Sketches of the History of Man: In Four Volumes, Volumen4William Bell, 1802 |
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... obferve , that the favage ftate is the infancy of man ; during which the more delicate fenfes lie dormant , leaving nations to the authority of cuftom , of imitation , and of paffion , without any juft tate of morals more than of the ...
... obferve , that the favage ftate is the infancy of man ; during which the more delicate fenfes lie dormant , leaving nations to the authority of cuftom , of imitation , and of paffion , without any juft tate of morals more than of the ...
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... obferve , that we judge of others as we believe they judge of them- felves ; and that private conviction is the ftandard for rewards and punishments ( a ) . But with respect to every controversy about property and pecuniary intereft ...
... obferve , that we judge of others as we believe they judge of them- felves ; and that private conviction is the ftandard for rewards and punishments ( a ) . But with respect to every controversy about property and pecuniary intereft ...
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... Obferve only what it refolves into . How is an action to be accounted for that is done in con- tradiction to every motive ? It wanders from the region of common fense into that of mere chance . If fuch were the nature of man , no one ...
... Obferve only what it refolves into . How is an action to be accounted for that is done in con- tradiction to every motive ? It wanders from the region of common fense into that of mere chance . If fuch were the nature of man , no one ...
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... obferve , that the argumenɛ I am combating , is an appeal to a wrong tribunal : the moral fenfe is the only judge in this controverfy , not the faculty of reafon . At the fame time , I should have no fear of a sentence against me were ...
... obferve , that the argumenɛ I am combating , is an appeal to a wrong tribunal : the moral fenfe is the only judge in this controverfy , not the faculty of reafon . At the fame time , I should have no fear of a sentence against me were ...
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... obferve , that paffion warps my judgment of the actions of others , as well as of my own . Many ex- amples are given in the chapter above quoted : join to thefe the following . My fervant aiming at a partridge , happens to fhoot a ...
... obferve , that paffion warps my judgment of the actions of others , as well as of my own . Many ex- amples are given in the chapter above quoted : join to thefe the following . My fervant aiming at a partridge , happens to fhoot a ...
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Página 191 - Is not this the fast that I have chosen? to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke? Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh?
Página 204 - And when His disciples James and John saw this, they said, Lord, wilt thou that we command fire to come down from Heaven, and consume them, even as Elias did ? But He turned, and rebuked them, and said, Ye know not what manner of spirit ye are of.
Página 99 - And they said one to another, We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us.
Página 181 - The lord then answered him, and said Thou hypocrite, doth not each one of you on the Sabbath loose his ox or his ass from the stall and lead him away to watering?
Página 191 - Behold ye fast for strife and debate, and to smite with the fist of wickedness; ye shall not fast as ye do this day, to make your voice to be heard on high.
Página 159 - And the LORD said unto Moses, Go, get thee down ; for thy people, which thou broughtest out of the land of Egypt, have corrupted themselves : they have turned aside quickly out of the way which I commanded them : they have made them a molten calf, and have worshipped it, and have sacrificed thereunto, and said, These be thy gods, O Israel, which have brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.
Página 203 - And Abraham answered and said, Lord, he would not worship thee, neither would he call upon thy name ; therefore have I driven him out from before my face into the wilderness.
Página 97 - There is still more skill required to make a man : by whom then was he -made ? He proceeded from his parents, and they from their parents. But some must have been the first parents.
Página 202 - And when Abraham saw that the man blessed not God, he said unto him, Wherefore dost thou not worship the most high God, creator of heaven and earth?
Página 203 - For one believeth that he may eat all things: another, who is weak, eateth herbs. Let not him that eateth despise him that eateth not; and let not him which eateth not judge him that eateth: for God hath received him.