History of English Thought in the Eighteenth Century, Volumen2Smith, Elder, 1876 |
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... action of an omnipotent and omniscient Creator as distinctly as those which , in our language , are most important and lasting . It matters not how many links intervene between the earthly end of the chain perceptible to our senses and ...
... action of an omnipotent and omniscient Creator as distinctly as those which , in our language , are most important and lasting . It matters not how many links intervene between the earthly end of the chain perceptible to our senses and ...
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... action of the sovereign is as much the result of inexorable laws as every other phenomenon . But it does imply that the moral standard varies according to time and place ; for that which is wrong in Turkey may be right in England . How ...
... action of the sovereign is as much the result of inexorable laws as every other phenomenon . But it does imply that the moral standard varies according to time and place ; for that which is wrong in Turkey may be right in England . How ...
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... action and reaction between itself and matter . The reason was the faculty by which the invariable relations between these ultimate facts were perceived ; whilst the senses presented us with a shifting phantasmagoria of unrealities . To ...
... action and reaction between itself and matter . The reason was the faculty by which the invariable relations between these ultimate facts were perceived ; whilst the senses presented us with a shifting phantasmagoria of unrealities . To ...
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... actions , or to their consequences to mankind . It forms part of the science of human nature , and it was Clarke's ambition , as it has substantially been the ambition of other metaphysicians , to expound a theory of human conduct which ...
... actions , or to their consequences to mankind . It forms part of the science of human nature , and it was Clarke's ambition , as it has substantially been the ambition of other metaphysicians , to expound a theory of human conduct which ...
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... action a lie . The doctrine , whether in Clarke's or Wollaston's hands , is , in fact , a kind of offshoot from the ... actions were immedi- ? ately present , the wisdom of virtue would be so evident that crime would be impossible ...
... action a lie . The doctrine , whether in Clarke's or Wollaston's hands , is , in fact , a kind of offshoot from the ... actions were immedi- ? ately present , the wisdom of virtue would be so evident that crime would be impossible ...
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Página 28 - From harmony, from heavenly harmony This universal frame began : From harmony to harmony Through all the compass of the notes it ran, The diapason closing full in Man.
Página 189 - ... from his loins), a man capable of placing in review, after having brought together, from the east, the west, the north, and the south, from the coarseness of the rudest barbarism to the most refined and subtle civilization, all the schemes of government which had ever prevailed amongst mankind...
Página 87 - Tis not contrary to reason to prefer the destruction of the whole world to the scratching of my finger.
Página 88 - Reason is, and ought only to be, the slave of the passions, and can never pretend to any other office than to serve and obey them.
Página 190 - I authorize and give up my right of governing myself, to this man, or to this assembly of men, on this condition, that thou give up thy right to him, and authorize all his actions in like manner.
Página 137 - The state of Nature has a law of Nature to govern it, which obliges everyone, and reason, which is that law, teaches all mankind who will but consult it, that being all equal and independent, no one ought to harm another in his life, health, liberty or possessions...
Página 149 - I take to be a voluntary society of men, joining themselves together of their own accord, in order to the public worshipping of God, in such a manner as they judge acceptable to him, and effectual to the salvation of their souls.
Página 299 - I shall therefore venture to acknowledge, that, not only as a man, but as a British subject, I pray for the flourishing commerce of Germany, Spain, Italy, and even France itself. I am at least certain that Great Britain, and all those nations, would flourish more, did their sovereigns and ministers adopt such enlarged and benevolent sentiments towards each other.
Página 226 - I may assume, that the awful Author of our Being is the Author of our place in the order of existence; and that having disposed and marshalled us by a divine tactic, not according to our will, but according to His...
Página 248 - The nature of man is intricate; the objects of society are of the greatest possible complexity ; and therefore no simple disposition or direction of power can be suitable either to man's nature, or to the quality of his affairs.