Lectures on the Philosophy of Modern History: Delivered in the University of Dublin, Volume 3Graisberry & Campbell, 1820 - Europe |
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... nature under general laws , according to which the operations of natural powers are perceived to be performed . This however , though a most important part , is certainly not the whole of philosophy ; for surely the enquiry must be ...
... nature under general laws , according to which the operations of natural powers are perceived to be performed . This however , though a most important part , is certainly not the whole of philosophy ; for surely the enquiry must be ...
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... nature might have proposed to attain by the operation ; and both were comprehended under the same appellation of cause , the former being termed the efficient , the other the final In propriety of speech the latter should not have been ...
... nature might have proposed to attain by the operation ; and both were comprehended under the same appellation of cause , the former being termed the efficient , the other the final In propriety of speech the latter should not have been ...
Page ix
... natural effects , which he conceived to be the sole business of philosophy ; but he re- garded it as belonging only to the illustra- tion of the divine providence , not to the knowledge of the works of nature . This is plainly too ...
... natural effects , which he conceived to be the sole business of philosophy ; but he re- garded it as belonging only to the illustra- tion of the divine providence , not to the knowledge of the works of nature . This is plainly too ...
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... more limited conception of the nature of philosophy , explains perhaps more fully and more distinctly than had before been done , the various agencies which operate on the political interests of men . This however is but the X PREFACE .
... more limited conception of the nature of philosophy , explains perhaps more fully and more distinctly than had before been done , the various agencies which operate on the political interests of men . This however is but the X PREFACE .
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... nature . La Place has since hap- pily pursued a contrary course . Assuming the truth of the theory , which Newton had sufficiently established , he proceeded to con- sider what disorders might be expected to occur in a system so ...
... nature . La Place has since hap- pily pursued a contrary course . Assuming the truth of the theory , which Newton had sufficiently established , he proceeded to con- sider what disorders might be expected to occur in a system so ...
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Page 17 - Where throngs of knights and barons bold, In weeds of peace, high triumphs hold, With store of ladies, whose bright eyes Rain influence, and judge the prize Of wit or arms, while both contend To win her grace whom all commend.
Page 264 - Ye stars ! which are the poetry of heaven, If in your bright leaves we would read the fate Of men and empires, — 'tis to be forgiven, That in our aspirations to be great, Our destinies o'erleap their mortal state, And claim a kindred with you ; for ye are A beauty, and a mystery, and create G In us such love and reverence from afar, That fortune, fame, power, life, have named themselves a star.
Page 531 - E se ben ti ricordi e vedi lume, vedrai te somigliante a quella inferma che non può trovar posa in su le piume, ma con dar volta suo dolore scherma.
Page 49 - ; nor one who sleeps, nor one who has lost his coat of mail, nor one who is naked, nor one who is disarmed, nor one who looks on without taking part in the fight, nor one who is fighting with another foe...
Page 254 - Multa praeterea de sideribus atque eorum motu, de mundi ac terrarum magnitudine, de rerum natura, de deorum immortalium vi ac potestate, disputant et juventuti tradunt.
Page 254 - In primis hoc volunt persuadere, non interire animas, sed ab aliis post mortem transire ad alios, atque hoc maxime ad virtutem excitari putant, metu mortis neglecto.
Page 97 - Their poverty extorted from their pride those charters of freedom which unlocked the fetters of the slave, secured the farm of the peasant and the shop of the artificer, and gradually restored a substance and a soul to the most numerous and useful part of the community.
Page 378 - He called him ANTICHRIST, the proud worldly priest of Rome, and the most cursed of clippers and pursekervers.
Page xxvi - ... shall a trumpet be blown in the city, and the people not be afraid? shall there be evil in a city, and the Lord hath not done it?
Page 168 - Immediately previous to the discovery of the route to India by the Cape of Good Hope, we find that the price of pepper in the markets of Europe had fallen to 6s.