The Friend: A Series of Essays, in Three Volumes, to Aid in the Formation of Fixed Principles in Politics, Morals, and Religion, with Literary Amusements Interspersed, Band 3R. Fenner, 1818 - 375 Seiten |
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... question is not of the power or worth of individual minds , but of the general moral or intellectual merits of an age - or a people , or of the human race . Be it so - let us allow and believe that there is a progress in the species ...
... question is not of the power or worth of individual minds , but of the general moral or intellectual merits of an age - or a people , or of the human race . Be it so - let us allow and believe that there is a progress in the species ...
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... questions such as these that follow . Am I chiefly gratified by the exertion of my power from the pure pleasure of intellectual activity , and from the knowledge thereby acquired ? In other words , to what degree do I value my faculties ...
... questions such as these that follow . Am I chiefly gratified by the exertion of my power from the pure pleasure of intellectual activity , and from the knowledge thereby acquired ? In other words , to what degree do I value my faculties ...
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... questions - the question involved in this deliberation is simple ; but at the same time it is high and awful : and I would gladly know whether an answer can be returned satisfactory to the mind . - We will for a moment suppose that it ...
... questions - the question involved in this deliberation is simple ; but at the same time it is high and awful : and I would gladly know whether an answer can be returned satisfactory to the mind . - We will for a moment suppose that it ...
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... question of the fine arts ( poetry for instance ) the riper mind not only sees that his opponent is deceived ; but , what is of far more importance , sees how he is deceived . The imagination stands before him with all its imper ...
... question of the fine arts ( poetry for instance ) the riper mind not only sees that his opponent is deceived ; but , what is of far more importance , sees how he is deceived . The imagination stands before him with all its imper ...
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... ge- nerally , and then on those of religion . But since the commencement of this edition , the question has repeatedly arisen in my mind , whe- ther morality can be said to have any principle distinguishable F 2 ESSAY I. ...
... ge- nerally , and then on those of religion . But since the commencement of this edition , the question has repeatedly arisen in my mind , whe- ther morality can be said to have any principle distinguishable F 2 ESSAY I. ...
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