The Analogy of Religion, Natural and Revealed, to the Constitution and Course of Nature: To which are Added Two Brief Dissertations on Personal Identity, and on the Nature of Virtue, and Fifteen SermonsG. Bell, 1893 - 546 pages |
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... virtuous than in a vicious course of life ; and here is an instance of Moral Government to some extent . It may be difficult to lay down precise limits ; but , upon the whole , it is certain that Virtue is happier than Vice in this ...
... virtuous than in a vicious course of life ; and here is an instance of Moral Government to some extent . It may be difficult to lay down precise limits ; but , upon the whole , it is certain that Virtue is happier than Vice in this ...
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... virtuous and the vicious ; whereas Vice will be dis- trusted by both . VI . The fact that God has given us a Moral Nature is in itself a proof that He will finally support virtue . The fact that God in- fluences mankind to act in the ...
... virtuous and the vicious ; whereas Vice will be dis- trusted by both . VI . The fact that God has given us a Moral Nature is in itself a proof that He will finally support virtue . The fact that God in- fluences mankind to act in the ...
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... virtuous actions are sometimes punished and vicious actions sometimes rewarded , that therefore Nature or the Author of Na- ture intended it to be so . Perhaps the world is governed by laws too general to allow of universal certainty in ...
... virtuous actions are sometimes punished and vicious actions sometimes rewarded , that therefore Nature or the Author of Na- ture intended it to be so . Perhaps the world is governed by laws too general to allow of universal certainty in ...
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... virtuous in habits of self- government ; and the sight of the world and its defects is calcu- lated to promote in us due feelings of moderation and of depend- ance on the Supreme Being . Moreover , the very length and continuance of a ...
... virtuous in habits of self- government ; and the sight of the world and its defects is calcu- lated to promote in us due feelings of moderation and of depend- ance on the Supreme Being . Moreover , the very length and continuance of a ...
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... virtuous acts . Self - love , if reasonable , will be consistent with justice , charity , and other virtues . So much for active habits ; we now proceed to passive ones . The above observations about active habits of virtue , as ...
... virtuous acts . Self - love , if reasonable , will be consistent with justice , charity , and other virtues . So much for active habits ; we now proceed to passive ones . The above observations about active habits of virtue , as ...
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