A Treatise on Self KnowledgeT. Tegg, 1821 - 242 pàgines |
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Pàgina ix
... owing to the great candour of my reader , which he will be convin- ced I have some title to , if he but duly consider the nature and extent of the subject . For it is almost impossible to let the thoughts run freely upon so copious and ...
... owing to the great candour of my reader , which he will be convin- ced I have some title to , if he but duly consider the nature and extent of the subject . For it is almost impossible to let the thoughts run freely upon so copious and ...
Pàgina xvi
... owing ( as an ancient Christian philosopher justly observes ) , that so few have the right government of their passions . I would not be thought to disparage any port of human literature ; but should be glad to see this most useful ...
... owing ( as an ancient Christian philosopher justly observes ) , that so few have the right government of their passions . I would not be thought to disparage any port of human literature ; but should be glad to see this most useful ...
Pàgina 63
... owing , notwithstanding , more to some unreasonable prejudice in me , than any real fault in him . For , as to the former , his way of thinking , talking , and acting , may possibly be juster than my own ; which the mere force of custom ...
... owing , notwithstanding , more to some unreasonable prejudice in me , than any real fault in him . For , as to the former , his way of thinking , talking , and acting , may possibly be juster than my own ; which the mere force of custom ...
Pàgina 64
... owing to ill manners ; or that to design , which proceeded only from ignorance . Do I not take offence be- fore it is given ? If so , the fault is mine , and not his and the resentment I have conceived against him , I ought to turn upon ...
... owing to ill manners ; or that to design , which proceeded only from ignorance . Do I not take offence be- fore it is given ? If so , the fault is mine , and not his and the resentment I have conceived against him , I ought to turn upon ...
Pàgina 73
... owing to the different degrees of influ- ence the several passions have upon the mind ; e . g . If the passions are eager , and soon raised , we say , the man is of a warm temper ; if more sluggish , and slowly raised , he is of a cool ...
... owing to the different degrees of influ- ence the several passions have upon the mind ; e . g . If the passions are eager , and soon raised , we say , the man is of a warm temper ; if more sluggish , and slowly raised , he is of a cool ...
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Passatges populars
Pàgina 83 - But the Lord said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him; for the Lord seeth not as man seeth ; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the Lord looketh on the heart.
Pàgina 87 - Woe to him that 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!
Pàgina 30 - As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one: There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God. They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.
Pàgina 6 - For if a man think himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself. But let every man prove his own work, and then shall he have rejoicing in himself alone, and not in another.
Pàgina 23 - But now, O Lord, thou art our father ; We are the clay, and thou our potter; And we all are the work of thy hand.
Pàgina 172 - DISTRUST, and darkness of a future state, Make poor mankind so fearful of their fate. Death, in itself, is nothing ; but we fear, To be we know not what, we know not where.
Pàgina 144 - Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye.
Pàgina 100 - Anger may steal into the heart " of a wise man, but it rests only in the bosom "of fools.
Pàgina 112 - I shall conclude with this one observation more; that it is a very dangerous thing to think, as too many are apt to do, that it is a matter of indifference what thoughts they entertain in their hearts, since the reason of things concurs with the testimony of the holy Scripture to assure us, ' That the allowed thought of foolishness is sin.
Pàgina xii - The highest learning is to be wise, and the greatest wisdom is to be good;" as Marcus Antoninus somewhere observes.