Elements of Mental Philosophy Enbracing the Two Departments of the Intellect and the Sensibilities, Volume 2Harper & Brothers, 1841 - Intellect |
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... truth 130. Of the twofold action of the propensity to truth 131. Propensity of self - love , or the desire of happiness . 132. Of selfishness as distinguished from self - love 133. Modifications of selfishness ; pride , vanity , and ...
... truth 130. Of the twofold action of the propensity to truth 131. Propensity of self - love , or the desire of happiness . 132. Of selfishness as distinguished from self - love 133. Modifications of selfishness ; pride , vanity , and ...
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... truth generally 358 360 • 360 . 361 363 365 304. Of the application of the principle of habit in morals 305. Further views on the influence of moral habits 306. Of the importance of correct morals in connexion with our civil and ...
... truth generally 358 360 • 360 . 361 363 365 304. Of the application of the principle of habit in morals 305. Further views on the influence of moral habits 306. Of the importance of correct morals in connexion with our civil and ...
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... and joy and suffering , mingle in perpetual conflict . Much is said , and with a good deal of truth , of the RELATION OF THE INTELLECT TO THE SENSIBILITIES . 19 value 18 INTRODUCTION . Importance of the study of the sensibilities.
... and joy and suffering , mingle in perpetual conflict . Much is said , and with a good deal of truth , of the RELATION OF THE INTELLECT TO THE SENSIBILITIES . 19 value 18 INTRODUCTION . Importance of the study of the sensibilities.
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... truth , all the considerations , consciousness , the ordinary structure of language , and the incidental as well as the more formal and considered remarks of writers , which were formerly brought forward to show the distinction between ...
... truth , all the considerations , consciousness , the ordinary structure of language , and the incidental as well as the more formal and considered remarks of writers , which were formerly brought forward to show the distinction between ...
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... truth , honour , magnanimity , benevo- lence , justice , or other traits of a mind acting as it was created and designed to act , we have a foundation laid ( varying , it is true , with the degree in which they exist , with the ...
... truth , honour , magnanimity , benevo- lence , justice , or other traits of a mind acting as it was created and designed to act , we have a foundation laid ( varying , it is true , with the degree in which they exist , with the ...
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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. He made darkness his secret place ; his pavilion round about him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.
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 352 - What could have been done more to my vineyard, That I have not done in it? Wherefore, when I looked that it should bring forth grapes, Brought it forth wild grapes?