The Spirit of the Age: Or, Contemporary Portraits ..., Том 1H. Colburn, 1825 - 424 стор. |
З цієї книги
Результати 1-5 із 30
Сторінка 10
... understanding and prejudice . The soul , by reason of its weakness , is an aggregating and an exclusive principle ; it clings obstinately to some t things , and violently rejects others . And it 10 THE SPIRIT OF THE AGE .
... understanding and prejudice . The soul , by reason of its weakness , is an aggregating and an exclusive principle ; it clings obstinately to some t things , and violently rejects others . And it 10 THE SPIRIT OF THE AGE .
Сторінка 11
... understanding , than the mechanist can discard the use of wheels and pulleys , and perform every thing by simple motion . If the mind of man were competent to comprehend the whole of truth and good , and act upon it at once , and ...
... understanding , than the mechanist can discard the use of wheels and pulleys , and perform every thing by simple motion . If the mind of man were competent to comprehend the whole of truth and good , and act upon it at once , and ...
Сторінка 15
... understanding ; but to the imagination and the heart , that is , to the natural feelings of mankind , it admits of none ! Mr. Bentham , in adjusting the provisions of a penal code , lays too little stress on the co - operation of the ...
... understanding ; but to the imagination and the heart , that is , to the natural feelings of mankind , it admits of none ! Mr. Bentham , in adjusting the provisions of a penal code , lays too little stress on the co - operation of the ...
Сторінка 17
... understanding . Criminals are not to be influenced by reason ; for it is of the very essence of crime to disregard consequences both to ourselves and others . You may as well preach philosophy to a drunken man , or to the dead , as to ...
... understanding . Criminals are not to be influenced by reason ; for it is of the very essence of crime to disregard consequences both to ourselves and others . You may as well preach philosophy to a drunken man , or to the dead , as to ...
Сторінка 31
... understandings of the time . What then ? Because those opinions were overcharged , were they therefore altogether ground- less ? Is the very God of our idolatry all of a sudden to become an abomination and an anathema ? Could so many ...
... understandings of the time . What then ? Because those opinions were overcharged , were they therefore altogether ground- less ? Is the very God of our idolatry all of a sudden to become an abomination and an anathema ? Could so many ...
Інші видання - Показати все
Загальні терміни та фрази
admiration affectation argument beauty Bentham breath Caleb Williams candour character Cobbett Coleridge common common-place critic delight Edinburgh Review eloquence equally fancy feelings flowers French Revolution friends genius give Godwin grace ground habit hand heart Heaven honour House human idle imagination intellect Irving Jeremy Bentham less liberty light live look Lord Byron LORD ELDON Lyrical Ballads Malthus manner means ment mind modern moral Muse nature ness never object opinion pain passion perhaps person philosopher poem poet poetical poetry political popular prejudices pretensions pride principle quaint question racter reader reason Review Scotch sense sentiment servility Sir Francis Burdett Sir James Mackintosh Sir Walter Sir Walter Scott sort Southey speak spirit spleen striking style talent taste thing thought tion tone Tooke truth turn vanity verse virtue Whig wild word writings