The History of Moral Science, Volume 1J. Duncan, 1833 - Ethics |
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... knowledge of the moral speculations of these authors . It has been , therefore , my aim to supply , in some measure , the want of information arising out of the circumstances already mentioned ; and as far as possible to make this ...
... knowledge of the moral speculations of these authors . It has been , therefore , my aim to supply , in some measure , the want of information arising out of the circumstances already mentioned ; and as far as possible to make this ...
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... knowledge which relates to human conduct ; treats of the motives which appertain to that con- duct ; and to what ends and purposes it ought to be directed . Casting our eyes over the actual condition of the human race , so far as ...
... knowledge which relates to human conduct ; treats of the motives which appertain to that con- duct ; and to what ends and purposes it ought to be directed . Casting our eyes over the actual condition of the human race , so far as ...
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... knowledge consists in perceiving and faithfully re- gistering the results of the experiment . To know men thoroughly , we must just follow the same plan as we do when we want to know the nature of any other creature , or any piece of ...
... knowledge consists in perceiving and faithfully re- gistering the results of the experiment . To know men thoroughly , we must just follow the same plan as we do when we want to know the nature of any other creature , or any piece of ...
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... knowledge exer- cises a beneficial effect upon our moral natures ; but there is no branch of human inquiry so well fitted to produce so large a share of good fruits , as a systematic and accurate acquaintance with our moral powers ...
... knowledge exer- cises a beneficial effect upon our moral natures ; but there is no branch of human inquiry so well fitted to produce so large a share of good fruits , as a systematic and accurate acquaintance with our moral powers ...
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... knowledge of the sci- ence of number and quantity , as for a politician or lawgiver to pretend to understand the science of legislation , without an accurate knowledge of the moral nature of man . There is another great and obvious ...
... knowledge of the sci- ence of number and quantity , as for a politician or lawgiver to pretend to understand the science of legislation , without an accurate knowledge of the moral nature of man . There is another great and obvious ...
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Page 59 - But whatsoever is the object of any man's appetite or desire, that is it which he for his part calleth good: and the object of his hate and aversion, evil . and of his contempt, vile and inconsiderable. For these words of good, evil, and contemptible, are ever used with relation to the person that useth them : there being nothing simply and absolutely so ; nor any common rule of good and evil, to be taken from the nature of the objects themselves...
Page 327 - So man, who here seems principal alone, Perhaps acts second to some sphere unknown, Touches some wheel, or verges to some goal; 'Tis but a part we see, and not a whole.
Page 311 - Say first, of God above, or man below, What can we reason, but from what we know? Of man, what see we but his station here, From which to reason, or to which refer? Through worlds unnumbered, though the God be known, Tis ours to trace Him only in our own.
Page 70 - It may seem strange to some man that has not well weighed these things that nature should thus dissociate and render men apt to invade and destroy one another; and he may therefore, not trusting to this inference made from the passions, desire perhaps to have the same confirmed by experience.
Page 313 - Two principles in human nature reign; Self-love, to urge, and reason, to restrain; Nor this a good, nor that a bad we call, Each works its end, to move or govern all: And to their proper operation still Ascribe all good; to their improper, ill.
Page 71 - ... jealousies, and in the state and posture of gladiators; having their weapons pointing, and their eyes fixed on one another; that is, their forts, garrisons, and guns upon the frontiers of their kingdoms; and continual spies upon their neighbours; which is a posture of war.
Page 59 - ... being nothing simply and absolutely so; nor any common rule of good and evil, to be taken from the nature of the objects themselves; but from the person of the man, where there is no commonwealth, or, in a commonwealth, from the person that representeth it; or from an arbitrator or judge, whom men disagreeing shall by consent set up, and make his sentence the rule thereof.
Page 312 - See, through this air, this ocean, and this earth, All matter quick, and bursting into birth. Above, how high, progressive life may go! Around, how wide! how deep extend below! Vast chain of being! which from God began, Natures ethereal, human, angel, man, Beast, bird, fish, insect, what no eye can see, No glass can reach; from infinite to thee, From thee to nothing.
Page 318 - Is it for thee the lark ascends and sings? Joy tunes his voice, joy elevates his wings. Is it for thee the linnet pours his throat? Loves of his own and raptures swell the note.
Page 54 - CONCERNING the thoughts of man, I will consider them first singly, and afterwards in train, or dependence upon one another. Singly, they are every one a representation or appearance, of some quality, or other accident of a body without us, which is commonly called an object. Which object worketh on the eyes, ears, and other parts of a man's body ; and by diversity of working, produceth diversity of appearances. The original of them all, is that which we call SENSE...