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... Human Understanding A BRIEF SCHEME OF ONTOLOGY . CHAPTER I. Of Being and not Being , with a general Scheme of the Affee- tions of Being - II . Of absolute Affections , and first of Essence or Nature , Mat- ter and Form - III . Of ...
... Human Understanding A BRIEF SCHEME OF ONTOLOGY . CHAPTER I. Of Being and not Being , with a general Scheme of the Affee- tions of Being - II . Of absolute Affections , and first of Essence or Nature , Mat- ter and Form - III . Of ...
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... human nature is always liable to mistake in this corrupt and feeble state . A dogmatical spirit has many inconveniences attending it : as , 1. It stops the ear against all further reasoning upon that subject , and shuts up the mind from ...
... human nature is always liable to mistake in this corrupt and feeble state . A dogmatical spirit has many inconveniences attending it : as , 1. It stops the ear against all further reasoning upon that subject , and shuts up the mind from ...
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... human fire and indignation . A dogmatist in religion is not a great way off from a bigot , and is in high danger of growing up to be a bloody persecutor . XI . Though caution and slow assent will guard you against frequent mistakes and ...
... human fire and indignation . A dogmatist in religion is not a great way off from a bigot , and is in high danger of growing up to be a bloody persecutor . XI . Though caution and slow assent will guard you against frequent mistakes and ...
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... human life , whether they are sensible or intellectual , whether relating to persous or things , to ourselves or others . It is this- that furnishes us even from our infancy , with a rich variety of ideas and propositions , words and ...
... human life , whether they are sensible or intellectual , whether relating to persous or things , to ourselves or others . It is this- that furnishes us even from our infancy , with a rich variety of ideas and propositions , words and ...
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... human nature , both in the powers and in the frailties of it . 1 II . The next way of improving the mind is by reading , and the advantages of it are such as these : 1. By reading we acquaint ourselves in a very extensive manner with ...
... human nature , both in the powers and in the frailties of it . 1 II . The next way of improving the mind is by reading , and the advantages of it are such as these : 1. By reading we acquaint ourselves in a very extensive manner with ...
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Page 7 - DEEPLY possess your mind with the vast importance of a good judgment, and the rich and inestimable advantage of right reasoning. Review the instances of your own misconduct in life; think seriously with yourselves how many follies and sorrows you had escaped, and how much guilt and misery you...
Page 143 - Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God. And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona; for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father who is in heaven.
Page 106 - Who sees with equal eye, as God of all, A hero perish, or a sparrow fall, Atoms or systems into ruin hurl'd, And now a bubble burst, and now a world.
Page 94 - If the mind apply itself at first to easier subjects and things near akin to what is already known, and then advance to the more remote and knotty parts of knowledge by slow degrees, it will be able in this manner to cope with great difficulties, and prevail over them with amazing and happy success.
Page 65 - He that answereth a matter before he heareth it it is folly and shame unto him.
Page 21 - ... maturity. 4. It is another advantage of reading, that we may review what we have read ; we may consult the page again and again, and meditate on it at successive seasons, in our serenest and retired hours, having the book always at hand...
Page 31 - General observations drawn from particulars are the jewels of knowledge, comprehending great store in a little room ; but they are therefore to be made with the greater care and caution, lest, if we take counterfeit for true, our loss and shame be the greater when our stock comes to a severe scrutiny.