History of English Thought in the Eighteenth Century, Volumen2Smith, Elder & Company, 1876 - 935 páginas |
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... asserting that ' there is no such real difference originally , necessarily , and absolutely in the nature of things ; but that all obligation to God arises merely from his absolutely irre- sistible power ; and all duty towards men ...
... asserting that ' there is no such real difference originally , necessarily , and absolutely in the nature of things ; but that all obligation to God arises merely from his absolutely irre- sistible power ; and all duty towards men ...
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... assertion . Finally , our duty to ourselves is deduced from our duty to God , and , therefore , rests upon the same intuitions . 7. An obvious difficulty underlies all reasoning of this class , even in its most refined shape . The ...
... assertion . Finally , our duty to ourselves is deduced from our duty to God , and , therefore , rests upon the same intuitions . 7. An obvious difficulty underlies all reasoning of this class , even in its most refined shape . The ...
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... asserting that the moral relations are mani- festly ' independent and immutable in whatever state or relation rational creatures may be supposed to be placed , ' he adds that we may conceive human nature so framed that the relations of ...
... asserting that the moral relations are mani- festly ' independent and immutable in whatever state or relation rational creatures may be supposed to be placed , ' he adds that we may conceive human nature so framed that the relations of ...
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... assertion that , because the process of intellectual development might enable us at some future day to draw our supplies of heat from some central reservoir instead of maintaining a fire on every hearth , we should therefore be able ...
... assertion that , because the process of intellectual development might enable us at some future day to draw our supplies of heat from some central reservoir instead of maintaining a fire on every hearth , we should therefore be able ...
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... assert the existence and value of those impulses which ( whatever their nature ) we call conscience . The sceptical ... asserting that the conscience was essentially a primitive and inexplicable faculty . They might , nevertheless , be ...
... assert the existence and value of those impulses which ( whatever their nature ) we call conscience . The sceptical ... asserting that the conscience was essentially a primitive and inexplicable faculty . They might , nevertheless , be ...
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History of English Thought in the Eighteenth Century, Volumen2 Sir Leslie Stephen Vista completa - 1876 |
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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.