Essays on the Active Powers of Man: By Thomas Reid, ...John Bell, and G. G. J. & J. Robinson, London, 1788 - 493 pàgines |
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Pàgina 16
... observe in nature must have a caufe ; fo this is no fooner perceived , than there arises in the human mind , a strong defire to know the causes of thofe changes that fall within our obfervation . Felix qui potuit rerum cognofcere caufas ...
... observe in nature must have a caufe ; fo this is no fooner perceived , than there arises in the human mind , a strong defire to know the causes of thofe changes that fall within our obfervation . Felix qui potuit rerum cognofcere caufas ...
Pàgina 20
... observed , that power is the proper and immediate object of ambition , one of the most universal paf- fions of the human mind , and that which makes the greatest fi- gure in the history of all ages . Whether Mr HUME , in defence of his ...
... observed , that power is the proper and immediate object of ambition , one of the most universal paf- fions of the human mind , and that which makes the greatest fi- gure in the history of all ages . Whether Mr HUME , in defence of his ...
Pàgina 24
... observe various changes in things . And Mr LOCKE takes it for granted , that changes in external things are obferved by our fenfes , and that changes in our thoughts are observed by consciousness . I grant that it may be faid , that ...
... observe various changes in things . And Mr LOCKE takes it for granted , that changes in external things are obferved by our fenfes , and that changes in our thoughts are observed by consciousness . I grant that it may be faid , that ...
Pàgina 25
... observe the pre- sent state of the thing ; but memory must supply us with the past ; and , unless we remember the past state , we can perceive no change . The fame obfervation may be applied to consciousness . The truth , therefore , is ...
... observe the pre- sent state of the thing ; but memory must supply us with the past ; and , unless we remember the past state , we can perceive no change . The fame obfervation may be applied to consciousness . The truth , therefore , is ...
Pàgina 26
... observe here , by the way , that this conclufion is formed by the author rafhly and unphilosophically . For it is a conclufion that admits of no proof , but by induction ; and it is upon this ground that he himself founds it . The ...
... observe here , by the way , that this conclufion is formed by the author rafhly and unphilosophically . For it is a conclufion that admits of no proof , but by induction ; and it is upon this ground that he himself founds it . The ...
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Passatges populars
Pàgina 103 - By instinct, I mean a natural blind impulse to certain actions, without having any end in view, without deliberation, and very often without any conception of what we do.
Pàgina 489 - Ask a man why he uses exercise ; he will answer, because he desires to keep his health. If you then enquire, why he desires health, he will readily reply, because sickness is painful. If you push your enquiries farther, and desire a reason why he hates pain, it is impossible he can ever give any.
Pàgina 60 - Volition, it is plain, is an act of the mind knowingly exerting that dominion it takes itself to have over any part of the man, by employing it in, or withholding it from, any particular action.
Pàgina 186 - Here grows the Cure of all, this Fruit Divine, Fair to the Eye, inviting to the Taste, Of virtue to make wise: what hinders then To reach, and feed at once both Body and Mind...
Pàgina 108 - They work most geometrically, without any knowledge of geometry ; somewhat like a child, who, by turning the handle of an organ, makes good music, without any knowledge of music. The art is not in the child, but in him who made the organ. In like manner, when a bee makes its comb so geometrically, the geometry is not in the bee. but in that great Geometrician who made the bee, and made all things in number, weight, and measure.
Pàgina 457 - In short, it may be established as an undoubted maxim that no action can be virtuous, or morally good, unless there be in human nature some motive to produce it, distinct from the sense of its morality.
Pàgina 417 - That honesty is the best policy, may be a good general rule, but is liable to many exceptions; and he, it may perhaps be thought, conducts himself with most wisdom, who observes the general rule, and takes advantage of all the exceptions.
Pàgina 364 - Repent, and turn your" felves from all your tranfgreffions, fo iniqui" ty fhall not be your ruin. Caft away from " you all your tranfgreffions, whereby ye have " tranfgrefled; and make you a new heart and " a new fpirit, for why will ye die, O houfe " of Ifrael ? For I have no pleafure in the
Pàgina 403 - For, if it be not a benevolent action in itself, your belief of its tendency cannot change its nature. It is absurd, that your erroneous belief should make the action to be what you believe it to be. Nothing is more evident, than that a man who tells the truth, believing it to be a lie, is guilty of falsehood ; but the metaphysician would make this to be absurd.
Pàgina 80 - Isaac, with equal modesty and shrewdness, himself admitted. To one who complimented him on his genius, he replied that if he had made any discoveries, it was owing more to patient attention than to any other talent.