An Enquiry Into the Principles of Human Happiness and Human Duty: In Two BooksW. Pickering, 1843 - 554 lappuses |
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1.–5. rezultāts no 38.
18. lappuse
... importance , but strange to say it has been very little attended to . Almost all writers upon morals have mixed up the one with the other , and have confounded the two questions , the what is , and the what ought to be . Having ...
... importance , but strange to say it has been very little attended to . Almost all writers upon morals have mixed up the one with the other , and have confounded the two questions , the what is , and the what ought to be . Having ...
25. lappuse
... importance ? This is evidently impossible . The same difference of feeling and dulness of imagination in men explain what has often been ob- served , that one half of mankind pass their lives in wondering at the pursuits of the other ...
... importance ? This is evidently impossible . The same difference of feeling and dulness of imagination in men explain what has often been ob- served , that one half of mankind pass their lives in wondering at the pursuits of the other ...
37. lappuse
... importance of its own , as well as in re- ference to others , whether we view it in a geogra- phical , a political , or a moral light ; and so has every province , parish , family , and individual . The moral duties have generally been ...
... importance of its own , as well as in re- ference to others , whether we view it in a geogra- phical , a political , or a moral light ; and so has every province , parish , family , and individual . The moral duties have generally been ...
42. lappuse
... importance of the social feelings was properly estimated by none . The stoics , in some respects , approached most nearly to the truth ; but their system was disfigured by the most shocking paradoxes , such as the denying of all outward ...
... importance of the social feelings was properly estimated by none . The stoics , in some respects , approached most nearly to the truth ; but their system was disfigured by the most shocking paradoxes , such as the denying of all outward ...
43. lappuse
... importance . Two very different systems of life may be conceived and acted upon ; in the one , a perpetual succession of little wishes is attempted to be kept up ; in the other , one or two prominent and durable desires pervade our ...
... importance . Two very different systems of life may be conceived and acted upon ; in the one , a perpetual succession of little wishes is attempted to be kept up ; in the other , one or two prominent and durable desires pervade our ...
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actions admiration agreeable ambition amusement approve arise Atheism avarice beauty become benevolence bodily called cause character circumstances common consequences considered constantly creature of circumstances curiosity custom deaden degree delight desire Diocletian disapprove disposition doubt effect emotion enjoyment ennui evil existence faculties fame favour fear feeling former frequently give hence hope hopes and fears human nature indolent influence instance intellect interest jealousy Julius Cæsar labour latter lead lence less live Lucretius mankind marriage means ment mental mind moral approbation moral sentiment motive neral never object occupy opinion Othello ourselves pain passion peculiar persons Petrarch philosophy pleasure Plutarch practice praise present principle pursuit racter reason remark rouse rules savage nations seems self-regarding sense sensibility Soame Jenyns strong suppose Tacitus tendency thing thought Timoleon tion utility variety vice virtue virtuous wealth wish words
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