The Dignity of Human Nature: Or, a Brief Account of the Certain and Established Means for Attaining the True End of Our Existence. ... A New Edition. By J.B. ..., Том 2J. Johnson and J. Payne; and T. Cadell, 1767 |
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... tion , in the following deduction of morals , it seems proper to take an extenfive prospect of things , and begin as high as poffible . First , it may be worth while briefly , and in a way as little abstract or logical as poflible , to ...
... tion , in the following deduction of morals , it seems proper to take an extenfive prospect of things , and begin as high as poffible . First , it may be worth while briefly , and in a way as little abstract or logical as poflible , to ...
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... tion of my mind , as much as outward objects , of my eyes . The idea of two of the lunar inha- bitants , is as distinct an object in my mind , fo far as concerns the number , as that of two fhillings in my hand , And I fee as clearly ...
... tion of my mind , as much as outward objects , of my eyes . The idea of two of the lunar inha- bitants , is as distinct an object in my mind , fo far as concerns the number , as that of two fhillings in my hand , And I fee as clearly ...
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... tion , or to subject millions of innocent beings to unspeakable mifery ; would this likewise be good ? Was it better to create than not ? and is it like- wife better to deftroy than preferve ? Was it good to give being and happiness to ...
... tion , or to subject millions of innocent beings to unspeakable mifery ; would this likewise be good ? Was it better to create than not ? and is it like- wife better to deftroy than preferve ? Was it good to give being and happiness to ...
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... tion to perceive truth ; there is no fuch thing as fenfation poffible , or it must be poffible for the mind to perceive real objects . That what we ac- tually and really apprehend by intuition and fen- fation , must be fomewhat real ...
... tion to perceive truth ; there is no fuch thing as fenfation poffible , or it must be poffible for the mind to perceive real objects . That what we ac- tually and really apprehend by intuition and fen- fation , must be fomewhat real ...
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... tion against it , allowing , likewife , to every one impartially its full force ; fuppofe the refult of the whole enquiry to be his finding fuch a pre- ponderancy of evidence for the truth of Chrifti- anity , as should beyond all ...
... tion against it , allowing , likewife , to every one impartially its full force ; fuppofe the refult of the whole enquiry to be his finding fuch a pre- ponderancy of evidence for the truth of Chrifti- anity , as should beyond all ...
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