On the Conduct of Man to Inferior Animals: On the Primeval State of Man; Arguments from Scripture, Reason, Fact and Experience, in Favour of a Vegetable Diet; on the Effects of Food; on the Practice of Nations and Individuals; Objections Answered; &c. &c |
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Página 124
... should enquire by what the account has been balanced , and whether his life is
become proportionably of more value by the exercise of virtue and piety , by the
superior happiness which he has communicated to reasonable beisgs , and by ...
... should enquire by what the account has been balanced , and whether his life is
become proportionably of more value by the exercise of virtue and piety , by the
superior happiness which he has communicated to reasonable beisgs , and by ...
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By it ' s means not only is population increased to an indefinite extent , but the
happiness of each individual is greatly augmented . It multiplies enjoyments by
pre . senting to the organs an infinite variety of new and agreeable impressions ...
By it ' s means not only is population increased to an indefinite extent , but the
happiness of each individual is greatly augmented . It multiplies enjoyments by
pre . senting to the organs an infinite variety of new and agreeable impressions ...
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These observations shew the great importance of congeniality of aliment , in the
discovery and continuance of which depends the inestima . ble blessing of health
, or basis of well - being or happiness . As my own discoveries in this important ...
These observations shew the great importance of congeniality of aliment , in the
discovery and continuance of which depends the inestima . ble blessing of health
, or basis of well - being or happiness . As my own discoveries in this important ...
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Many more instances might easily be produced , where regularity of life ,
tranquillity of mind , and simplicity of diet , have furnished long scenes of
happiness , and blessed the late evening of life with unim . paired vigour both of
body and mind .
Many more instances might easily be produced , where regularity of life ,
tranquillity of mind , and simplicity of diet , have furnished long scenes of
happiness , and blessed the late evening of life with unim . paired vigour both of
body and mind .
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When they can no longer enjoy happiness , they may be depriv . ed of life . Do
not suppose that in this reasoning an intention is included of perverting nature .
No ; let some animals be , as they are , savage , unfeeling , firm , and resolute ,
like ...
When they can no longer enjoy happiness , they may be depriv . ed of life . Do
not suppose that in this reasoning an intention is included of perverting nature .
No ; let some animals be , as they are , savage , unfeeling , firm , and resolute ,
like ...
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Página 196 - We remember the fish, which we did eat in Egypt freely; the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlick: But now our soul is dried away: there is nothing at all, beside this manna, before our eyes.
Página 12 - Caesar must bleed for it! And, gentle friends, Let's kill him boldly, but not wrathfully ; Let's carve him as a dish fit for the gods, Not hew him as a carcass fit for hounds...
Página 137 - No flocks that range the valley free, To slaughter I condemn: Taught by that Power that pities me, I learn to pity them : "But from the mountain's grassy side A guiltless feast I bring; A scrip with herbs and fruits supplied, And water from the spring. "Then, pilgrim, turn, thy cares forego ; All earth-born cares are wrong; Man wants but little here below, Nor wants that little long.
Página 131 - I would not enter on my list of friends (Though graced with polished manners and fine sense Yet wanting sensibility) the man Who needlessly sets foot upon a worm.
Página 104 - And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.
Página 132 - Than cruelty, most devilish of them all. Mercy to him that shows it, is the rule And righteous limitation of its act, By which Heaven moves in pardoning guilty man ; And he that shows none, being ripe in years, And conscious of the outrage he commits, Shall seek it, and not find it, in his turn.
Página 107 - And the same John had his raiment of camel's hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and his meat was locusts and wild honey.
Página 106 - Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel. Butter and honey shall he eat, that he may know to refuse the evil, and choose the good.
Página 11 - Of fowls after their kind, and of cattle after their kind, of every creeping thing of the earth after his kind, two of every sort shall come unto thee, to keep them alive.
Página 108 - For the life of the flesh is in the blood: and I have given it to you upon the altar to make an atonement for your souls: for it is the blood that maketh an atonement for the soul.
Información bibliográfica
| Título | On the Conduct of Man to Inferior Animals: On the Primeval State of Man; Arguments from Scripture, Reason, Fact and Experience, in Favour of a Vegetable Diet; on the Effects of Food; on the Practice of Nations and Individuals; Objections Answered; &c. &c |
| Autores | Conduct, George Nicholson |
| Editor | George Nicholson |
| Edición | 4 |
| Editor | G. Nicholson., 1819 |
| Procedencia del original | Universidad de Oxford |
| Digitalizado | 31 Jul. 2006 |
| Largo | 266 páginas |
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