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... greatest strength or most influence in , determining the will . It must be obvious to any one , that when two objects are disgustful , if both cannot be re- jected , the one most disagreeable will be avoided by voluntary exertions . On ...
... greatest strength or most influence in , determining the will . It must be obvious to any one , that when two objects are disgustful , if both cannot be re- jected , the one most disagreeable will be avoided by voluntary exertions . On ...
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... greatest absurdity . It implies , that they operate on nothing . But that subject is not the understanding ; for that is incapable of either pleasure or pain . Their first and immediate operation is not on the will . For the pleasure ...
... greatest absurdity . It implies , that they operate on nothing . But that subject is not the understanding ; for that is incapable of either pleasure or pain . Their first and immediate operation is not on the will . For the pleasure ...
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... greatest appar- ent good , or greatest uneasiness , or any other motive , what is contained in this Essay does not disagree with such opinions . For if objects of choice are painful , there is uneasiness ; if a- greeable , there will be ...
... greatest appar- ent good , or greatest uneasiness , or any other motive , what is contained in this Essay does not disagree with such opinions . For if objects of choice are painful , there is uneasiness ; if a- greeable , there will be ...
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... greatest sum of happiness is the highest possible good . For it is evident , by attending to the ideas the terms express , that an absolute good , increased to the greatest possible measure , is the highest possi- ble good . Greater ...
... greatest sum of happiness is the highest possible good . For it is evident , by attending to the ideas the terms express , that an absolute good , increased to the greatest possible measure , is the highest possi- ble good . Greater ...
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... greatest happiness a society can possess , is its highest good . The greatest possible sum of happiness , there- fore , is the highest good of the universe . For a greater good than the greatest , cannot exist . I may now say , that the ...
... greatest happiness a society can possess , is its highest good . The greatest possible sum of happiness , there- fore , is the highest good of the universe . For a greater good than the greatest , cannot exist . I may now say , that the ...
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Page 198 - Ye men of Israel, hear these words ; Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God did by him in the midst of you, as ye yourselves also know Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain...
Page 12 - A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good ; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is evil : for of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh.
Page 2 - BBOWN, of the said district, hath deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof he claims as author, in the words following, to wit : " Sertorius : or, the Roman Patriot.
Page 12 - But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart, and they defile the man ? 19 For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies ; 20 These are the things which defile a man : but to eat with unwashen hands defileth not a man.
Page 28 - ... and what we ought to do and what we ought not to do, whoever came into the world without having an innate idea of them?
Page 374 - Then saith he unto me, See thou do it not : for I am thy fellow servant, and of thy brethren the prophets, and of them which keep the sayings of this book: worship God.
Page 214 - Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly are ravening wolves. By their fruits ye shall know them. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles ? Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but the corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit. A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.
Page 299 - no man shall see the Lord." Qualified, however, in our faculties, to know and serve God ; with the volume of inspiration before us ; surrounded, on every side, by an...
Page 12 - ... that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation, in the knowledge of him; the eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints...
Page 216 - If a man look on a woman, to lust after her, he hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.