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 iii
... piety . Why the publication of this small work was not made at the time above stated , or why it is made now , it is needless to explain ; since its merits , whatever they are , depend on those general principles of truth and na- ture ...
... piety . Why the publication of this small work was not made at the time above stated , or why it is made now , it is needless to explain ; since its merits , whatever they are , depend on those general principles of truth and na- ture ...
Side xx
... piety towards God , as well as benevolence towards men . In this sense it is found in some good writers ; and with the same exten- sive application it may still , as I conceive , be allowed to the Christian moralist , notwithstanding ...
... piety towards God , as well as benevolence towards men . In this sense it is found in some good writers ; and with the same exten- sive application it may still , as I conceive , be allowed to the Christian moralist , notwithstanding ...
Side 54
... of true piety , are looked up to by all around them as patterns of moral excellence . Hence to form an idea of per- P fection which throws disgrace on these ap . plauded models 54 On the Knowledge of Ourselves . [ PART 1 .
... of true piety , are looked up to by all around them as patterns of moral excellence . Hence to form an idea of per- P fection which throws disgrace on these ap . plauded models 54 On the Knowledge of Ourselves . [ PART 1 .
Side 63
... piety and virtue , to which it is one great design of Christianity to form its disciples . This is a deception of so fatal a nature , and so dishonourable to the cause of true reli- gion in the world , that to guard against it no ...
... piety and virtue , to which it is one great design of Christianity to form its disciples . This is a deception of so fatal a nature , and so dishonourable to the cause of true reli- gion in the world , that to guard against it no ...
Side 64
... piety as any other in Christendom , we shall easily dis- cover that there are many amongst us , who hold their religion by no better tenure than what is derived from descent , the same by which they find themselves in possession of ...
... piety as any other in Christendom , we shall easily dis- cover that there are many amongst us , who hold their religion by no better tenure than what is derived from descent , the same by which they find themselves in possession of ...
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