Elements of Mental Philosophy: Embracing the Two Departments of the Intellect and the Sensibilities, Volume 2Harper, 1845 - Intellect |
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... CONSCIENCE . MORAL OR CONSCIENTIOUS SENTIMENTS . CLASS FIRST . EMOTIONS OF APPROVAL AND DISAPPROVAL . CHAP . I. - PROOFS OF A MORAL NATURE . Section Page 207. Reference to the general division 247 . 208. Proof of a moral nature from ...
... CONSCIENCE . MORAL OR CONSCIENTIOUS SENTIMENTS . CLASS FIRST . EMOTIONS OF APPROVAL AND DISAPPROVAL . CHAP . I. - PROOFS OF A MORAL NATURE . Section Page 207. Reference to the general division 247 . 208. Proof of a moral nature from ...
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... conscience 231. Of the close connexion between conscience and reasoning 232. Illustration of the preceding section 233. Further illustrations of the same subject Pago 272 • · 273 . 274 · • 275 276 277 • 278 • 279 234. Remarks upon the ...
... conscience 231. Of the close connexion between conscience and reasoning 232. Illustration of the preceding section 233. Further illustrations of the same subject Pago 272 • · 273 . 274 · • 275 276 277 • 278 • 279 234. Remarks upon the ...
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... conscience , considered as a uniform principle of action , requires that it should vary in its decisions with cir- cumstances . 266. Differences in the decisions of conscience dependant , in part , on differences of intellectual power ...
... conscience , considered as a uniform principle of action , requires that it should vary in its decisions with cir- cumstances . 266. Differences in the decisions of conscience dependant , in part , on differences of intellectual power ...
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... CONSCIENCE , we have reference to our moral sensibilities ; so that the distinction now in question is obviously in- volved in the common usage of language . In truth , all the considerations , consciousness , the ordinary structure of ...
... CONSCIENCE , we have reference to our moral sensibilities ; so that the distinction now in question is obviously in- volved in the common usage of language . In truth , all the considerations , consciousness , the ordinary structure of ...
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... Conscience ( what may be called , if we may be allowed the expres- sion , the moralities of his nature ) , and you at once strike from the mind one half of its motives to action ; for , in respect to everything which is considered by us ...
... Conscience ( what may be called , if we may be allowed the expres- sion , the moralities of his nature ) , and you at once strike from the mind one half of its motives to action ; for , in respect to everything which is considered by us ...
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Page 98 - I may therefore conclude, that the passion of laughter is nothing else but sudden glory arising from some sudden conception of some eminency in ourselves, by comparison with the infirmity of others, or with our own formerly...
Page 83 - The voice of the Lord is upon the waters: the God of glory thundereth: the Lord is upon many waters.
Page 263 - For when the Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature the things contained in the law, these, having not the law, are a law unto themselves ; which show the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts the mean while accusing or else excusing one another ;) in the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ, according to my Gospel.
Page 82 - tis, to cast one's eyes so low! The crows and choughs, that wing the midway air, Show scarce so gross as beetles : Half way down Hangs one that gathers samphire; dreadful trade! Methinks, he seems no bigger than his head: The fishermen, that walk upon the beach, Appear like mice; and yon...
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Page 83 - There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured : coals were kindled by it. He bowed the heavens also, and came down : and darkness was under his feet. And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly : yea, he did fly upon the wings of the wind.
Page 285 - The sun shall be no more thy light by day, neither for brightness shall the moon give light unto thee; but the Lord shall be unto thee an everlasting light, and thy God thy glory. Thy sun shall no more go down, neither shall thy moon withdraw itself: for the Lord shall be thine everlasting light, and the days of thy mourning shall be ended.
Page 285 - The Sun of Righteousness has been gradually drawing nearer and nearer, appearing larger and brighter as He approached, and now He fills the whole hemisphere, pouring forth a flood of glory, in which I seem to float like an insect in the beams of the sun ; exulting, yet almost trembling, while I gaze on this excessive brightness, and wondering, with unutterable wonder, vrhy God should deign thus to shine upon a sinful worm.