An inquiry concerning human understanding. A dissertation on the passions. An inquiry concerning the principles of morals. The natural history of religionBell & Bradfute, 1788 |
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... less than a reasonable , being : But neither can he always enjoy company agreeable and amufing , or preferve the proper relifh for them . Man is also an active being ; and from that difpofition , as well as from the various neceflities ...
... less than a reasonable , being : But neither can he always enjoy company agreeable and amufing , or preferve the proper relifh for them . Man is also an active being ; and from that difpofition , as well as from the various neceflities ...
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... less real and certain , though more difficult to be comprehend- ed . Some inftances , efpecially late ones , of fuc- cefs in these enquires , may give us a jufter notion of the certainty and folidity of this branch of learning . And ...
... less real and certain , though more difficult to be comprehend- ed . Some inftances , efpecially late ones , of fuc- cefs in these enquires , may give us a jufter notion of the certainty and folidity of this branch of learning . And ...
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... less , show us the infeparable and inviolable connection between them . A man must be very fagacious , who could difcover by reafoning , that cryftal is the effect at of heat , and ice of cold , without being 42 SECTION IV .
... less , show us the infeparable and inviolable connection between them . A man must be very fagacious , who could difcover by reafoning , that cryftal is the effect at of heat , and ice of cold , without being 42 SECTION IV .
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... less continue in the fame courfe of thinking . There is fome other principle which determines him to form fuch a conclufion . D 3 This This principle is CUSTOM or HABIT . For whereve the SCEPTICAL SOLUTION of thefe DOUBTS . 53 Sceptical ...
... less continue in the fame courfe of thinking . There is fome other principle which determines him to form fuch a conclufion . D 3 This This principle is CUSTOM or HABIT . For whereve the SCEPTICAL SOLUTION of thefe DOUBTS . 53 Sceptical ...
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... , but muft affign to each of them a particular weight and authority , in proportion as we have found it to be more or less frequent . It is more pro- bable , E 2 bable , in almoft every country of EUROPE , that Of PROBABILITY . 67.
... , but muft affign to each of them a particular weight and authority , in proportion as we have found it to be more or less frequent . It is more pro- bable , E 2 bable , in almoft every country of EUROPE , that Of PROBABILITY . 67.
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abfolutely abfurd actions afcribe affurance againſt alfo alſo argument arife becauſe cafe caufe cauſe circumftances CLEANTHES concerning conclufion confequences confider confiderable courſe defire Deity difpute diftinction diſcover divine effect efteem enquiry EPICURUS eſtabliſhed event exift exiſtence experience fafely faid fame farther fceptical fcience feems fenfes fenfible fentiment ferve fhall fhould fide fimilar firft firſt fituation fociety fome fource fpecies fpeculative fpirit ftill ftrong fubject fuch fufficient fuperftition fuperior fuppofed fuppofition fupport furely fyftem greateſt happineſs himſelf human ideas imagination impoffible infer inftance intereft itſelf juftice leaſt lefs mankind mifery mind miracle moft moral moſt muft muſt nature neceffary neceffity never obferve object occafion oppofite ourſelves paffions particular perfon PHILO philofophers pleaſe pleaſure poffeffed poffible praiſe prefent principles purpoſe qualities queftion reafon refemblance refult regard religion requifite rience ſeems ſhall ſtill teftimony thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe tion ufual underſtanding univerfal uſeful virtue whofe
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Seite 72 - When we look about us towards external objects, and consider the operation of causes, we are never able, in a single instance, to discover any power or necessary connexion ; any quality, which binds the effect to the cause, and renders the one an infallible consequence of the other. We only find, that the one does actually, in fact, follow the other.
Seite 503 - Epicurus's old questions are yet unanswered. Is he willing to prevent evil, but not able ? then is he impotent. Is he able, but not willing ? then is he malevolent. Is he both able and willing? whence then is evil ? You ascribe, Cleanthes (and I believe justly), a purpose and intention to Nature.
Seite 96 - In proportion as men extend their dealings and render their intercourse with others more complicated, they always comprehend in their schemes of life a greater variety of voluntary actions which they expect, from the proper motives, to cooperate with their own.
Seite 55 - ... us of matters of fact which happened in the most distant places and most remote ages, yet some fact must always be present to the senses or memory, from which we may first proceed in drawing these conclusions. A man, who should find in a desert country the remains of pompous buildings, would conclude that the country had, in ancient times, been cultivated by civilized inhabitants; but did nothing of this nature occur to him, he could never form such an inference. We learn the events of former...
Seite 159 - But another man, who never took the pains to observe the demonstration, hearing a mathematician, a man of credit, affirm the three angles of a triangle to be equal to two right ones, assents to it, ie receives it for true.
Seite 30 - By the term impression, then, I mean all our more lively perceptions, when we hear, or see, or feel, or love, or hate, or desire, or will. And impressions are distinguished from ideas, which are the less lively perceptions of which we are conscious when we reflect on any of those sensations or movements above mentioned.
Seite 536 - If it affords no inference that affects human life, or can be the source of any action or forbearance : And if the analogy, imperfect as it is, can be carried no farther than to the human intelligence, and cannot be transferred, with any appearance of probability, to the other qualities of the mind...
Seite 360 - The whole frame of nature bespeaks an intelligent author; and no rational enquirer can, after serious reflection, suspend his belief a moment with regard to the primary principles of genuine Theism and Religion.
Seite 90 - It is universally acknowledged, that there is a great uniformity among the actions of men, in all nations and ages, and that human nature remains still the same, in its principles and operations.
Seite 121 - ... and learning, as to secure us against all delusion in themselves ; of such undoubted integrity as to place them beyond all suspicion of any design to deceive others ; of such credit and reputation in the eyes of mankind as to have a great deal to lose in case of...