An Inquiry Into the Influence of Physical Causes Upon the Moral Faculty: Delivered Before a Meeting of the American Philosophical Society, Held at Philadelphia, on the Twenty-seventh of February, 1786 |
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... power of the mind , which is con- nected with volition , although many of these causes act likewise upon the conscience , as I shall show hereafter . The state of the moral faculty is visible in actions , which affect the well - being ...
... power of the mind , which is con- nected with volition , although many of these causes act likewise upon the conscience , as I shall show hereafter . The state of the moral faculty is visible in actions , which affect the well - being ...
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... power of his mind . I beg leave to repeat the history of this prodigy of vice and knowledge . " Let the reader represent to himself a man of a genius so lively , and of an understanding so extensive , as rendered him scarce ignorant of ...
... power of his mind . I beg leave to repeat the history of this prodigy of vice and knowledge . " Let the reader represent to himself a man of a genius so lively , and of an understanding so extensive , as rendered him scarce ignorant of ...
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... power of choosing , t as well as the capacity of enjoying moral good . It is true , we read of their trembling in a ... powers of the mind that have been named , in the absence of the other two ? We observe something of the same kind ...
... power of choosing , t as well as the capacity of enjoying moral good . It is true , we read of their trembling in a ... powers of the mind that have been named , in the absence of the other two ? We observe something of the same kind ...
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... powers of the mind . 11. Do we read , in the accounts of travellers , of men , who , in respect of intellectual capacity and enjoyments , are but a few degrees above brutes ? We read likewise of a similar degradation of our species , in ...
... powers of the mind . 11. Do we read , in the accounts of travellers , of men , who , in respect of intellectual capacity and enjoyments , are but a few degrees above brutes ? We read likewise of a similar degradation of our species , in ...
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... power . The conscience , like a wise and faithful legislative council , performs the office of a check upon the moral faculty , and thus prevents the fatal consequences of immoral actions . An objection , I foresee , will arise to the ...
... power . The conscience , like a wise and faithful legislative council , performs the office of a check upon the moral faculty , and thus prevents the fatal consequences of immoral actions . An objection , I foresee , will arise to the ...
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Page 1 - For when the Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature the things contained in the law, these, having not the law, are a law unto themselves: Which show the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts the mean while accusing or else excusing one another;) In the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ according to my gospel.
Page 21 - That monster, custom, who all sense doth eat, Of habits devil, is angel yet in this, That to the use of actions fair and good He likewise gives a frock or livery, That aptly is put on.
Page 19 - And as many as walk according to this rule, peace be on them, and mercy, and upon the Israel of God. From henceforth let no man trouble me, for I bear in my body the marks of the Lord Jesus.
Page 22 - I am well satisfied to-day that, by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better.
Page 12 - Therefore, the Lord himself shall give you a sign. Behold a Virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and his name shall be called Emmanuel. He shall eat butter and honey, that he may know to refuse the evil, and to choose the good.
Page 19 - For our conversation is in heaven, from whence we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ; who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto His glorious body, according to the working whereby He is able even to subdue all things unto Himself
Page 7 - There are persons," says Dr. Rush, "who are moral to the highest degree as to certain duties, but who, nevertheless, live under the influence of some one vice. In one instance a woman was exemplary in her obedience to every command of the moral law except one — she could not refrain from stealing.
Page 27 - Nothing can be politically right that is morally wrong ; and no necessity can ever sanctify a law that is contrary to equity. Virtue is the soul of a Republic. To promote this, laws for the suppression of vice and immorality will be as ineffectual as the increase and enlargement of jails.
Page 4 - ... he attempted ; and of so prodigious a memory, that he never forgot what he had once learned; he possessed all parts of philosophy and the mathematics, particularly fortification and drawing; even in theology he was so well skilled, that he was an excellent preacher whenever he had a mind to exert...
Page 11 - Fullness of bread," we are told, was one of the predisposing causes of the vices of the Cities of the Plain. The fasts so often inculcated among the Jews were intended to lessen the incentives to vice; for pride, cruelty, and sensuality, are as much the natural consequences of luxury, as apoplexies and palsies. But the quality as well as the quantity of aliment has an influence upon morals; hence we find the moral diseases that have been mentioned are most frequently the offspring of animal food....