Essays and Treatises on Several Subjects, Band 21809 |
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... philosophers paint her in the most amiable colours ; bor- rowing all helps from poetry and eloquence , and treating their subject in an easy and obvious manner , and such as is best fitted to please the imagination , and engage the af ...
... philosophers paint her in the most amiable colours ; bor- rowing all helps from poetry and eloquence , and treating their subject in an easy and obvious manner , and such as is best fitted to please the imagination , and engage the af ...
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... philosophers consider man in the light of a reasonable rather than an active being , and en- deavour to form his understanding more than cultivate his manners . They regard human nature as a subject of speculation ; and with a narrow ...
... philosophers consider man in the light of a reasonable rather than an active being , and en- deavour to form his understanding more than cultivate his manners . They regard human nature as a subject of speculation ; and with a narrow ...
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... philosopher leaves the shade and comes into open day ; nor can its principles easily retain any influence over our conduct and beha- viour . The feelings of our heart , the agitation of our pas- sions , the vehemence of our affections ...
... philosopher leaves the shade and comes into open day ; nor can its principles easily retain any influence over our conduct and beha- viour . The feelings of our heart , the agitation of our pas- sions , the vehemence of our affections ...
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... philosopher is a character which is com- monly but little acceptable in the world , as being sup- posed to contribute nothing either to the advantage or pleasure of society , while he lives remote from commu- nication with mankind , and ...
... philosopher is a character which is com- monly but little acceptable in the world , as being sup- posed to contribute nothing either to the advantage or pleasure of society , while he lives remote from commu- nication with mankind , and ...
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... philosopher ; but , amidst all your philosophy , be still a man . Were the generality of mankind contented to prefer the easy philosophy to the abstract and profound , without throwing any blame or contempt on the latter , it might not ...
... philosopher ; but , amidst all your philosophy , be still a man . Were the generality of mankind contented to prefer the easy philosophy to the abstract and profound , without throwing any blame or contempt on the latter , it might not ...
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Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
absurd actions agreeable allowed appear approbation argument arise ascribe Athenians authority beauty believe benevolence blame cause cerning character Cicero circumstances common concerning conclusion conduct connection consequences consider contrary course of nature degree deity Diodorus Siculus discover distinction divine effect endeavour entirely Epictetus Epicurus esteem event evident excite experience farther feel force former friendship give happiness Herodotus Hesiod honour human nature idea imagination immediately infer influence inquiry instance intelligent Jansenist justice kind laws mankind manner merit mind miracle moral nations necessity neral never object observe operation opinion opposite origin ourselves particular passions person philosophers pleasure Plutarch Polybius polytheism possessed praise present pretend principles produce qualities racter reason reflection regard relation relations of ideas religion render rience rules scepticism seems self-love sense sensible sentiment social virtues society species superstition supposed Tacitus testimony theism thing tion universal utility vice vulgar whole
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Seite 121 - When anyone tells me, that he saw a dead man restored to life, I immediately consider with myself, whether it be more probable, that this person should either deceive or be deceived, or that the fact, which he relates, should really have happened. I weigh the one miracle against the other ; and according to the superiority, which I discover, I pronounce my decision, and always reject the greater miracle.
Seite 346 - Thus the distinct boundaries and offices of reasen and of taste are easily ascertained. The former conveys the knowledge of truth and falsehood : The latter gives the sentiment of beauty and deformity, vice and virtue. The one discovers objects, as they really stand in nature, without addition or diminution : The other has a productive faculty ; and gilding or staining all natural objects with the colours, borrowed from internal sentiment, raises, in a manner, a new creation.
Seite 121 - That no testimony is sufficient to establish a miracle, unless the testimony be of such a kind, that its falsehood would be more miraculous than the fact which it endeavours to establish. And even in that case there is a mutual destruction of arguments, and the superior only gives us an assurance suitable to that degree of force which remains after deducting the inferior.
Seite 131 - But what is more extraordinary, many of the miracles were immediately proved upon the spot, before judges of unquestioned integrity, attested by witnesses of credit and distinction, in a learned age, and on the most eminent theatre that is now in the world.
Seite 101 - Actions are, by their very nature, temporary and perishing ; and where they proceed not from some cause in the character and disposition of the person who performed them, they can neither redound to his honour, if good ; nor infamy, if evil.
Seite 99 - Whatever definition we may give of liberty, we should be careful to observe two requisite circumstances; first, that it be consistent with plain matter of fact; secondly, that it be consistent with itself. If we observe these circumstances, and render our definition intelligible, I am persuaded that all mankind will be found of one opinion with regard to it. It is universally allowed that nothing exists without a cause of its existence, and that chance, when strictly examined, is a mere negative...
Seite 401 - The whole frame of nature bespeaks an Intelligent Author ; and no rational inquirer can, after serious reflection, suspend his belief a moment with regard to the primary principles of genuine Theism and Religion.
Seite 35 - But if you insist that the inference is made by a chain of reasoning, I desire you to produce that reasoning. The connexion between these propositions is not intuitive. There is required a medium, which may enable the mind to draw such an inference, if indeed it be drawn by reasoning and argument. What that medium is, I must confess, passes my comprehension; and it is incumbent on those to produce it, who assert that it really exists, and is the origin of all our conclusions concerning matter of...
Seite 87 - These records of wars, intrigues, factions, and revolutions are so many collections of experiments, by which the politician or moral philosopher fixes the principles of his science, in the same manner as the physician or natural philosopher becomes acquainted with the nature of plants, minerals, and other external objects, by the experiments which he forms concerning them.
Seite 300 - He reads much; He is a great observer, and he looks Quite through the deeds of men ; he loves no plays As thou dost, Antony ; he hears no music ; Seldom he smiles, and smiles in such a sort, As if he mock'd himself and scorn'd his spirit That could be moved to smile at any thing.