The Works of Dugald Stewart: The philosophy of the active and moral powers of manHilliard and Brown, 1829 |
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... Of the Sense of the Ridiculous 214 SECTION IV . - Of Taste , considered in its relation to Morals 217 BOOK THIRD . OF THE VARIOUS BRANCHES OF OUR DUTY 222 CHAPTER FIRST . Of the Duties which respect the Deity xii CONTENTS .
... Of the Sense of the Ridiculous 214 SECTION IV . - Of Taste , considered in its relation to Morals 217 BOOK THIRD . OF THE VARIOUS BRANCHES OF OUR DUTY 222 CHAPTER FIRST . Of the Duties which respect the Deity xii CONTENTS .
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... Duty of employing the Means we pos- sess to secure our own Happiness SECTION II . - Of Happiness . Schools on the Subject 487 - 487 - 488 Systems of the Grecian 490 509 510 521 531 537 542 543 548 549 550 552 SECTION III . - Additional ...
... Duty of employing the Means we pos- sess to secure our own Happiness SECTION II . - Of Happiness . Schools on the Subject 487 - 487 - 488 Systems of the Grecian 490 509 510 521 531 537 542 543 548 549 550 552 SECTION III . - Additional ...
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... duty , may compensate for original defects , or may lay the foundation of uncommon attainments . The intellectual powers , too , may be va- riously modified by the habits arising from avarice , from the animal appetites , from a bition ...
... duty , may compensate for original defects , or may lay the foundation of uncommon attainments . The intellectual powers , too , may be va- riously modified by the habits arising from avarice , from the animal appetites , from a bition ...
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... duty . Under the former of these heads , my principal aim will be to illus- trate the essential distinction between those active prin- ciples which originate in man's rational nature , and those which urge him , by a blind and ...
... duty . Under the former of these heads , my principal aim will be to illus- trate the essential distinction between those active prin- ciples which originate in man's rational nature , and those which urge him , by a blind and ...
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... duty and our other rational principles of action , and give occasion to our voluntary determinations as free agents . The study of this part of our constitution , although it may at first view seem to lie more open to our ex- amination ...
... duty and our other rational principles of action , and give occasion to our voluntary determinations as free agents . The study of this part of our constitution , although it may at first view seem to lie more open to our ex- amination ...
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Página 306 - I had rather believe all the fables in the legend, and the Talmud, and the Alcoran, than that this universal frame is without a mind ; and, therefore, God never wrought miracle to convince atheism, because his ordinary works convince it.
Página 251 - 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...
Página 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...
Página 343 - Pater ipse colendi Haud facilem esse viam voluit, primusque per artem Movit agros curis acuens mortalia corda, Nee torpere gravi passus sua regna veterno.
Página 278 - Hunc solem, et Stellas, et decedentia certis Tempora momentis, sunt qui formidine nulla Imbuti spectent...
Página 58 - ... 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.
Página 506 - It is as natural to die as to be born; and to a little infant, perhaps, the one is as painful as the other. He that dies in an earnest pursuit, is like one that is wounded in hot blood; who, for the time, scarce feels the hurt; and therefore a mind fixed and bent upon somewhat that is good, doth avert the dolours of death; but, above all, believe it, the sweetest canticle is, 'Nunc dimittis' when a man hath obtained worthy ends and expectations.
Página 47 - 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.
Página 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...
Página 68 - Dear is that shed to which his soul conforms, And dear that hill which lifts him to the storms ; And as a child, when scaring sounds molest, Clings close and closer to the mother's breast, So the loud torrent and the whirlwind's roar But bind him to his native mountains more.