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... moral life would cease to exist . One other problem begins faintly to emerge in Hera- cleitus - the problem of knowledge . Since the vulgar notion is that the things which the senses reveal to us are more or less solid and permanent , a ...
... moral life would cease to exist . One other problem begins faintly to emerge in Hera- cleitus - the problem of knowledge . Since the vulgar notion is that the things which the senses reveal to us are more or less solid and permanent , a ...
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... moral grade , of many of the old beliefs and stories about the gods , leads him to a fierce polemic against the popular theology . " Homer and Hesiod have ascribed to the gods all things that are a shame and a disgrace among men ...
... moral grade , of many of the old beliefs and stories about the gods , leads him to a fierce polemic against the popular theology . " Homer and Hesiod have ascribed to the gods all things that are a shame and a disgrace among men ...
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... moral retribution . The rapid growth of the new society , its inner coherence , and its possession of scientific knowledge , soon gave it a pre- ponderating political influence in Crotona , and other Ital- ian cities . Its exclusiveness ...
... moral retribution . The rapid growth of the new society , its inner coherence , and its possession of scientific knowledge , soon gave it a pre- ponderating political influence in Crotona , and other Ital- ian cities . Its exclusiveness ...
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... morality of custom and tradi- tion , cannot afford to allow too free an examination of its foundation and sanctions ... moral sense , were rationalized and explained away ; and while philosophers might not go to the length of denying ...
... morality of custom and tradi- tion , cannot afford to allow too free an examination of its foundation and sanctions ... moral sense , were rationalized and explained away ; and while philosophers might not go to the length of denying ...
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... morality ; while their social and political applications were partisan , rather than theoretical and fundamental ... moral enthusiasm called forth by the heroic way in which it was met , lent a new life to traditional institutions ...
... morality ; while their social and political applications were partisan , rather than theoretical and fundamental ... moral enthusiasm called forth by the heroic way in which it was met , lent a new life to traditional institutions ...
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Page 370 - For my part, when I enter most intimately into what I call "myself," I always stumble on some particular perception or other, of heat or cold, light or shade, love or hatred, pain or pleasure. I never can catch "myself" at any time without a perception, and never can observe anything but the perception.
Page 333 - How comes it to be furnished? Whence comes it by that vast store which the busy and boundless fancy of man has painted on it with an almost endless variety? Whence has it all the materials of reason and knowledge? To this I answer, in one word, from EXPERIENCE. In that all our knowledge is founded; and from that it ultimately derives itself.
Page 348 - IT is evident to any one who takes a survey of the objects of human knowledge, that they are either ideas actually imprinted on the senses; or else such as are perceived by attending to the passions and operations of the mind; or lastly, ideas formed by help of memory and imagination— either compounding, dividing, or barely representing those originally perceived in the aforesaid ways.
Page 325 - The commonwealth of learning is not at this time without master-builders, whose mighty designs, in advancing the sciences, will leave lasting monuments to the admiration of posterity: but every one must not hope to be a Boyle or a Sydenham; and in an age that produces such masters as the great Huygenius and the incomparable Mr. Newton...
Page 356 - But, whatever power I may have over my own thoughts, I find the ideas actually perceived by Sense have not a like dependence on my will. When in broad daylight I open my eyes, it is not in my power to choose whether I shall see or no, or to determine what particular objects shall present themselves to my view...
Page 332 - ... whiteness, hardness, sweetness, thinking, motion, man, elephant, army, drunkenness, and others : it is in the first place then to be inquired, how he comes by them...
Page 235 - ... as if there were sought in knowledge a couch whereupon to rest a searching and restless spirit; or a terrace for a wandering and variable mind to walk up and down with a fair prospect; or a tower of state for a proud mind to raise itself upon; or a fort or...
Page 235 - ... a couch whereupon to rest a searching and restless spirit; or a terrace for a wandering and variable mind to walk up and down with a fair prospect; or a tower of state for a proud mind to raise itself upon; or a fort or commanding ground for strife and contention; or a shop for profit or sale; and not a rich storehouse for the glory of the Creator and the relief of man's estate.
Page 369 - THERE are some philosophers who imagine we are every moment intimately conscious of what we call our self; that we feel its existence and its continuance in existence; and are certain, beyond the evidence of a demonstration, both of its perfect identity and simplicity.
Page 246 - The passions that incline men to peace are: fear of death; desire of such things as are necessary to commodious living; and a hope by their industry to obtain them.