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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... habitual state , in which we acknow- ledge existence to be a valuable blessing ; it em- braces the pleasures and satisfactions derived from the love of knowledge ; and it reaches to those more exalted sensations which constitute the ...
... habitual state , in which we acknow- ledge existence to be a valuable blessing ; it em- braces the pleasures and satisfactions derived from the love of knowledge ; and it reaches to those more exalted sensations which constitute the ...
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... habitual possession of the mind , whatever be its character and tendency . It was further observed , and it can scarcely be observed too often , that the final execution of every determination of the Will , produces an immutable change ...
... habitual possession of the mind , whatever be its character and tendency . It was further observed , and it can scarcely be observed too often , that the final execution of every determination of the Will , produces an immutable change ...
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... habitual character of each individual , IV . The history which was given , upon a former occasion , of the sources of our good and evil , of the happiness we are rendered capable of enjoy- ing , and the misery to which we are exposed ...
... habitual character of each individual , IV . The history which was given , upon a former occasion , of the sources of our good and evil , of the happiness we are rendered capable of enjoy- ing , and the misery to which we are exposed ...
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... habitual frame of disposition , which is favourable to all those plea- sing impressions of which it is susceptible , and which place it at the most remote distance from mental misery . The pleasures of sense , when most innocent , are ...
... habitual frame of disposition , which is favourable to all those plea- sing impressions of which it is susceptible , and which place it at the most remote distance from mental misery . The pleasures of sense , when most innocent , are ...
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... habitual dispositions to act in a cor- respondent manner ; and firmness of mind to resist every seductive inducement of a contrary tendency . By the former we escape the evils , from which minds , the best disposed , could not otherways ...
... habitual dispositions to act in a cor- respondent manner ; and firmness of mind to resist every seductive inducement of a contrary tendency . By the former we escape the evils , from which minds , the best disposed , could not otherways ...
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