An Essay Shewing the Intimate Connexion Between Our Notions of Moral Good and Evil, and Our Conceptions of the Freedom of the Divine and Human WillsA. Black, 1831 - 216 pàgines |
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Pàgina vii
... give rise to inquiries in which a considerable diversity of opi- nion will generally be found to exist . These topics are not susceptible of the same strict logical de- monstration on which the pure sciences rest . But we are not , on ...
... give rise to inquiries in which a considerable diversity of opi- nion will generally be found to exist . These topics are not susceptible of the same strict logical de- monstration on which the pure sciences rest . But we are not , on ...
Pàgina 24
... give an opi- nion on this point , they discussed the doctrine of Fate . By Fate , the Stoics seem to have under- stood a series of events appointed by the immutable counsels of God ; or as the law of his providence , by which he governs ...
... give an opi- nion on this point , they discussed the doctrine of Fate . By Fate , the Stoics seem to have under- stood a series of events appointed by the immutable counsels of God ; or as the law of his providence , by which he governs ...
Pàgina 51
... give the former a silent preference , but to be actively engag ed in the means of promoting it , does seem , in the eyes of people in general , to excite wonder and amazement as well as praise . The love of private gain , honour , and ...
... give the former a silent preference , but to be actively engag ed in the means of promoting it , does seem , in the eyes of people in general , to excite wonder and amazement as well as praise . The love of private gain , honour , and ...
Pàgina 52
... give evidence of great magnanimity , and a contempt of personal danger and hardships , are possessed of a stronger power of the will , a greater degree of self - command , than what peo- ple in general can exhibit under similar ...
... give evidence of great magnanimity , and a contempt of personal danger and hardships , are possessed of a stronger power of the will , a greater degree of self - command , than what peo- ple in general can exhibit under similar ...
Pàgina 59
... give utterance to lan- guage and sentiments the most elevated and no- ble . But how slender would have been the por- tion of our admiration , with what coldness and un- concern would we have beheld the grandeur of his magnanimous spirit ...
... give utterance to lan- guage and sentiments the most elevated and no- ble . But how slender would have been the por- tion of our admiration , with what coldness and un- concern would we have beheld the grandeur of his magnanimous spirit ...
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Pàgina 115 - ... he doeth according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth: and none can stay his hand, or say unto him, What doest thou?
Pàgina 98 - Not what they would ? what praise could they receive ? What pleasure I from such obedience paid ? When will and reason, reason also is choice, Useless and vain, of freedom both despoil'd, Made passive both, had served necessity, Not me?
Pàgina 158 - Swift fly the years, and rise the expected morn ! Oh spring to light, auspicious Babe, be born ! See Nature hastes her earliest wreaths to bring, With all the incense of the breathing spring : See lofty Lebanon his head advance, See nodding forests on the mountains dance: See spicy clouds from lowly Saron rise, And Carmel's flowery top perfumes the skies ! Hark ! a glad voice the lonely desert cheers ; Prepare the way! a God, a God appears: A God, a God ! the vocal hills reply, The rocks proclaim...
Pàgina 169 - But, besides all that endless variety of ideas or objects of knowledge, there is likewise Something which knows or perceives them; and exercises divers operations, as willing, imagining, remembering, about them. This perceiving, active being is what I call mind, spirit, soul, or myself. By which words I do not denote any one of my ideas, but a thing entirely distinct from them, wherein they exist, or, which is the same thing, whereby they are perceived; for the existence of an idea consists in being...
Pàgina 77 - O Woman ! best are all things as the will Of God ordain'd them; his creating hand Nothing imperfect or deficient left Of all that he created: much less man, Or aught that might his happy state secure, Secure from outward force; within himself The danger lies, yet lies within his power: Against his will, he can receive no harm...
Pàgina 78 - But God left free the will ; for what obeys Reason is free, and reason he made right, But bid her well beware, and still erect, Lest, by some fair appearing good surprised, She dictate false, and misinform the will To do what God expressly hath forbid.
Pàgina 116 - Who hath directed the Spirit of the Lord, or being his counsellor hath taught him ? With whom took he counsel, and who instructed him, and taught him in the path of judgment, and taught him knowledge, and shewed to him the way of understanding...
Pàgina 104 - Thou hast had pity on the gourd, for the which thou hast not laboured, neither madest it grow; which came up in a night, and perished in a night. And should not I spare Nineveh, that great city, wherein are more than six score thousand persons that cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand; and also much cattle...
Pàgina 68 - Subject, compound them, follow her and God. Love, Hope, and Joy, fair Pleasure's smiling train; Hate, Fear, and Grief, the family of Pain...