The Elements of Moral Philosophy ...R. and J. Dodsley, 1754 - 312 Seiten |
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... Importance , and Ufe . Its Object is Man's Duty , or his Conduct in the feveral Moral Capacities and Connec- tions which he fuftains . Its Of- fice is to direct that Conduct , to fhew whence our Obligations arife and where they ...
... Importance , and Ufe . Its Object is Man's Duty , or his Conduct in the feveral Moral Capacities and Connec- tions which he fuftains . Its Of- fice is to direct that Conduct , to fhew whence our Obligations arife and where they ...
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... important Relation in which we ftand , and thofe indifpenfible . Laws of Duty which we owe to the great Author of our Nature , who , being fu- premely perfect and happy , has no Wants to fupply , and is obnoxious to no Possi- bility of ...
... important Relation in which we ftand , and thofe indifpenfible . Laws of Duty which we owe to the great Author of our Nature , who , being fu- premely perfect and happy , has no Wants to fupply , and is obnoxious to no Possi- bility of ...
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... important Oc- cafions of Action be loft , or perhaps the groffeft Blunders be committed . On this account the Deity , befides that general Approbation which we bestow on every degree of kind Affection , has moreover implanted in Man ...
... important Oc- cafions of Action be loft , or perhaps the groffeft Blunders be committed . On this account the Deity , befides that general Approbation which we bestow on every degree of kind Affection , has moreover implanted in Man ...
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... different Modifications of the Moral Senfe , or fubordinate to it , and plainly ferve the fame important Purpose , being expedi- tious Monitors in the feveral Emergencies of of a various and distracted Life , of what . [ 89 ]
... different Modifications of the Moral Senfe , or fubordinate to it , and plainly ferve the fame important Purpose , being expedi- tious Monitors in the feveral Emergencies of of a various and distracted Life , of what . [ 89 ]
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... important Ends are fecured , we ought not to murmur or repine that we poffefs no more ; yet we are not fecluded by any Obligation , moral or divine , from feeking more , in order to give us that happiest and most god - like of all ...
... important Ends are fecured , we ought not to murmur or repine that we poffefs no more ; yet we are not fecluded by any Obligation , moral or divine , from feeking more , in order to give us that happiest and most god - like of all ...
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Action Affections againſt agreeable approve arife Beauty becauſe beft beſt Buſineſs Cafe Cauſe Character cifes Circumftances Conduct Confcience Confequences confidered confifts Conftitution Connection Courſe Creature DAVID FORDYCE Defign Defires Deity Difpofitions diftinct Divine Duties Efteem Enjoyment eſpecially Exercife fame fections fecure feel feems felf felves fenfible ferve feveral fhall fhould fions firſt fome fore formed Friendſhip ftrong fubject fuch fuppofe fure greateſt guife Happineſs higheſt himſelf Honour human Ideas Intereft itſelf juft juſt kind Laws leaſt lefs Love Mankind Meaſure ment Mifery Mind moft Moral Obligation moſt muft muſt Nature neceffary nefs obferve Objects Oeconomy one's oppofite Order ourſelves Parents Perfection perfonal Pleaſure pofition Power prefent Principles Private Paffions Proportion purſue Purſuit racter raiſe Reaſon refined refpective reft refult rience Senfe Senſe Social Society Syftem Tafte Temper thefe themſelves theſe Things thofe thoſe tion ture underſtand univerfal uſeful Virtue virtuous Wants Wiſdom
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 79 - What a piece of work is a man ! How noble in reafon ! how infinite in faculties ! in form, and moving, how exprefs and admirable ! in action, how like an angel ! in apprehenfion, how like a god ! the beauty of the world ! the paragon of animals ! And yet, to me, what is this quinteffence of duft?
Seite 19 - Paffions, fo as to keep them from defeating their own End, or interfering with each other, muft be a Principle of a fuperior Nature to them, and ought to direct their Meafures, and govern their Proportions.
Seite 194 - Flights, till it arrives at a Being of unbounded Greatnefs and Worth, on whom it may employ its fublimeft Powers without exhaufting the Subject, and give Scope to the utmoft Force and Fulnefs of its Love, without Satiety or Difguft.
Seite 162 - Paffions and Interefts, of the moft refined Decencies, and of a thoufand namelefs deep-felt Joys of reciprocal Tendernefs and Love, flowing from every Look, Word, and Action. Here Friendfhip acts with double Energy, ,and the Natural confpires with the Moral Charm, to itrengthen and fecure the Love of Virtue.
Seite 120 - Soul which renders us approveable and lovely in the Sight of God; Goods, in fine, which are the Elements of all our future Perfection and Felicity. . Moft of the other Goods we...
Seite 188 - Accidents unforefeen, or unavoidable, or rendered ineffectual thro' the Infidelity and Corruption of the Executors of them ; then it is their Right, and what is their Right is their Duty, to refume that delegated Power, and call their Truftees to...
Seite 5 - Wants, and to guard againft the various Dangers and Evils to which he is obnoxious. By thefe Links, Men are connected with each other, formed into Families, drawn into particular Communities, and all united, as by a common R 4 League, * See H;r.
Seite 276 - ... for that of the infant, the life of the infant for that of the child, and all the lower for the highest and best.
Seite 74 - In one view they may be considered as powers, impelling mankind to a certain course, with a force proportioned to the apprehended moment of the good they aim at. In another view they appear as weights, balancing the action of the powers, and controuling the violence of their impulses. By means of these powers and weights a natural poise is settled in the human breast by its all-wise author, by which the creature is kept tolerably steady and regular in his course, amidst that variety of stages through...