The Works of Thomas Reid; with an Account of His Life and Writings, Volum 3Duyckinck, Collins [and others], 1822 |
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Pàgina 5
... Knowledge derives its value from this , that it enlarges our power , and directs us in the application of it . For in the right employment of our active power consists all the honour , dignity and worth of a man ; and in the abuse and ...
... Knowledge derives its value from this , that it enlarges our power , and directs us in the application of it . For in the right employment of our active power consists all the honour , dignity and worth of a man ; and in the abuse and ...
Pàgina 6
... knowledge of our powers , whether intellectual or ac- tive , is so far of real importance to us , as it aids us in the exer- cise of them . And every man must acknowledge , that to act properly , is much more valuable than to think ...
... knowledge of our powers , whether intellectual or ac- tive , is so far of real importance to us , as it aids us in the exer- cise of them . And every man must acknowledge , that to act properly , is much more valuable than to think ...
Pàgina 8
... knowledge of its own operations . Power is not an operation of the mind , and therefore no object of consciousness . Indeed every operation of the mind is the exertion of some power of the mind ; but we are conscious of the operation ...
... knowledge of its own operations . Power is not an operation of the mind , and therefore no object of consciousness . Indeed every operation of the mind is the exertion of some power of the mind ; but we are conscious of the operation ...
Pàgina 10
... knowledge from our senses . To this class belong also all the operations of mind of which we are conscious . I know what thought is , what memory , what a purpose , what a promise . There are some things of which we can have both a ...
... knowledge from our senses . To this class belong also all the operations of mind of which we are conscious . I know what thought is , what memory , what a purpose , what a promise . There are some things of which we can have both a ...
Pàgina 16
... knowledge believe , that the succes- sion of day and night is owing to the rotation of the earth round its axis , and not to any diurnal motion of the heavens ; yet we find ourselves under a necessity of speaking in the old style , of ...
... knowledge believe , that the succes- sion of day and night is owing to the rotation of the earth round its axis , and not to any diurnal motion of the heavens ; yet we find ourselves under a necessity of speaking in the old style , of ...
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Pàgina 308 - Reason is, and ought only to be, the slave of the passions, and can never pretend to any other office than to serve and obey them.
Pàgina 122 - And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her and he did eat. And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked, and they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves aprons.
Pàgina 234 - Cast away from you all your transgressions, whereby ye have transgressed; and make you a new heart and a new spirit: for why will ye die, O house of Israel? For I have no pleasure in the death of him that dieth, saith the Lord God: wherefore turn yourselves, and live ye.
Pàgina 310 - ... should be given for what seems altogether inconceivable, how this new relation can be a deduction from others which are entirely different from it. But as authors do not commonly use this precaution, I shall presume to recommend it to the readers; and am persuaded that this small attention would subvert all the vulgar systems of morality and let us see that the distinction of vice and virtue is not founded merely on the relations of objects, nor is perceived by reason.
Pàgina 309 - In every system of morality which I have hitherto met with, I have always remarked that the author proceeds for some time in the ordinary way of reasoning, and establishes the being of a god, or makes observations concerning human affairs; when of a sudden I am surprised to find that instead of the usual copulations of propositions is and is not, I meet with no proposition that is not connected with an ought or an ought not.
Pàgina 234 - will not suffer us to be tempted above what we are able to bear...
Pàgina 234 - Repent and turn yourselves from all your transgressions; so iniquity shall not be your ruin. Cast away from you all your transgressions, whereby ye have transgressed: and make you a new heart and a new spirit: for why will ye die, O house of Israel?
Pàgina 295 - 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 308 - Tis not contrary to reason to prefer the destruction of the whole world to the scratching of my finger.
Pàgina 269 - I must confess, that, if a man think, that this reasoning much requires an answer, it will be a little difficult to find any, which will to him appear satisfactory and convincing.