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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... practice of that which our reason most approves , a source of permanent pleasure to the agent . Abstract ideas of what is right and proper , are not suffici- ent to secure happiness . A theoretical conviction of the beneficial tendency ...
... practice of that which our reason most approves , a source of permanent pleasure to the agent . Abstract ideas of what is right and proper , are not suffici- ent to secure happiness . A theoretical conviction of the beneficial tendency ...
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... practice of virtue . In some subsequent disquisitions , we shall par- ticularly consider the authority by which those religious principles are enforced , which are best calculated to promote the uniform practice of virtue .. Although no ...
... practice of virtue . In some subsequent disquisitions , we shall par- ticularly consider the authority by which those religious principles are enforced , which are best calculated to promote the uniform practice of virtue .. Although no ...
Page 85
... 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 parti- cular ...
... 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 parti- cular ...
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... practices , or by tyranny and oppression , may be liberally bestowed on public charities ; may be devoted to the endowment of churches and ho- spitals ; the donor may have monuments erected to his memory , or he may be canonised as a ...
... practices , or by tyranny and oppression , may be liberally bestowed on public charities ; may be devoted to the endowment of churches and ho- spitals ; the donor may have monuments erected to his memory , or he may be canonised as a ...
Page 88
... practice of every virtue , would raise human felicity to the most ex- alted state of perfection . Were every man pru- dent , extensively and uniformly , he would extract the greatest possible good from every posssible si- tuation . He ...
... practice of every virtue , would raise human felicity to the most ex- alted state of perfection . Were every man pru- dent , extensively and uniformly , he would extract the greatest possible good from every posssible si- tuation . He ...
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