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Essays on the Formation and Publication of Opinions: The Pursuit of Truth ... Samuel Bailey Δεν υπάρχει διαθέσιμη προεπισκόπηση - 2016 |
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absurd actions already amidst appear arguments assent associations attained attempt attention authority becomes belief causes character circumstances classes common conclusions conduct connected consequences considerations contrary conviction course depend direct doctrine doubt effect equal error ESSAY established evidence evil examination exist expected expression fact false fear feelings follow force former frequently give happiness human ideas imagination importance impressions individual inference influence inquiry instance intellectual interest judgment kind knowledge latter least less mankind manner means ment mind moral nature necessarily necessary never NOTE object observation occasion operation opinions particular pass passions perhaps person philosophy pleasure position possess possible practical present principles probably produce proper proposition prove punish qualities question reason regard relations remark result says sense society sometimes speculative success suppose term thing thought tion train true truth understanding various views voluntary whole
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Σελίδα 238 - Alas, regardless of their doom, The little victims play ! No sense have they of ills to come, Nor care beyond to-day. Yet see how all around...
Σελίδα 113 - Doth any man doubt that if there were taken out of men's minds vain opinions, flattering hopes, false valuations, imaginations as one would, and the like, but it would leave the minds of a number of men poor shrunken things, full of melancholy and indisposition, and unpleasing to themselves...
Σελίδα 279 - the silly rounds of business and pleasure, and have done with them all. I have enjoyed all the pleasures of the world, and consequently know their futility, and do not regret their loss.
Σελίδα 24 - But the commandment of knowledge is yet higher than the commandment over the will ; for it is a commandment over the reason, belief, and understanding of man, which is the highest part of the mind, and giveth law to the will itself...
Σελίδα 76 - To conclude therefore, let no man, upon a weak conceit of sobriety or an ill-applied moderation, think or maintain that a man can search too far or be too well studied in the book of God's word or in the book of God's works ; divinity or philosophy; but rather let men endeavour an endless progress or proficience in both...
Σελίδα 118 - How small of all that human hearts endure, That part which laws or kings can cause or cure.
Σελίδα 238 - Alas! regardless of their doom The little victims play; No sense have they of ills to come Nor care beyond to-day: Yet see how all around 'em wait The ministers of human fate And black Misfortune's baleful train!
Σελίδα 260 - He was certainly not fitted for the general commerce of the world, or for the business of active life. The comprehensive speculations with which he had been occupied from his youth, and the variety of materials which his own invention continually...
Σελίδα 238 - The tear forgot as soon as shed, The sunshine of the breast: Theirs buxom health of rosy hue, Wild wit, invention ever new, And lively cheer of vigour born; The thoughtless day, the easy night, The spirits pure, the slumbers light, That fly th
Σελίδα 4 - Probability is likeliness to be true ; the very notation of the word signifying such a proposition for which there be arguments or proofs to make it pass, or be received, for true. The entertainment the mind gives this sort of propositions is called "belief," "assent,