The Christian Monitor, Volume 3Munroe and Francis, 1807 - Christian life |
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... kind of science Chap . 1 - Self knowledge the spring of self possession 2 - Self knowledge leads to a wise and steady conduct 108 ib 112 3 - Humility the effect of self knowledge 4 - Charity another effect of self knowledge 5 ...
... kind of science Chap . 1 - Self knowledge the spring of self possession 2 - Self knowledge leads to a wise and steady conduct 108 ib 112 3 - Humility the effect of self knowledge 4 - Charity another effect of self knowledge 5 ...
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... science . A worldly mind esteems no knowledge like that of the world . But a wise and pious man , be- fore all other kinds of knowledge , prefers that of God and his own soul . But some kind of knowledge or other the mind is.
... science . A worldly mind esteems no knowledge like that of the world . But a wise and pious man , be- fore all other kinds of knowledge , prefers that of God and his own soul . But some kind of knowledge or other the mind is.
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... science ; will dispute even first principles ; grant nothing as certain , and so run into downright Pyrrhon- ism ; the too common effect of abstracted de- bates excessively refined . Every one is apt to set the greatest value up- on that ...
... science ; will dispute even first principles ; grant nothing as certain , and so run into downright Pyrrhon- ism ; the too common effect of abstracted de- bates excessively refined . Every one is apt to set the greatest value up- on that ...
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best and most valuable kind of knowledge , that is most subservient to the best ends ; i . e . which tends to make a ... kinds of science by this rule , we should find , 1. Some of them to be very hurtful and perni- cious ; as tending to ...
best and most valuable kind of knowledge , that is most subservient to the best ends ; i . e . which tends to make a ... kinds of science by this rule , we should find , 1. Some of them to be very hurtful and perni- cious ; as tending to ...
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... kind of science . 91 od 39 I DJ 0 of mond no subject HAVING in the former part of the laid open some of the main branches of self knowledge , or pointed out the principal things , which a man ought to be acquainted with , re- lating to ...
... kind of science . 91 od 39 I DJ 0 of mond no subject HAVING in the former part of the laid open some of the main branches of self knowledge , or pointed out the principal things , which a man ought to be acquainted with , re- lating to ...
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