Sketches of the History of Man, Volumen4A. Strahan and T. Cadell, London; and for William Creech, Edinburgh, 1788 |
Dentro del libro
Resultados 1-5 de 64
Página 4
... defires or is mo- ved to perform an external act in view , must have a power to determine himself : that power is termed will ; and the deter- mination mination is an act of will . With respect to 4 B. III SCIENCES .
... defires or is mo- ved to perform an external act in view , must have a power to determine himself : that power is termed will ; and the deter- mination mination is an act of will . With respect to 4 B. III SCIENCES .
Página 7
... himself from torture , reveals the fecrets of his party : his confeffion is in a degree involuntary , being extorted from him with great reluctance . But let us fup- pofe , that after the firmeft refolution to reveal nothing , his mind ...
... himself from torture , reveals the fecrets of his party : his confeffion is in a degree involuntary , being extorted from him with great reluctance . But let us fup- pofe , that after the firmeft refolution to reveal nothing , his mind ...
Página 8
... himself accountable ? Not furely for an instinctive action , which is done blindly , without intention and without will : neither for an involuntary action , because it is extorted from him reluctantly , and contrary to his defire ; and ...
... himself accountable ? Not furely for an instinctive action , which is done blindly , without intention and without will : neither for an involuntary action , because it is extorted from him reluctantly , and contrary to his defire ; and ...
Página 26
... it wrong , from a conviction that heretics ought to be burnt . But we apply a different standard to the agent : a man is approved and held to be inno- cent cent in doing what he himself thinks right : he 26 B. III . SCIENCES .
... it wrong , from a conviction that heretics ought to be burnt . But we apply a different standard to the agent : a man is approved and held to be inno- cent cent in doing what he himself thinks right : he 26 B. III . SCIENCES .
Página 27
Lord Henry Home Kames. cent in doing what he himself thinks right : he is difapproved and held to be guilty in doing what he himself thinks wrong . Thus , to affaffinate an atheist for the fake of religion , is a wrong action ; and yet ...
Lord Henry Home Kames. cent in doing what he himself thinks right : he is difapproved and held to be guilty in doing what he himself thinks wrong . Thus , to affaffinate an atheist for the fake of religion , is a wrong action ; and yet ...
Otras ediciones - Ver todas
Términos y frases comunes
abfurd action affaffinate againſt alfo anſwer becauſe believe benevolence cafe caufe cauſe ceremonies Chriftian church commiffioners confcience confecrated confequences crime defire doctrine duty effential eſtabliſhed exiſtence facrifices fafe faid fame favages fays fect fecure felves fenfe of Deity fenſe fhall fhould fins fion firſt fociety fome fometimes foreſeen foul fpirit ftate ftatues ftill ftones fubject fuch fuffer fufficient fuperior fuppofed fupreme fyftem gods grofs himſelf hiſtory human idolatry innocent intereft Jews juftice King laſt lefs leſs ment miſchief moft moral fenfe moſt motive muft muſt Nabal nations nature neceffary neral obferves occafion opinion paffions perfecution perfon prefent prieſt principle progrefs promiſe puniſhment purpoſe reafon refift refpect religion religious reparation rewards and puniſhments right and wrong Roman Scotland ſenſe ſhall ſtandard ſtate ſtone thefe themſelves ther theſe thofe thoſe thou tion tutelar deity underſtood univerfal uſe worfe worſhip