Elements of Moral Science, Svazek 1T. Cadell, 1790 - Počet stran: 688 |
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Strana 3
... shall seem the moft convenient . And I begin with the faculty of speech : that fubject being con- nected with fome others that my hearers are already acquainted with , and therefore likely to be attended with little difficulty , A 2 ...
... shall seem the moft convenient . And I begin with the faculty of speech : that fubject being con- nected with fome others that my hearers are already acquainted with , and therefore likely to be attended with little difficulty , A 2 ...
Strana 7
... shall not often have occafion to repeat . 15. The fame word has ftill another meaning among philofophers ; having been used to denote a thought of the mind , which may be expreffed by a general term , or common appellative , that is ...
... shall not often have occafion to repeat . 15. The fame word has ftill another meaning among philofophers ; having been used to denote a thought of the mind , which may be expreffed by a general term , or common appellative , that is ...
Strana 53
... shall write . 3 . The paulo - poft - future , Scripturus fum , I am about to write , which in Greek is μελλω γράφειν . Obferve , that the Greek paulo - post - future ( fo called in the grammars ) , as expreffed by a fingle word , is ...
... shall write . 3 . The paulo - poft - future , Scripturus fum , I am about to write , which in Greek is μελλω γράφειν . Obferve , that the Greek paulo - post - future ( fo called in the grammars ) , as expreffed by a fingle word , is ...
Strana 54
... shall then have finished a certain action . Cras mane bora decima fcripfero has literas . To - morrow morning at ten I fhall have finished the writing of this letter . 4. The Paulo - poft- future , which unites prefent with future time ...
... shall then have finished a certain action . Cras mane bora decima fcripfero has literas . To - morrow morning at ten I fhall have finished the writing of this letter . 4. The Paulo - poft- future , which unites prefent with future time ...
Strana 110
... may , by appearing together , or being frequently joined together , become fo closely related , that the one shall ever after introduce the other other into the mind . Thus , in language written 110 Part I. ELEMENTS OF.
... may , by appearing together , or being frequently joined together , become fo closely related , that the one shall ever after introduce the other other into the mind . Thus , in language written 110 Part I. ELEMENTS OF.
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Strana 315 - ... it does not give the mind such an exquisite gladness, prevents us from falling into any depths of sorrow. Mirth is like a flash of lightning, that breaks through a gloom of clouds, and glitters for a moment; cheerfulness keeps up a kind of day-light in the mind, and fills it with a steady and perpetual serenity.
Strana 99 - Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested; that is, some books are to be read only in parts: others to be read, but not curiously; and some few to be read wholly and with diligence and attention.
Strana 301 - External evils, which we cannot prevent, or could not avoid without a breach of duty, it is manly and honourable to bear with fortitude.
Strana 3 - ... what ought to be done and what ought not to be done...
Strana 306 - ... in far lefs danger of infelicity ; and has before him the animating hope of victory and honour. So in life : the man of true fortitude is in lefs danger of...
Strana 101 - We would preserve the doctrines, sentiments, or facts, that occur in reading, it will be prudent to lay the book aside, and put them in writing in our own words. This practice will give accuracy to our knowledge, accustom us to recollection, improve us in the use of language, and enable us so thoroughly to comprehend the thoughts of other men, as to make them in some measure our own.
Strana 221 - A not altogether satisfactory definition, as it assumes something concerning the animal which it would be hard to prove. Here is a more recent definition. ' Instinct is action taken in pursuance of an end, but without conscious perception of what that end is.' 6 This again does not quite satisfy me...
Strana 176 - By attention and exercise it may be improved in every man. It prepares the mind for receiving the impressions of virtue; and. without it there can be no true politeness. Nothing is more odious, than that insensibility which wraps a man up in himself and his own concerns, and prevents his being moved with either the joys or the sorrows of another.
Strana 306 - ... danger of infelicity, and has before him the animating hope of victory and honour. So, in life, the man of true fortitude is in less danger of disappointment than others are, because his understanding is clear, and his mind disencumbered. He is prepared to meet calamity without the fear of sinking...