Essay on instinct, and its physical and moral relations1824 |
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... implanted in the bodily constitution to preside over all its functions , vital and natural , for its support in health , and its preservation from injury , -a principle , powerfully active in effect , whether the term be ad- mitted or ...
... implanted in the bodily constitution to preside over all its functions , vital and natural , for its support in health , and its preservation from injury , -a principle , powerfully active in effect , whether the term be ad- mitted or ...
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... , or teacher , superior to discursive Reason , was implanted in the human mind ; -a principle which might , Testimonies in favour , & c . 205 Of the testimonies in favour of such principle analogous to Instinct superior to Reason.
... , or teacher , superior to discursive Reason , was implanted in the human mind ; -a principle which might , Testimonies in favour , & c . 205 Of the testimonies in favour of such principle analogous to Instinct superior to Reason.
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... implanted and connatural anticipations , antecedent to any discursive ratiocination ; —which , though they are not so distinct and explicit as the former ( those of brutes ) yet they are secret biases whereby it is disposed , and ...
... implanted and connatural anticipations , antecedent to any discursive ratiocination ; —which , though they are not so distinct and explicit as the former ( those of brutes ) yet they are secret biases whereby it is disposed , and ...
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... implanted in the intellect , which serve as a kind of connatural inward stock for the understanding to work upon , and also as a bias to carry him on to the good of an intel- lectual life . " Page 366 . * Hooker Eccles . Pol . book 1 ...
... implanted in the intellect , which serve as a kind of connatural inward stock for the understanding to work upon , and also as a bias to carry him on to the good of an intel- lectual life . " Page 366 . * Hooker Eccles . Pol . book 1 ...
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... implanted truths , primary elements , or first principles , as they are variously denominated ; so we cannot attain to any practical virtue without building upon the fundamental principles of morality and religion , which we have reason ...
... implanted truths , primary elements , or first principles , as they are variously denominated ; so we cannot attain to any practical virtue without building upon the fundamental principles of morality and religion , which we have reason ...
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Page 166 - Lives thro' all life, extends thro' all extent ; Spreads undivided, operates unspent ; Breathes in our soul, informs our mortal part, As full, as perfect, in a hair as heart ; As full, as perfect, in vile Man that mourns, As the rapt seraph that adores and burns: To him no high, no low, no great, no small; He fills, he bounds, connects, and equals all.
Page 480 - Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seemeth to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise.
Page 481 - Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you ? let him shew out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom.
Page 6 - Knowledge and wisdom, far from being one, Have ofttimes no connection. Knowledge dwells In heads replete with thoughts of other men, Wisdom in minds attentive to their own.
Page 548 - Not a flower But shows some touch, in freckle, streak, or stain, Of his unrivall'd pencil. He inspires Their balmy odours, and imparts their hues, And bathes their eyes with nectar, and includes, In grains as countless as the seaside sands, The forms with which he sprinkles all the earth.
Page 480 - And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, declaring unto you the testimony of God, for I determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified.
Page 543 - What think ye of Christ? whose son is he?" They say unto him, " The son of David." He saith unto them, " How then doth David in spirit call him Lord, saying, The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy footstool ? If David then call him Lord, how is he his son?
Page 480 - Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God. Which things also we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual.
Page 166 - Who taught the nations of the field and wood To shun their poison, and to choose their food ? Prescient, the tides or tempests to withstand, Build on the wave, or arch beneath the sand?
Page 194 - Some drill and bore The solid earth, and from the strata there Extract a register, by which we learn That he who made it, and reveal'd its date To Moses, was mistaken in its age.