The Works of Dugald Stewart: The philosophy of the active and moral powers of manHilliard and Brown, 1829 |
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... Human Understanding , Book iv . chap . 19 , § 4 . of human nature , are to be accounted as not vi PREFACE .
... Human Understanding , Book iv . chap . 19 , § 4 . of human nature , are to be accounted as not vi PREFACE .
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... Human Nature , and has collected a variety of amusing facts to illustrate the influence of the pas- sions on the intellectual powers . " It is the passions , " he observes , " that rouse the soul from its natural ten- dency to rest ...
... Human Nature , and has collected a variety of amusing facts to illustrate the influence of the pas- sions on the intellectual powers . " It is the passions , " he observes , " that rouse the soul from its natural ten- dency to rest ...
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... human life , and take them as they appear in the common course of the world , by men's behaviour in company , in ... human nature ) and have deduced from it a plausible explanation of all the varieties of human character and conduct ...
... human life , and take them as they appear in the common course of the world , by men's behaviour in company , in ... human nature ) and have deduced from it a plausible explanation of all the varieties of human character and conduct ...
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... human constitution . Besides our natural appetites we have many acquired ones . Such are our appetite for tobacco , for opium , and for other intoxicating drugs . In general , every thing that stimulates the nervous system produces a ...
... human constitution . Besides our natural appetites we have many acquired ones . Such are our appetite for tobacco , for opium , and for other intoxicating drugs . In general , every thing that stimulates the nervous system produces a ...
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... human ear . Nor is it only in this instance that nature has " thus outwitted us " for her own wise and salutary purposes . By a mode of reasoning analogous to that of Wollaston , it would be easy to turn most , if not all , our active ...
... human ear . Nor is it only in this instance that nature has " thus outwitted us " for her own wise and salutary purposes . By a mode of reasoning analogous to that of Wollaston , it would be easy to turn most , if not all , our active ...
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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.