The Works of Dugald Stewart: The philosophy of the active and moral powers of manHilliard and Brown, 1829 |
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Side 10
... Suppose , for example , that the appetite of hunger had been no part of our constitution , reason and expe- rience might have satisfied us of the necessity of food to our preservation ; but how should we have been able , without an ...
... Suppose , for example , that the appetite of hunger had been no part of our constitution , reason and expe- rience might have satisfied us of the necessity of food to our preservation ; but how should we have been able , without an ...
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... suppose that it was intended merely to augment the sum of their enjoyments . But whatever opinion we may form on this point , it is indis- putable that the instinctive determination is a strong one , and that it produces striking ...
... suppose that it was intended merely to augment the sum of their enjoyments . But whatever opinion we may form on this point , it is indis- putable that the instinctive determination is a strong one , and that it produces striking ...
Side 31
... suppose that a man's regard for the welfare of his posterity and friends after his death does not arise from natural affec- tion , but from an illusion of the imagination , leading him to suppose himself still present with them , and a ...
... suppose that a man's regard for the welfare of his posterity and friends after his death does not arise from natural affec- tion , but from an illusion of the imagination , leading him to suppose himself still present with them , and a ...
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... suppose these principles to be all ultimate facts , or some of them to be resolvable into other facts , more general , they are equally to be regarded as constitu- ent parts of human nature , and , upon either supposition , we have ...
... suppose these principles to be all ultimate facts , or some of them to be resolvable into other facts , more general , they are equally to be regarded as constitu- ent parts of human nature , and , upon either supposition , we have ...
Side 80
... suppose , if he were to apply the same reasoning he uses in analogous instances , that the effect arises from our conceiving ludicrous or sorrowful ideas similar to those by which these emotions are pro- duced . But the primary effect ...
... suppose , if he were to apply the same reasoning he uses in analogous instances , that the effect arises from our conceiving ludicrous or sorrowful ideas similar to those by which these emotions are pro- duced . But the primary effect ...
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Side 306 - I had rather believe all the fables in the legend, and the Talmud, and the Alcoran, than that this universal frame is without a mind ; and, therefore, God never wrought miracle to convince atheism, because his ordinary works convince it.
Side 251 - Warms in the sun, refreshes in the breeze, Glows in the stars, and blossoms in the trees : Lives through all life, extends through all extent, Spreads undivided, operates unspent...
Side 191 - Look then abroad through Nature, to the range Of planets, suns, and adamantine spheres, Wheeling unshaken through the void immense ; And speak, O man ! does this capacious scene, With half that kindling majesty, dilate Thy strong conception, as when Brutus rose Refulgent from the stroke of...
Side 343 - Pater ipse colendi Haud facilem esse viam voluit, primusque per artem Movit agros curis acuens mortalia corda, Nee torpere gravi passus sua regna veterno.
Side 278 - Hunc solem, et Stellas, et decedentia certis Tempora momentis, sunt qui formidine nulla Imbuti spectent...
Side 58 - ... yet, on the other side, they are more cruel and hard-hearted (good to make severe inquisitors), because their tenderness is not so oft called upon. Grave natures, led by custom, and therefore constant, are commonly loving husbands, as was said of Ulysses, "Vetulam suam praetulit immortalitati.
Side 506 - It is as natural to die as to be born; and to a little infant, perhaps, the one is as painful as the other. He that dies in an earnest pursuit, is like one that is wounded in hot blood; who, for the time, scarce feels the hurt; and therefore a mind fixed and bent upon somewhat that is good, doth avert the dolours of death; but, above all, believe it, the sweetest canticle is, 'Nunc dimittis' when a man hath obtained worthy ends and expectations.
Side 47 - Tis not enough, your counsel still be true ; Blunt truths more mischief than nice falsehoods do ; Men must be taught as if you taught them not, And things unknown propos'd as things forgot.
Side 123 - Thou shalt not lend upon usury to thy brother; usury of money, usury of victuals, usury of any thing that is lent upon usury : unto a stranger thou mayest lend upon usury ; but unto thy brother thou shalt not lend upon usury...
Side 68 - Dear is that shed to which his soul conforms, And dear that hill which lifts him to the storms ; And as a child, when scaring sounds molest, Clings close and closer to the mother's breast, So the loud torrent and the whirlwind's roar But bind him to his native mountains more.