A Treatise on the Passions and Affections of the Mind, Philosophical, Ethical, and Theological: In a Series of Disquisitions, in which are Traced, the Moral History of Man, in His Pursuits, Powers, and Motives of Action, and the Means of Obtaining Permanent Well-being and Happiness, Volume 3T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1813 - Christianity |
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... excellence and importance of the objects which ought to be most influential ; and by mediā¤ tation , we devise the most powerful means of accomplishing the desirable end . Thus the mind may become habituated to a class of operative ...
... excellence and importance of the objects which ought to be most influential ; and by mediā¤ tation , we devise the most powerful means of accomplishing the desirable end . Thus the mind may become habituated to a class of operative ...
Page 85
... excellence , and the practice of it a duty , yet they clearly perceive that its operations can- not , like those of justice , be reduced to weight and measure . The indigent and afflicted have claims upon our humanity , but not in every ...
... excellence , and the practice of it a duty , yet they clearly perceive that its operations can- not , like those of justice , be reduced to weight and measure . The indigent and afflicted have claims upon our humanity , but not in every ...
Page 121
... excellence he may have acquired . We hold it perfectly consistent with justice and propriety , that the man whose conduct is in every respect prudent and circumspect , should escape the evils to which the imprudent are hourly exposed ...
... excellence he may have acquired . We hold it perfectly consistent with justice and propriety , that the man whose conduct is in every respect prudent and circumspect , should escape the evils to which the imprudent are hourly exposed ...
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... excellence , or moral depravity , is the most conspicuous ; and our praise or censure becomes the warmest , or most poignant . In the second , moral excellences or depravities present themselves to the eye as standards , by which we ...
... excellence , or moral depravity , is the most conspicuous ; and our praise or censure becomes the warmest , or most poignant . In the second , moral excellences or depravities present themselves to the eye as standards , by which we ...
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... EXCELLENCE OF VIRTUE . We have had frequent occasion to observe , that our strongest attachment to many objects , is , at first , inspired by our considering them as the means and instruments of well - being ; and from their having ...
... EXCELLENCE OF VIRTUE . We have had frequent occasion to observe , that our strongest attachment to many objects , is , at first , inspired by our considering them as the means and instruments of well - being ; and from their having ...
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