The Elements of Moral Science"This book presents to the public a new treatise upon moral science and moral philosophy. Being designed for the purposes of instruction, its aim is, to be simple, clear, and purely didactic. I have rarely gone into extended discussion, but have contented myself with the attempt to state the moral law, and the reason of it, in as few and as comprehensive terms as possible"--Preface. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2008 APA, all rights reserved) |
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... pleasure , upon fictions of pollution and crime , whether originating with himself or with others , renders it evident , that nothing but opposing circumstances prevents him from being himself an actor in the crime which he loves . And ...
... pleasure , upon fictions of pollution and crime , whether originating with himself or with others , renders it evident , that nothing but opposing circumstances prevents him from being himself an actor in the crime which he loves . And ...
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... pleasure in itself ; but , if I become acquainted with him , and am pleased with his moral and intellectual character , a degree of pleasure is , at last , excited by his countenance , which , in the end , ap- pears to me agreeable , or ...
... pleasure in itself ; but , if I become acquainted with him , and am pleased with his moral and intellectual character , a degree of pleasure is , at last , excited by his countenance , which , in the end , ap- pears to me agreeable , or ...
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... . Now , as I have before remarked , this may , or may not , be the ultimate end of God's government ; or it may be his own pleasure , or his own glory , or some other end , which he has not seen fit to DERIVE OUR NOTION , & c . 23.
... . Now , as I have before remarked , this may , or may not , be the ultimate end of God's government ; or it may be his own pleasure , or his own glory , or some other end , which he has not seen fit to DERIVE OUR NOTION , & c . 23.
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... pleasure , and unawed by power , and we instinctively feel that he has attained to the highest eminence after which our nature can aspire ; and that he has acted from the highest impulse of which his nature is susceptible . We are ...
... pleasure , and unawed by power , and we instinctively feel that he has attained to the highest eminence after which our nature can aspire ; and that he has acted from the highest impulse of which his nature is susceptible . We are ...
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... pleasure , as that it was intended to be the instrument of vision . It is as clear that the ear was intended to be a source of pleasure , as to be the organ of hearing . And thus of the other faculties . But , when we consider man as an ...
... pleasure , as that it was intended to be the instrument of vision . It is as clear that the ear was intended to be a source of pleasure , as to be the organ of hearing . And thus of the other faculties . But , when we consider man as an ...
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Page 162 - Clouds and darkness are round about him : Righteousness and judgment are the habitation of his throne.
Page 181 - In it thou shalt do no manner of work ; thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, thy man-servant, and thy maid-servant, thy cattle, and the stranger that is within thy gates. For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the Lord blessed the seventh day, and hallowed it.
Page 333 - Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel ; but let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price.
Page 351 - The eye that mocketh at his father, and despiseth to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it.
Page 54 - Vice is a monster of such frightful mien, As, to be hated, needs but to be seen; But seen too oft, familiar with her face, We first endure, then pity, then embrace.
Page 93 - I have of late— but wherefore I know not— lost all my mirth, forgone all custom of exercises; and indeed it goes so heavily with my disposition that this goodly frame, the earth, seems to me a sterile promontory...
Page x - Be not deceived ; God is not mocked : whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.
Page 171 - Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone ? Or if he ask a fish, will he give him a serpent ? If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him...
Page 404 - I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them that despitefully use you, and persecute you; that ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.
Page 76 - I am come in my Father's name, and ye receive me not : if another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive.