The Works of Charles Follen: Lectures on moral philosophy. Fragment of a work on psychologyHilliard, Gray, 1841 |
Im Buch
Ergebnisse 1-5 von 76
Seite 11
... whole into anarchy and confusion . Of all the . human faculties , the moral principle is the only one which is liable to no excess . There cannot be too much virtue , too strict an adherence to duty , while it is the only one which ...
... whole into anarchy and confusion . Of all the . human faculties , the moral principle is the only one which is liable to no excess . There cannot be too much virtue , too strict an adherence to duty , while it is the only one which ...
Seite 12
... whole , for branches , blossoms , and fruits , and thus to send up a lofty stem without the power to support itself , without use , and without beauty . I repeat , it is the moral principle which prevents each tendency of the soul from ...
... whole , for branches , blossoms , and fruits , and thus to send up a lofty stem without the power to support itself , without use , and without beauty . I repeat , it is the moral principle which prevents each tendency of the soul from ...
Seite 15
... whole ; and will therefore save him , as well from a sluggish and slavish acquiescence in any one system , as from a vain and preposterous running after originality . But the history of philosophy is not philosophy itself . In treating ...
... whole ; and will therefore save him , as well from a sluggish and slavish acquiescence in any one system , as from a vain and preposterous running after originality . But the history of philosophy is not philosophy itself . In treating ...
Seite 18
... whole book of sanctity and virtue , through all the instances of exam- ple , with such delight to those especially of soft and delicious temper , who will not so much as look upon truth herself , unless they see her elegantly dressed ...
... whole book of sanctity and virtue , through all the instances of exam- ple , with such delight to those especially of soft and delicious temper , who will not so much as look upon truth herself , unless they see her elegantly dressed ...
Seite 23
... 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 the prerogative of a few , and ...
... 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 the prerogative of a few , and ...
Andere Ausgaben - Alle anzeigen
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
according adventitious Anaxagoras animal Aristippus Aristotle ascertain atheism beauty believe body called character civil conduct conscience considered consists Democritus desire determined doctrine duty Eleatic enables endeavour Epicurus essential evident evil exer exercise existence experience facts faculties faith feelings foundation founded free agency freedom Gospel Greece happiness harmony highest human nature idea imagination important individual infinite influence innate ideas intellectual judge justice Kant knowledge lecture Leucippus ligion Lycurgus means ment mind mode moral action moral law moral nature Moral Philosophy motive natural rights ness objects of consciousness obligations observation pain Pantheism particularly passions perceive perception perfection person Plato pleasure possess practical principle reason regard relations religion religious result senses social society Socrates Somatology soul speak Spinoza spirit Stoics striving things thoughts tion true truth ture various vidual virtue whole Xenophon
Beliebte Passagen
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...