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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... species , yet in most of their pursuits they act instinctively ; that is , by invariable propensities , or by an uncon- trouled impulse of the senses , and of the passions immediately excited by them . Notwithstanding the diversities ...
... species , yet in most of their pursuits they act instinctively ; that is , by invariable propensities , or by an uncon- trouled impulse of the senses , and of the passions immediately excited by them . Notwithstanding the diversities ...
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... species , appear to be , with some few exceptions , the total of their 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 ...
... species , appear to be , with some few exceptions , the total of their 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 ...
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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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... species , it is observed to be the most ungovernable in the most ignorant and un- cultivated minds ; which being strangers to every superior enjoyment , cannot be affected by any comparisons . In the pursuit of amusements , con ...
... species , it is observed to be the most ungovernable in the most ignorant and un- cultivated minds ; which being strangers to every superior enjoyment , cannot be affected by any comparisons . In the pursuit of amusements , con ...
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... love and desire of some species of Good . The subordinate principles relate to the apparent means of obtain- ing this Good ; and they direct to particular actions , according to the idea entertained at the instant INTRODUCTION .
... love and desire of some species of Good . The subordinate principles relate to the apparent means of obtain- ing this Good ; and they direct to particular actions , according to the idea entertained at the instant INTRODUCTION .
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