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... Aristotle in his Ethics expresses it , " the sick person considers health , and the poor man riches , as the chief good . " It is also true , that learned men , and even the sacred scriptures , give the name of felicity to some symptoms ...
... Aristotle in his Ethics expresses it , " the sick person considers health , and the poor man riches , as the chief good . " It is also true , that learned men , and even the sacred scriptures , give the name of felicity to some symptoms ...
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... Aristotle and the schoolmen , who distinguish between the fruition of the chief good , which constitutes true feli- city , and the delight and satisfaction attending that frui- tion ; because , at this rate , that good would not be the ...
... Aristotle and the schoolmen , who distinguish between the fruition of the chief good , which constitutes true feli- city , and the delight and satisfaction attending that frui- tion ; because , at this rate , that good would not be the ...
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... them , it is not possible to express how much sweeter you will find these inspired writings , than Cicero , Demosthenes , Homer , Aristotle , and all the other orators , poets , and philosophers . They reason HAPPINESS . 15.
... them , it is not possible to express how much sweeter you will find these inspired writings , than Cicero , Demosthenes , Homer , Aristotle , and all the other orators , poets , and philosophers . They reason HAPPINESS . 15.
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... and , if we inquire narrowly into the matter , perhaps we shall find none at all ; nay , if even the mathematical demonstrations are examined by the strict rules and ideas of Aristotle , the greatest 26 THE IMMORTALITY.
... and , if we inquire narrowly into the matter , perhaps we shall find none at all ; nay , if even the mathematical demonstrations are examined by the strict rules and ideas of Aristotle , the greatest 26 THE IMMORTALITY.
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Robert Leighton Charles Bradley. the strict rules and ideas of Aristotle , the greatest part of them will be found imperfect and defective . The saying of that philosopher is therefore wise and applicable to many cases ; " Demonstrations ...
Robert Leighton Charles Bradley. the strict rules and ideas of Aristotle , the greatest part of them will be found imperfect and defective . The saying of that philosopher is therefore wise and applicable to many cases ; " Demonstrations ...
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Page 87 - For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit...
Page 152 - Lord, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is; that I may know how frail I am.
Page 161 - Surely every man walketh in a vain shew : surely they are disquieted in vain : he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them. And now, LORD, what wait I for ? my hope is- in Thee.
Page 206 - But who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able to offer so willingly after this sort? for all things come of thee, and of thine own have we given thee.
Page 237 - BLESSED is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered. Blessed is the man unto whom the Lord imputeth not iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no guile.
Page 130 - Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the Lord.
Page 97 - The Lord is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup : thou maintainest my lot. The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places; yea, I have a goodly heritage.
Page 129 - And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood.
Page 196 - Go, and tell this people, HEAR ye indeed, but understand not; And see ye indeed, but perceive not. Make the heart of this people fat, And make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes ; Lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, And understand with their heart, and convert, and be healed.
Page 190 - Then flew one of the seraphims unto me, having a live coal in his hand, Which he had taken with the tongs from off the altar: And he laid it upon my mouth, and said, Lo, this hath touched thy lips; And thine iniquity is taken away, and thy sin purged.