The History of Moral Science, 第 1 巻J. Duncan, 1833 |
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... knowledge of the moral speculations of these authors . It has been , therefore , my aim to supply , in some measure , the want of information arising out of the circumstances already mentioned ; and as far as possible to make this ...
... knowledge of the moral speculations of these authors . It has been , therefore , my aim to supply , in some measure , the want of information arising out of the circumstances already mentioned ; and as far as possible to make this ...
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... knowledge which relates to human conduct ; treats of the motives which appertain to that con- duct ; and to what ends and purposes it ought to be directed . Casting our eyes over the actual condition of the human race , so far as ...
... knowledge which relates to human conduct ; treats of the motives which appertain to that con- duct ; and to what ends and purposes it ought to be directed . Casting our eyes over the actual condition of the human race , so far as ...
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... knowledge consists in perceiving and faithfully re- gistering the results of the experiment . To know men thoroughly , we must just follow the same plan as we do when we want to know the nature of any other creature , or any piece of ...
... knowledge consists in perceiving and faithfully re- gistering the results of the experiment . To know men thoroughly , we must just follow the same plan as we do when we want to know the nature of any other creature , or any piece of ...
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... knowledge exer- cises a beneficial effect upon our moral natures ; but there is no branch of human inquiry so well fitted to produce so large a share of good fruits , as a systematic and accurate acquaintance with our moral powers ...
... knowledge exer- cises a beneficial effect upon our moral natures ; but there is no branch of human inquiry so well fitted to produce so large a share of good fruits , as a systematic and accurate acquaintance with our moral powers ...
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... knowledge of the sci- ence of number and quantity , as for a politician or lawgiver to pretend to understand the science of legislation , without an accurate knowledge of the moral nature of man . There is another great and obvious ...
... knowledge of the sci- ence of number and quantity , as for a politician or lawgiver to pretend to understand the science of legislation , without an accurate knowledge of the moral nature of man . There is another great and obvious ...
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61 ページ - But whatsoever is the object of any man's appetite or desire, that is it which he for his part calleth good: and the object of his hate and aversion, evil . and of his contempt, vile and inconsiderable. For these words of good, evil, and contemptible, are ever used with relation to the person that useth them : there being nothing simply and absolutely so ; nor any common rule of good and evil, to be taken from the nature of the objects themselves...
316 ページ - See, through this air, this ocean, and this earth, All matter quick, and bursting into birth. Above, how high, progressive life may go! Around, how wide! how deep extend below! Vast chain of being! which from God began, Natures ethereal, human, angel, man, Beast, bird, fish, insect, what no eye can see, No glass can reach; from infinite to thee, From thee to nothing.
317 ページ - Two principles in human nature reign; Self-love, to urge, and reason, to restrain; Nor this a good, nor that a bad we call, Each works its end, to move or govern all: And to their proper operation still Ascribe all good; to their improper, ill.
73 ページ - ... jealousies, and in the state and posture of gladiators; having their weapons pointing, and their eyes fixed on one another; that is, their forts, garrisons, and guns upon the frontiers of their kingdoms; and continual spies upon their neighbours; which is a posture of war.
322 ページ - Is it for thee the lark ascends and sings? Joy tunes his voice, joy elevates his wings. Is it for thee the linnet pours his throat? Loves of his own and raptures swell the note.
56 ページ - CONCERNING the thoughts of man, I will consider them first singly, and afterwards in train, or dependence upon one another. Singly, they are every one a representation or appearance, of some quality, or other accident of a body without us, which is commonly called an object. Which object worketh on the eyes, ears, and other parts of a man's body ; and by diversity of working, produceth diversity of appearances. The original of them all, is that which we call SENSE...
130 ページ - I must here in the entrance beg pardon of my reader for the frequent use of the word "idea," which he will find in the following treatise. It being that term which, I think, serves best to stand for whatsoever is the object of the understanding when a man thinks: I have used it to express whatever is meant by phantasm, notion, species, or whatever it is which the mind can be employed about in thinking; and I could not avoid frequently using it.
60 ページ - For REASON, in this sense, is nothing but reckoning, that is adding and subtracting, of the consequences of general names agreed upon for the marking and signifying of our thoughts...
72 ページ - ... and of his children and servants, when he locks his chests. Does he not there as much accuse mankind by his actions as I do by my words?
59 ページ - For as at a great distance of place, that which we look at appears dim, and without distinction of the smaller parts; and as voices grow weak, and inarticulate ; so also, after great distance of time, our imagination of the past is weak ; and we lose, for example, of cities we have seen, many particular streets, and of actions, many particular circumstances. This decaying sense...