The History of Moral Science, Volume 1J. Duncan, 1833 - Ethics |
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... matters , one of two things might naturally be supposed to take place that some of these persons would reject the gospel altogether , as not being in strict accordance with their own systems , to which they had been taught to pay such ...
... matters , one of two things might naturally be supposed to take place that some of these persons would reject the gospel altogether , as not being in strict accordance with their own systems , to which they had been taught to pay such ...
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... matters of dispute . The tenets of Plato were , in their prominent principles , always consi- dered more in unison with the doctrines of the gospel than any other set of heathen dogmas , for they were of a refined and spiritual nature ...
... matters of dispute . The tenets of Plato were , in their prominent principles , always consi- dered more in unison with the doctrines of the gospel than any other set of heathen dogmas , for they were of a refined and spiritual nature ...
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... matter ; that the body was a sort of prison - house to the soul ; and , therefore , to aim at any thing like perfection in virtue and holiness , it was necessary to mortify and extenuate the body , and bring all its appetites and ...
... matter ; that the body was a sort of prison - house to the soul ; and , therefore , to aim at any thing like perfection in virtue and holiness , it was necessary to mortify and extenuate the body , and bring all its appetites and ...
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... matters which had no solid foundation . The other party as stout- ly denied the reality of these universal ideas , and affirmed they were only words or denominations arbitrarily given to certain classes of thoughts or objects . The one ...
... matters which had no solid foundation . The other party as stout- ly denied the reality of these universal ideas , and affirmed they were only words or denominations arbitrarily given to certain classes of thoughts or objects . The one ...
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... matters , there was at this period a considerable improvement clearly per- ceptible over the preceding centuries , in treating of ethical questions , and of those leading theological doctrines which are so closely connected with them ...
... matters , there was at this period a considerable improvement clearly per- ceptible over the preceding centuries , in treating of ethical questions , and of those leading theological doctrines which are so closely connected with them ...
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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...