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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... kind of claim upon us ; and obligation may rise to an indispensible duty , where the claims of others are founded upon just and high pretensions . For this circumstance inscribes a new character upon the action ; may render it more than ...
... kind of claim upon us ; and obligation may rise to an indispensible duty , where the claims of others are founded upon just and high pretensions . For this circumstance inscribes a new character upon the action ; may render it more than ...
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... kind of prudence . consists in making the best selection , when a va- riety of promising projects are before him ; in adopting the most efficacious means , and in pur- suing his design with care and assiduity . He is deemed imprudent ...
... kind of prudence . consists in making the best selection , when a va- riety of promising projects are before him ; in adopting the most efficacious means , and in pur- suing his design with care and assiduity . He is deemed imprudent ...
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... kind affections are immediately concerned ; as the assiduous care of parents , the obedience of children , conjugal fidelity , the obli- gations of friendship , & c . These are claims upon others which they neither have a right to ...
... kind affections are immediately concerned ; as the assiduous care of parents , the obedience of children , conjugal fidelity , the obli- gations of friendship , & c . These are claims upon others which they neither have a right to ...
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... kind of proper- ty , are yet guilty of unjust privations , respecting the grand article Good itself . The man who will be minutely accurate , in the payment of the sti- pulated wages of his servant , and would blush at the idea of ...
... kind of proper- ty , are yet guilty of unjust privations , respecting the grand article Good itself . The man who will be minutely accurate , in the payment of the sti- pulated wages of his servant , and would blush at the idea of ...
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... kind affections of social life , consti- tute the whole of its sweets ; diminishing every trouble and augmenting every enjoyment . When most inactive , benevolence imparts a placid sere- nity to the mind . Nor can it be exerted in par ...
... kind affections of social life , consti- tute the whole of its sweets ; diminishing every trouble and augmenting every enjoyment . When most inactive , benevolence imparts a placid sere- nity to the mind . Nor can it be exerted in par ...
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