A Treatise on Self-knowledgeB. Reynolds, 1818 - 266 pàgines |
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Pàgina x
... passions , and guarding his foibles , he will find a more solid advantage from it in after life , than he could expect from the best acquaintance with all the systems of ancient and modern phi- losophy . It was a very just and sensible ...
... passions , and guarding his foibles , he will find a more solid advantage from it in after life , than he could expect from the best acquaintance with all the systems of ancient and modern phi- losophy . It was a very just and sensible ...
Pàgina xi
... passions and prejudices ? And what more proper season to receive those assistances , and to lay a foundation for this difficult , but very impor- tant science , than the early part of youth ? It may be said , " It is properly the office ...
... passions and prejudices ? And what more proper season to receive those assistances , and to lay a foundation for this difficult , but very impor- tant science , than the early part of youth ? It may be said , " It is properly the office ...
Pàgina xiii
... passions and prejudices ; which have increased with his learning , and which , when he comes to be better acquainted with human life , and human nature , he is soon sensible and ashamed of ; but perhaps is never able to conquer as long ...
... passions and prejudices ; which have increased with his learning , and which , when he comes to be better acquainted with human life , and human nature , he is soon sensible and ashamed of ; but perhaps is never able to conquer as long ...
Pàgina xiv
... passions . I would not be thought to disparage any part of human literature ; but should be glad to see this most useful branch of science , the knowledge of the heart , the detecting and correcting hurtful prejudices , and the right ...
... passions . I would not be thought to disparage any part of human literature ; but should be glad to see this most useful branch of science , the knowledge of the heart , the detecting and correcting hurtful prejudices , and the right ...
Pàgina 9
... passions , incli- nations , operations , state , happiness , and temper . For a man's soul is properly him- self , Mat . xvi . 26. The body is but the house , the soul is the tenant that inhabits it ; the body is the instrument , the ...
... passions , incli- nations , operations , state , happiness , and temper . For a man's soul is properly him- self , Mat . xvi . 26. The body is but the house , the soul is the tenant that inhabits it ; the body is the instrument , the ...
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Pàgina 159 - that is in thine own eye ? Or how wilt " thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out " the mote out of thine eye, and behold a " beam is in thine own eye ? Thou
Pàgina 94 - According to the prophet's -words, " Woe to him who coveteth " an evil covetousness to his house, that he " may set his nest on high; that he may " be delivered from the power of evil. Thou " hast consulted shame to thine house, by " cutting off many people ; and hast sinned " against thy soul.
Pàgina 26 - O Lord, thou art our father: we are the " clay, and thou our potter ; and we all are " the work of thine hands." And, in a more special sense, we are his children by adoption. Gal. iii. 26.
Pàgina 89 - judgment of them ; and they may appear very different in our own eye, and in the eye of the world, from what they do in the eye of God. " For " the Lord seeth not as man seeth : for man " looketh on the outward appearance, but " the Lord looketh on the heart." 1 Sam. xvi. 7. And hence it is, that " that which " is highly esteemed among men,
Pàgina 26 - attend, if we would attain the true knowledge of ourselves. We are his children by creation; in which respect he is truly our father. Isa. Ixiv. 8. " But now, " O Lord, thou art our father: we are the " clay, and thou our potter ; and we all are " the work of thine hands." And, in a more special sense, we are his children by adoption.
Pàgina 223 - them from us; or soften them by " their representations, after such a manner " that we think them too trivial to be taken " notice of. An adversary, on the contrary, " makes a stricter search into us, discovers " every flaw and imperfection in our
Pàgina 4 - man to know himself, is the hardest thing " in the world," It was afterwards adopted by Chylon, the Lacedemonian ; and is one of those three precepts which Pliny affirms to have been consecrated at Delphos in golden letters. It was afterwards greatly admired, and frequently used by others, till
Pàgina 224 - some ground for what it advances. " A friend exaggerates a man's virtues; an " enemy inflames his crimes. A wise man " should give a just attention to both of ". them, so far as it may tend to
Pàgina 7 - try me, and know my thoughts." Psal. cxxxix. 23. " Examine me, O Lord, " and prove me; try my reins and my " heart.
Pàgina 224 - of the one, and the diminution of " the other. Plutarch has written an essay " on the benefits which a man may receive " from his enemies; and among the good " fruits of enmity, mentions this in