that takes away Reason to make way for Revelation puts out the light of both , and does much the same as if we would persuade a man to put out his eyes , the better to receive the light of an invisible star by a ...
... sentiments , " He that takes away Reason to make way for Revelation puts out the light of both , and does much the same as if we would persuade a man to put out his eyes , the better to receive the light of an invisible star by a ...
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... Sentiments , seems to think that the desire of a posthumous fame is to be resolved into an illusion of the imagination . " Men , " says he , " have often voluntarily thrown away life to acquire after death a renown which they could no ...
... Sentiments , seems to think that the desire of a posthumous fame is to be resolved into an illusion of the imagination . " Men , " says he , " have often voluntarily thrown away life to acquire after death a renown which they could no ...
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... Sentiments , ( Vol . I. p . 94 . et seq . Sixth edition . ) " The man who , by some sudden revolution of fortune , is lifted up all at once , " & c . & c . In Bacon's Essays there is an article on Envy , abounding with original , and ...
... Sentiments , ( Vol . I. p . 94 . et seq . Sixth edition . ) " The man who , by some sudden revolution of fortune , is lifted up all at once , " & c . & c . In Bacon's Essays there is an article on Envy , abounding with original , and ...
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... sentiments on this matter , about the same time , in a Dissertation on the Funda- mental Principle of Virtue , prefixed to Mr. Archdeacon Law's Translation of Arch- bishop King's Origin of Evil . ” . VOL . V. 7 CHAPTER THIRD . OF OUR ...
... sentiments on this matter , about the same time , in a Dissertation on the Funda- mental Principle of Virtue , prefixed to Mr. Archdeacon Law's Translation of Arch- bishop King's Origin of Evil . ” . VOL . V. 7 CHAPTER THIRD . OF OUR ...
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... sentiments of respect with which we regard these different constituents of character . Our desires ( it was formerly observed ) although not virtuous in themselves , are manly and respectable , and plainly of greater dignity than our ...
... sentiments of respect with which we regard these different constituents of character . Our desires ( it was formerly observed ) although not virtuous in themselves , are manly and respectable , and plainly of greater dignity than our ...
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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...