Sketches of Moral and Mental Philosophy: Their Connection with Each Other; and Their Bearings on Doctrinal and Practical Christianity |
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... charg- ing itself with a sort of mastery or control over all the sciences ; and , on the principle perhaps , that , in virtue of the cognizance which it takes of mind , it might extend this cognizance to all which the mind.
... charg- ing itself with a sort of mastery or control over all the sciences ; and , on the principle perhaps , that , in virtue of the cognizance which it takes of mind , it might extend this cognizance to all which the mind.
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... principle , which is adapted to all , and gives a place and a subordination to all . It is thus with the law of gravitation , when , by the aid of mathematics , it is made to harmonize into one simple and beautiful principle all the ...
... principle , which is adapted to all , and gives a place and a subordination to all . It is thus with the law of gravitation , when , by the aid of mathematics , it is made to harmonize into one simple and beautiful principle all the ...
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... principle of nature . And so religion and morality do more than exalt the imagination of a peasant . They elevate the whole cast of his intellect . They familiarize him to abstractions which are altogether akin with the abstractions of ...
... principle of nature . And so religion and morality do more than exalt the imagination of a peasant . They elevate the whole cast of his intellect . They familiarize him to abstractions which are altogether akin with the abstractions of ...
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... principle , is all the more fitted thereby for entering upon the gene- ralizations of science -- it is the way , in which however we may explain it , the purity of one's character gives a power and a penetration to his intellect it is ...
... principle , is all the more fitted thereby for entering upon the gene- ralizations of science -- it is the way , in which however we may explain it , the purity of one's character gives a power and a penetration to his intellect it is ...
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... principles or tendencies of our intellectual nature . The scepticism of Berkeley and Hume , for ex- ample , when these philosophers denied the exist- ence of the material world , may be said to have struck at the whole Philosophy of ...
... principles or tendencies of our intellectual nature . The scepticism of Berkeley and Hume , for ex- ample , when these philosophers denied the exist- ence of the material world , may be said to have struck at the whole Philosophy of ...
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action Adam Smith adverted affections altogether anger animal appetite attention awakened beneficence benevolence bidding bosom cause character cognizance compassion conceived conscience constitution contemplation creature delight desire distinct distress duty emotion enjoyment excited exhibition external faculty fear feeling felt give given gratitude hand hath heart human imagination impulse inductive philosophy inflicted influence ingra injustice instance intellectual justice kindness labour look ludicrous matter ment Mental Philosophy Mental Science Metaphysics mind moral character Moral Philosophy Moral Science morally right Natural Theology nature ness nought object obligation observation operation pain passion pathological pathy perceive perhaps pheno phenomena Philosophy of Mind pleasure present principle provocation question regard rendered retina scene sensation sense sensibility sentiment sight society suffering susceptible sympathy taste term terminating object Theology thing Thomas Brown thought tion truth uncon virtue virtuous volition voluntary wherewith whole wholly wrong
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Page 235 - Look then abroad through Nature, to the range Of planets, suns, and adamantine spheres, Wheeling unshaken through the void immense ; And speak, O man ! does this capacious scene With half that kindling majesty dilate Thy strong conception, as when Brutus rose Refulgent from the stroke of...
Page 101 - Thus, we repeat, He admonishes men to return to God; to reestablish their original likeness to him ; and He, who is " the brightness of his Father's glory, and the express image of his person...
Page 235 - ... or the morn, In nature's fairest forms, is aught so fair As virtuous friendship? as the candid blush Of him who strives with fortune to be just ? The graceful tear that streams for others woes > Or the mild majesty of private life, Where peace with ever-blooming olive crowns The gate ; where honour's liberal hands effuse Unenvied treasures, and the snowy wings Of innocence and love protect the scene...
Page 370 - Of all the duties of a lawgiver, however, this perhaps is that which it requires the greatest delicacy and reserve to execute with propriety and judgment. To neglect it altogether exposes the commonwealth to many gross disorders and shocking enormities, and to push it too far is destructive of all liberty, security, and justice.
Page 311 - But though, in accounting for the operations of bodies, we never fail to distinguish in this manner the efficient from the final cause, in accounting for those of the mind, we are very apt to confound these two different things with one another. When by natural principles we are led to advance those ends which a refined and enlightened reason would...
Page 20 - In the last part of his lectures, he examined those political regulations which are founded, not upon the principle of justice, but that of expediency, and which are calculated to increase the riches, the power, and the prosperity of a State.
Page 20 - His course of lectures on this subject was divided into four parts. The first contained Natural Theology; in which he considered the proofs of the being and attributes of God, and those principles of the human mind upon which religion is founded. The second comprehended Ethics, strictly so called, and consisted chiefly of the doctrines which he afterwards published in his Theory of Moral Sentiments.
Page 147 - an act of the mind, knowingly exerting that dominion it takes itself to have over any part of the man, by employing it in, or withholding it from any particular action.
Page 151 - ... live. A man for health may take a nauseous draught, for which he has no desire, but a great aversion. Desire, therefore, even when its object is some action of our own, is only an incitement to will ; but it is not volition. The determination of the mind may be not to do what we desire to do.