The Works of Dugald Stewart: The philosophy of the active and moral powers of manHilliard and Brown, 1829 |
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... Vice 554 554 560 SECTION IV . - Of the Office and Use of Reason in the Prac- tice of Morality . 564 APPENDIX I. OF MAN'S FREE AGENCY . SECTION I - Preliminary Observations . - Explanation of some Ambiguous Terms 571 SECTION II ...
... Vice 554 554 560 SECTION IV . - Of the Office and Use of Reason in the Prac- tice of Morality . 564 APPENDIX I. OF MAN'S FREE AGENCY . SECTION I - Preliminary Observations . - Explanation of some Ambiguous Terms 571 SECTION II ...
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... vice does not lie in the desire , but in the proper or improper regulation of it . The ancient astronomer who , when accused of indifference with respect to public transactions , answer- ed that his country was in the heavens , acted ...
... vice does not lie in the desire , but in the proper or improper regulation of it . The ancient astronomer who , when accused of indifference with respect to public transactions , answer- ed that his country was in the heavens , acted ...
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... vice of old age , and is , comparatively speaking , confined to a few . The latter is one of the most powerful engines in the education of children , and is not less universal in its influence than the principle of curiosity . The ...
... vice of old age , and is , comparatively speaking , confined to a few . The latter is one of the most powerful engines in the education of children , and is not less universal in its influence than the principle of curiosity . The ...
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... vice of those we love , and how many cares do even the most selfish voluntarily bring on themselves by their attachment to others ! So much indeed of our happiness is derived from this source , that those authors whose object is to ...
... vice of those we love , and how many cares do even the most selfish voluntarily bring on themselves by their attachment to others ! So much indeed of our happiness is derived from this source , that those authors whose object is to ...
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... vice and folly . It is indeed from this very quarter that the chief dan- gers to morals are to be apprehended in early life ; and it is a melancholy consideration to add , that these dan- gers are not a little increased by the amiable ...
... vice and folly . It is indeed from this very quarter that the chief dan- gers to morals are to be apprehended in early life ; and it is a melancholy consideration to add , that these dan- gers are not a little increased by the amiable ...
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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...