Elementary Sketches of Moral Philosophy: Delivered at the Royal Institution, in the Years 1804, 1805, and 1806 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 32
Page 10
... complete overthrow of the selfish system ; and to his " Analogy , " for the most noble and surprising defence of revealed religion , perhaps , which has ever yet been made of any system whatever . But there is no occasion to prop this ...
... complete overthrow of the selfish system ; and to his " Analogy , " for the most noble and surprising defence of revealed religion , perhaps , which has ever yet been made of any system whatever . But there is no occasion to prop this ...
Page 27
... complete realities . What difference there is between the potential existence of Aristotle , and the separate essences of Plato , and what foundation there is in reality either for the one or the other , I confess myself wholly at a ...
... complete realities . What difference there is between the potential existence of Aristotle , and the separate essences of Plato , and what foundation there is in reality either for the one or the other , I confess myself wholly at a ...
Page 29
... complete poverty at Athens , would naturally enough think of turning philosopher , both as by its doctrines it inspired him with some consolation for the loss of his Phoenician purple , and by its profits afforded him some chance of ...
... complete poverty at Athens , would naturally enough think of turning philosopher , both as by its doctrines it inspired him with some consolation for the loss of his Phoenician purple , and by its profits afforded him some chance of ...
Page 68
... complete deception in the art of painting . The colouring ( one mode by which we determine distance ) may be perfect , and may give us the notion of an object being at the distance of many miles ; but , unfortunately , the figure of the ...
... complete deception in the art of painting . The colouring ( one mode by which we determine distance ) may be perfect , and may give us the notion of an object being at the distance of many miles ; but , unfortunately , the figure of the ...
Page 105
... complete set of antagonist maxims ? For of what use is it to tell me that governors have a tendency to encroach upon the liberties of the people ? and is that a reason why you should throw yourself systematically in opposition to the ...
... complete set of antagonist maxims ? For of what use is it to tell me that governors have a tendency to encroach upon the liberties of the people ? and is that a reason why you should throw yourself systematically in opposition to the ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
action admiration agreeable animals appears Aristotle asso association attention Author beautiful benevolence Bishop Berkeley body bound in morocco cause certainly child cloth colour common connected danger degree Descartes desire Dictionary discover doctrine Dugald Stewart Edition effect emotion Engravings Epicurus evil excite existence fact faculties fear feeling give grief habit History human mind humour ideas imagination instance instinct J. C. LOUDON JANE MARCET knowledge language LECTURE live Malebranche mankind manner means ment Moral Philosophy morocco Natural Philosophy nature never notion novelty objects observe opinions original OWEN JONES pain passion perceive perfect person Plates pleasure Post 8vo present principles produce reason relation relation of ideas respect sensation sense sort species sublime suppose surprise talent taste thing thought tion truth understanding virtue vols whole witty Wood Wood Engravings Woodcuts word young
Popular passages
Page 354 - Entreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee; for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge. Thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God. Where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried. The Lord do so to me, and more also, if aught but death part thee and me.
Page 120 - He scarce had ceased when the superior Fiend Was moving toward the shore ; his ponderous shield, Ethereal temper, massy, large, and round, Behind him cast. The broad circumference Hung on his shoulders like the moon, whose orb Through optic glass the Tuscan artist views At evening, from the top of Fesole, Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, 290 Rivers, or mountains, in her spotty globe.
Page 118 - For, wit lying most in the assemblage of ideas, and putting those together with quickness and variety wherein can be found any resemblance or congruity, thereby to make up pleasant pictures and agreeable visions in the fancy ; judgment, on the contrary, lies quite on the other side, in separating carefully one from another ideas wherein can be found the least difference, thereby to avoid being misled by similitude and by affinity to take one thing for another.
Page 197 - Where houses thick and sewers annoy the air, Forth issuing on a summer's morn, to breathe Among the pleasant villages and farms Adjoin'd, from each thing met conceives delight, The smell of grain, or tedded grass, or kine, Or dairy, each rural sight, each rural sound...
Page 222 - In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men, Fear came upon me, and trembling, which made all my bones to shake. Then a spirit passed before my face; the hair of my flesh stood up...
Page 338 - Horror and doubt distract His troubled thoughts, and from the bottom stir The hell within him ; for within him Hell He brings, and round about him, nor from Hell One step, no more than from himself, can fly By change of place.
Page 204 - And thrice he routed all his foes, and thrice he slew the slain. The master saw the madness rise, His glowing cheeks, his ardent eyes; And while he heaven and earth defied, Changed his hand, and checked his pride. He chose a mournful Muse, Soft pity to infuse; He sung Darius...
Page 233 - I appeal to any white man to say, if ever he entered Logan's cabin hungry, and he gave him not meat; if ever he came cold and naked, and he clothed him not. During the course of the last long and bloody war, Logan remained idle in his cabin, an advocate for peace. Such was my love for the Whites, that my countrymen pointed as they passed, and said, ' Logan is the friend of white men.
Page 176 - And ever, against eating cares, Lap me in soft Lydian airs, Married to immortal verse, Such as the meeting soul may pierce, In notes with many a winding bout Of linked sweetness long drawn out 140 With wanton heed and giddy cunning, The melting voice through mazes running, Untwisting all the chains that tie The hidden soul of harmony; That Orpheus...
Page 231 - Wherefore I take you to record this day, that I am pure from the blood of all men. For I have not shunned to declare unto you all the counsel of God.