The Works of Charles Follen: Lectures on moral philosophy. Fragment of a work on psychologyHilliard, Gray, 1841 |
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... Moral Philosophy , may truly be said to set out on a voyage of discovery . They launch upon an endless and pathless element , in the light bark of reason , with nothing to guide them on their doubtful way but the 1 * LECTURE I. 5.
... Moral Philosophy , may truly be said to set out on a voyage of discovery . They launch upon an endless and pathless element , in the light bark of reason , with nothing to guide them on their doubtful way but the 1 * LECTURE I. 5.
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... light was de- nied to his mortal eyes . It is the object of the moral philosopher " to imbreed and cherish in a great peo- ple the seeds of virtue and public civility , to allay the perturbations of the mind , and set the affections in ...
... light was de- nied to his mortal eyes . It is the object of the moral philosopher " to imbreed and cherish in a great peo- ple the seeds of virtue and public civility , to allay the perturbations of the mind , and set the affections in ...
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... light , to which the night of death can alone introduce him . But , lest there arise a dispute among the disciples of truth , who shall be the first , let it be remembered that not he who assumes the office of a teacher , 18 LECTURE I.
... light , to which the night of death can alone introduce him . But , lest there arise a dispute among the disciples of truth , who shall be the first , let it be remembered that not he who assumes the office of a teacher , 18 LECTURE I.
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... light was first kindled and successively received , our investiga- tion lights upon Asia , and more particularly India , as the mother country of religion , science , and the arts ; and upon Greece , as the first independent colony of ...
... light was first kindled and successively received , our investiga- tion lights upon Asia , and more particularly India , as the mother country of religion , science , and the arts ; and upon Greece , as the first independent colony of ...
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... light from former ages , and let the whole shade fall upon the lower classes . With regard to such a state of society , it may be observed , in general , that the most elevated and refined views of religion and moral- ity , if they are ...
... light from former ages , and let the whole shade fall upon the lower classes . With regard to such a state of society , it may be observed , in general , that the most elevated and refined views of religion and moral- ity , if they are ...
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Seite 17 - Lastly, whatsoever in religion is holy and sublime, in virtue amiable or grave, whatsoever hath passion or admiration in all the changes of that which is called fortune from without, or the wily subtleties and refluxes of man's thoughts from within ; all these things with a solid and treatable smoothness to paint out and describe.
Seite 17 - These abilities, wheresoever they be found, are the inspired gift of God, rarely bestowed, but yet to some (though most abuse) in every nation ; and are of power, beside the office of a pulpit, to imbreed and cherish in a great people the seeds of virtue and public civility, to allay the perturbations of the mind, and set the affections in right tune...
Seite 24 - Let us adore the supremacy of that divine sun, the god-head who illuminates all, who recreates all, from whom all proceed, to whom all must return, whom we invoke to direct our understandings aright in our progress towards his holy seat.
Seite 24 - There is but one living and true God, everlasting, without body, parts, or passions; of infinite power, wisdom, and goodness; the Maker, and Preserver of all things both visible and invisible. And in unity of this Godhead there be three Persons, of one substance, power, and eternity; the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost.
Seite 168 - So that the idea of liberty is the idea of a power in any agent to do or forbear any particular action, according to the determination or thought of the mind, whereby either of them is preferred to the other...
Seite 205 - ... is better than none ; as the writing of a book, the building of a house, the laying out of a garden, the digging of a fish-pond, — even the raising of a cucumber or a tulip.
Seite 27 - ' who will be fully persuaded that the Lord of Heaven governs the universe, who shall in all things choose moderation, who shall perfectly know his own species, and so act among them that his life and manners may conform to his knowledge of God and man, may be truly said to discharge all the duties of a sage, and to be far exalted above the common herd of the human race.
Seite 159 - Eager desire to act has its root in expectation of some advantage ; and with such expectation are sacrifices performed ; the rules of religious austerity and abstinence from sins are all known to arise from hope of remuneration.
Seite 71 - Behold the fowls of the air ; they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns ; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them.
Seite 25 - May that Soul of mine, which mounts aloft in my waking hours, as an ethereal spark, and which, even in my slumber, has a like ascent, soaring to a great distance, as an emanation from the light of lights, be united by devout meditation with the Spirit supremely blest, and supremely intelligent...