The History of Moral Science, Volume 2J. Duncan, 1833 |
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... the passions under this point of view be other than beneficial ; for the admiration of beauty , the love of order , and the complacency we feel when we perceive every thing adjusted good , of the agent , nay , to its ON THE PASSIONS . 25.
... the passions under this point of view be other than beneficial ; for the admiration of beauty , the love of order , and the complacency we feel when we perceive every thing adjusted good , of the agent , nay , to its ON THE PASSIONS . 25.
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... perception , it is clearly ap- parent that they have all a strong tendency to pro- mote our comfort and secure our existence ; and from this consideration , it has been supposed by some moralists that we have an instinctive power or ...
... perception , it is clearly ap- parent that they have all a strong tendency to pro- mote our comfort and secure our existence ; and from this consideration , it has been supposed by some moralists that we have an instinctive power or ...
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... perceive that our own happiness is always what we aim at , and that which we invariably profess at least to pursue with steadiness and constancy . If virtue had no relation to this end , no tendency to promote our comfort , it would ...
... perceive that our own happiness is always what we aim at , and that which we invariably profess at least to pursue with steadiness and constancy . If virtue had no relation to this end , no tendency to promote our comfort , it would ...
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... perceive the universali- ty of this opinion as to the nature of virtue . What- ever disputes raged amongst the ancients as to the line of conduct which was best calculated to pro- duce happiness , and to avoid the least portion of evil ...
... perceive the universali- ty of this opinion as to the nature of virtue . What- ever disputes raged amongst the ancients as to the line of conduct which was best calculated to pro- duce happiness , and to avoid the least portion of evil ...
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... perceive how naturally he should consider the benefit or utility which accrues to him from certain things and actions , as an object of his warmest applause , and the standard of merit . He comes into the world a weak and helpless crea ...
... perceive how naturally he should consider the benefit or utility which accrues to him from certain things and actions , as an object of his warmest applause , and the standard of merit . He comes into the world a weak and helpless crea ...
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Page 194 - the doing good to mankind, in obedience to the will of God, and for the sake of everlasting happiness.
Page 335 - And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son, and clave the wood for the burnt offering, and rose up, and went unto the place of which God had told him.
Page 95 - And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might. And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.
Page 262 - It is universally acknowledged that there is a great uniformity among the actions of men, in all nations and ages, and that human nature remains still the same, in its principles and operations. The same motives always produce the same actions: The same events follow from the same causes.
Page 58 - Ye stand this day all of you before the LORD your God ; your captains of your tribes, your elders, and your officers, with all the men of Israel, your little ones, your wives, and thy stranger that is in thy camp, from the hewer of thy wood unto the drawer of thy water : That thou shouldest enter into covenant with the LORD thy God, and into his oath, which the LORD thy God maketh with thee this day...
Page 335 - And Abraham said unto his young men, Abide ye here with the ass ; and I and the lad will go yonder and worship, and come again to you.
Page 28 - Auspicious HOPE ! in thy sweet garden grow Wreaths for each toil, a charm for every woe ; Won by their sweets, in Nature's languid hour, The way-worn pilgrim seeks thy summer bower ; There, as the wild bee murmurs on the wing, What peaceful dreams thy handmaid spirits bring ! What viewless forms th' ^Eolian organ play, And sweep the furrow'd lines of anxious thought away.
Page 74 - SBNI7S bation or censure; that which renders morality an active principle, and constitutes virtue our happiness, and vice our misery: It is probable, I say, that this final sentence depends on some internal sense or feeling, which nature has made universal in the whole species.
Page 337 - And behold, thou shalt be dumb, and not able to speak, until the day that these things shall be performed, because thou believest not my words, which shall be fulfilled in their season.
Page 334 - And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah ; and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of.