The Works of Dugald Stewart: The philosophy of the active and moral powers of manHilliard and Brown, 1829 |
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... says , " I study myself more than any other subject : This is my metaphysic ; this my natural philosophy . " A per- son well acquainted with the peculiarities of Montaigne's memory , might , I think , on comparing them with the general ...
... says , " I study myself more than any other subject : This is my metaphysic ; this my natural philosophy . " A per- son well acquainted with the peculiarities of Montaigne's memory , might , I think , on comparing them with the general ...
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... ( says an author who , amid all his extravagances and absurdities , sometimes writes like a wise man , and , where the moral feelings are at all con- cerned , never fails to write like a good man ) — " Were I in a desert , I would find ...
... ( says an author who , amid all his extravagances and absurdities , sometimes writes like a wise man , and , where the moral feelings are at all con- cerned , never fails to write like a good man ) — " Were I in a desert , I would find ...
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... says he " a stupid delusion , when men imagine themselves present and enjoying that fame at the reading of their story after death . " Mr. Smith , too , in his Theory of Moral Sentiments , seems to think that the desire of a posthumous ...
... says he " a stupid delusion , when men imagine themselves present and enjoying that fame at the reading of their story after death . " Mr. Smith , too , in his Theory of Moral Sentiments , seems to think that the desire of a posthumous ...
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... says he , " feels uneasi- ness at seeing another outstrip him . This is uncorrup- ted nature , and the work of God within him . But this uneasiness may produce either of two very different effects . It may incite him to make more ...
... says he , " feels uneasi- ness at seeing another outstrip him . This is uncorrup- ted nature , and the work of God within him . But this uneasiness may produce either of two very different effects . It may incite him to make more ...
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... Rouchefoucauld his maxims drew From nature , I believe them true . If what he says be not a joke , We mortals are strange kind of folk . " SECTION IV . Of Patriotism . NOTWITHSTANDING the principles of 62 [ Book I. PHILOSOPHY OF THE ACTIVE.
... Rouchefoucauld his maxims drew From nature , I believe them true . If what he says be not a joke , We mortals are strange kind of folk . " SECTION IV . Of Patriotism . NOTWITHSTANDING the principles of 62 [ Book I. PHILOSOPHY OF THE 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.