Man Primeval, Or, The Constitution and Primitive Condition of the Human Being: A Contribution to Theological Science |
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... desires of the mind . " In the light of these views , we see the truth of the affirmation , that " poetry is more philosophical than history . " † Clearing the bounds of the particular and the actual , imagination beholds things already ...
... desires of the mind . " In the light of these views , we see the truth of the affirmation , that " poetry is more philosophical than history . " † Clearing the bounds of the particular and the actual , imagination beholds things already ...
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... desire for its continued existence . And innumerable external objects are ever appealing to the desire and keeping it in play . 6. The continuance of life , as well as its design , imply that he is meant for activity . He desires it ...
... desire for its continued existence . And innumerable external objects are ever appealing to the desire and keeping it in play . 6. The continuance of life , as well as its design , imply that he is meant for activity . He desires it ...
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... desire of property , associated with the feeling of right in it , and over it , is an inherent and essential part of our nature . Equally inherent and indestructible is the desire of superiority , for , as we shall hereafter see ...
... desire of property , associated with the feeling of right in it , and over it , is an inherent and essential part of our nature . Equally inherent and indestructible is the desire of superiority , for , as we shall hereafter see ...
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... desire , and perhaps , indeed , of all the desires we have specified ; reminding us , that the desires in themselves are destitute of a moral character ; for , in order to their morality they must be placed in alliance with a principle ...
... desire , and perhaps , indeed , of all the desires we have specified ; reminding us , that the desires in themselves are destitute of a moral character ; for , in order to their morality they must be placed in alliance with a principle ...
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... desires of others . 13. As his own desire of activity implies scope and freedom , as far as others are concerned , for its exercise , the same desire in them implies , as far as he is concerned , similar scope and liberty . Accordingly ...
... desires of others . 13. As his own desire of activity implies scope and freedom , as far as others are concerned , for its exercise , the same desire in them implies , as far as he is concerned , similar scope and liberty . Accordingly ...
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Page 80 - The use of this FEIGNED HISTORY hath been to give some shadow of satisfaction to the mind of man in those points wherein the nature of things doth deny it, the world being in proportion inferior to the soul ; by reason whereof there is agreeable to the spirit of man a more ample greatness, a more exact goodness, and a more absolute variety than can be found in the nature of things.
Page 294 - ... in the entrance of philosophy, when the second causes, which are next unto the senses, do offer themselves to the mind of man, if it dwell and stay there, it may induce some oblivion of the highest cause ; but when a man passeth on farther, and seeth the dependence of causes and the works of Providence ; then, according to the allegory of the poets, he will easily believe that the highest link of nature's chain must needs be tied to the foot of Jupiter's chair.
Page 452 - The LORD possessed me in the beginning of his way, Before his works of old. I was set up from everlasting, From the beginning, Or ever the earth was. When there were no depths, I was brought forth; When there were no fountains abounding with water. Before the mountains were settled, Before the hills was I brought forth...
Page 461 - PRINCIPLES OF ZOOLOGY; Touching the Structure, Development, Distribution, and Natural Arrangement, of the RACES OF ANIMALS, living and extinct, with numerous Illustrations. For the use of Schools and Colleges. Part I. COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY.
Page 58 - We are thus taught the salutary lesson, that the capacity of thought is not to be constituted into the measure of existence ; and are warned from recognizing the domain of our knowledge as necessarily co-extensive with the horizon of our faith. And by a wonderful revelation, we are thus, in the very consciousness of our inability to conceive aught above the relative and finite, inspired with a belief in the existence of something unconditioned beyond the sphere of all comprehensible reality.
Page 463 - PALEY'S NATURAL THEOLOGY. Illustrated by forty plates, and Selections from the notes of Dr. Paxton, with additional Notes, original and selected, for this edition ; with a vocabulary of Scientific Terms. Edited by JOHN WARE, JI.D.
Page 241 - Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them, for God hath showed it unto them. For the invisible things of him, from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his Eternal Power and God-head, so that they are without excuse...
Page 80 - And therefore it was ever thought to have some participation of divineness, because it doth raise and erect the mind, by submitting the shows of things to the desires of the mind; whereas reason doth buckle and bow the mind unto the nature of things.
Page 15 - And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.