Rural Philosophy: Or, Reflections on Knowledge, Virtue, and Happiness : Chiefly in Reference to a Life of Retirement in the CountryA. Strahan, 1804 - 383 sider |
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Side xiii
... learning . This , I know , is an idol to which many , even in the present philosophical age , bow down and pay their worship ; and whoever refuses to unite in the same homage is in danger of being taxed , by some one or other , with a ...
... learning . This , I know , is an idol to which many , even in the present philosophical age , bow down and pay their worship ; and whoever refuses to unite in the same homage is in danger of being taxed , by some one or other , with a ...
Side xiv
... learning , or to common sense : but he must not expect that deference to long custom and inve- terate prejudice , which is due exclusively to reason and truth . I do not know that I have been deficient in any proper respect to the ...
... learning , or to common sense : but he must not expect that deference to long custom and inve- terate prejudice , which is due exclusively to reason and truth . I do not know that I have been deficient in any proper respect to the ...
Side xxv
... for as many strictures of this nature as would sufficiently answer my purpose ; which was , to consider human learning simply in its relation to virtue and happiness . In treating of the knowledge of God , I have PREFACE .
... for as many strictures of this nature as would sufficiently answer my purpose ; which was , to consider human learning simply in its relation to virtue and happiness . In treating of the knowledge of God , I have PREFACE .
Side 40
... learning in the sixteenth century , have been crowned with remarkable success . By the help of ana- tomical dissections , with other experiments and observations , he has acquired a more critical knowledge of the principal parts and ...
... learning in the sixteenth century , have been crowned with remarkable success . By the help of ana- tomical dissections , with other experiments and observations , he has acquired a more critical knowledge of the principal parts and ...
Side 66
... learning , direct their studies to this im- portant purpose ; a neglect which will appear the less excusable , when it is consi- dered how much help is afforded to this inquiry by 66 On the Knowledge of Ourselves . [ PART 1 .
... learning , direct their studies to this im- portant purpose ; a neglect which will appear the less excusable , when it is consi- dered how much help is afforded to this inquiry by 66 On the Knowledge of Ourselves . [ PART 1 .
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