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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... propensities , or by an uncon- trouled impulse of the senses , and of the passions immediately excited by them . Notwithstanding the diversities correspondent to the specific nature of Animals , they are all influenced by three ob ...
... propensities , or by an uncon- trouled impulse of the senses , and of the passions immediately excited by them . Notwithstanding the diversities correspondent to the specific nature of Animals , they are all influenced by three ob ...
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... propensities . The sources of Good to the human species being more copious and diver- sified , Man being endowed with the more extensive powers of observation , comprehension , and reflec- tion , he is subject to numerous correspondent ...
... propensities . The sources of Good to the human species being more copious and diver- sified , Man being endowed with the more extensive powers of observation , comprehension , and reflec- tion , he is subject to numerous correspondent ...
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... demand neither ob- servation , experience , nor reason to prompt to an indulgence . This is the only propensity possess- ed by man , in common with the brute creation ; and , in the human species , it is observed INTRODUCTION . 7.
... demand neither ob- servation , experience , nor reason to prompt to an indulgence . This is the only propensity possess- ed by man , in common with the brute creation ; and , in the human species , it is observed INTRODUCTION . 7.
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... propensities , and the cultivation of right dispositions , that can alone ensure a per- manency in right conduct , or render the practice of that which our reason most approves , a source of permanent pleasure to the agent . Abstract ...
... propensities , and the cultivation of right dispositions , that can alone ensure a per- manency in right conduct , or render the practice of that which our reason most approves , a source of permanent pleasure to the agent . Abstract ...
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... propensities of a contrary character . For the strongest inducement will become the Motive of every particular action ; and where there are various inducements of a contrary tendency , each of them possessing a certain degree of power ...
... propensities of a contrary character . For the strongest inducement will become the Motive of every particular action ; and where there are various inducements of a contrary tendency , each of them possessing a certain degree of power ...
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