Rural Philosophy: or, Reflections on knowledge, virtue, and happiness; chiefly in reference to a life of retirement in the countryLongman & Rees, 1803 - 356 sider |
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Side vii
... it has cast a sickly hue over our religion and morals , which has greatly tarnished their beauty , and impaired their authority . What , then , it may be said , would you deprive men of their natural susceptibility , and PREFACE . vii.
... it has cast a sickly hue over our religion and morals , which has greatly tarnished their beauty , and impaired their authority . What , then , it may be said , would you deprive men of their natural susceptibility , and PREFACE . vii.
Side viii
Ely Bates. would you deprive men of their natural susceptibility , and convert them into Stoics ? No : for this would be to deprive them of half their virtue . Let them continue to feel , but to feel as they ought , not as false opinion ...
Ely Bates. would you deprive men of their natural susceptibility , and convert them into Stoics ? No : for this would be to deprive them of half their virtue . Let them continue to feel , but to feel as they ought , not as false opinion ...
Side 5
... natural to moral , from matter to spirit , and from the creature to the Creator . For although it is true that God is some- times found of them who seek him not , it is only to those who diligently seek him , that a promise is made of ...
... natural to moral , from matter to spirit , and from the creature to the Creator . For although it is true that God is some- times found of them who seek him not , it is only to those who diligently seek him , that a promise is made of ...
Side 12
... nature never intended they should grow . Storms scarcely ever injure any culture , except the injudicious cultivation of man . Forests and natural meadows never suffer in the slightest degree . " ( Vol . ii . p . 36. ) Again : " I do ...
... nature never intended they should grow . Storms scarcely ever injure any culture , except the injudicious cultivation of man . Forests and natural meadows never suffer in the slightest degree . " ( Vol . ii . p . 36. ) Again : " I do ...
Side 25
... nature to the latter ; and ... philosopher , after all that he can learn from the heavens and the earth , must apply to the great Teacher and Prophet of mankind , for that knowledge of God which will make him wise to salvation . The natural ...
... nature to the latter ; and ... philosopher , after all that he can learn from the heavens and the earth , must apply to the great Teacher and Prophet of mankind , for that knowledge of God which will make him wise to salvation . The natural ...
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