The Works of Dugald Stewart: The philosophy of the active and moral powers of manHilliard and Brown, 1829 |
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Strana 17
... person may indeed employ his in- tellectual powers with a view to his own moral improve- ment , or to the happiness of society , and so far he acts from a laudable principle . But to prosecute study merely from the desire of knowledge ...
... person may indeed employ his in- tellectual powers with a view to his own moral improve- ment , or to the happiness of society , and so far he acts from a laudable principle . But to prosecute study merely from the desire of knowledge ...
Strana 20
... person must have remarked the spirit and àlacrity with which this animal exerts himself on the road , when accompa- nied by another animal of his own species , in comparison of what he discovers when travelling alone ; and , with ...
... person must have remarked the spirit and àlacrity with which this animal exerts himself on the road , when accompa- nied by another animal of his own species , in comparison of what he discovers when travelling alone ; and , with ...
Strana 21
... person naturally feels when he hears the tread of a foot in the dark ; on the universal invention of locks and keys ; and on various other circumstances of a similar nature . That this theory of Hobbes is contrary to the univer- sal ...
... person naturally feels when he hears the tread of a foot in the dark ; on the universal invention of locks and keys ; and on various other circumstances of a similar nature . That this theory of Hobbes is contrary to the univer- sal ...
Strana 42
... person whatsoever for the purposes to which we may choose to turn it . " There is an unspeakable plea- sure , " says Addison , " in calling any thing one's own . A freehold , though it be but in ice and snow , will make the owner ...
... person whatsoever for the purposes to which we may choose to turn it . " There is an unspeakable plea- sure , " says Addison , " in calling any thing one's own . A freehold , though it be but in ice and snow , will make the owner ...
Strana 57
... persons brought up in foundling hospitals have seldom turned well out in the world ; and although I doubt not that various splendid exceptions to this proposition may be quoted , I am in- clined to think , that , if the special ...
... persons brought up in foundling hospitals have seldom turned well out in the world ; and although I doubt not that various splendid exceptions to this proposition may be quoted , I am in- clined to think , that , if the special ...
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The Works of Dugald Stewart: The philosophy of the active and moral powers ... Dugald Stewart Úplné zobrazenie - 1829 |
The Works of Dugald Stewart: The philosophy of the active and moral powers ... Dugald Stewart Úplné zobrazenie - 1829 |
The Works of Dugald Stewart: The philosophy of the active and moral powers ... Dugald Stewart Úplné zobrazenie - 1829 |
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Strana 247 - Warms in the sun, refreshes in the breeze, Glows in the stars, and blossoms in the trees : Lives through all life, extends through all extent, Spreads undivided, operates unspent...
Strana 191 - Look then abroad through Nature, to the range Of planets, suns, and adamantine spheres, Wheeling unshaken through the void immense ; And speak, O man ! does this capacious scene, With half that kindling majesty, dilate Thy strong conception, as when Brutus rose Refulgent from the stroke of...
Strana 335 - Pater ipse colendi Haud facilem esse viam voluit, primusque per artem Movit agros curis acuens mortalia corda, Nee torpere gravi passus sua regna veterno.
Strana 189 - The generous Ashley* thine, the friend of man; Who scann'd his Nature with a brother's eye, His weakness prompt to shade, to raise his aim, To touch the finer movements of the mind, And with the moral beauty charm the heart.
Strana 182 - Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness ; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!
Strana 305 - It is true, that a little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism ; but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion...
Strana 191 - Is aught so fair In all the dewy landscapes of the Spring, In the bright eye of Hesper or the Morn, In Nature's fairest forms, is aught so fair As virtuous Friendship ? as the candid blush Of him who strives with fortune to be just ? The graceful tear that streams for others...
Strana 60 - ... yet, on the other side, they are more cruel and hard-hearted (good to make severe inquisitors), because their tenderness is not so oft called upon. Grave natures, led by custom, and therefore constant, are commonly loving husbands, as was said of Ulysses, "Vetulam suam praetulit immortalitati.
Strana 49 - Tis not enough, your counsel still be true ; Blunt truths more mischief than nice falsehoods do ; Men must be taught as if you taught them not, And things unknown propos'd as things forgot.
Strana 123 - Thou shalt not lend upon usury to thy brother; usury of money, usury of victuals, usury of any thing that is lent upon usury : unto a stranger thou mayest lend upon usury ; but unto thy brother thou shalt not lend upon usury...