The Elements of Morality: Including Polity, Volume 1Harper & Bros., 1845 - Ethics |
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... Affections . 28. Tend to Persons . 29. Love . 30. Kinds of Love . 31. Anger . 32 . Gratitude . Resentment . Malice . 33. Man in Society . 34 . 35 . 36 . Intercourse of Men . 3. The Mental Desires . Tend to Abstractions . Memory and ...
... Affections . 28. Tend to Persons . 29. Love . 30. Kinds of Love . 31. Anger . 32 . Gratitude . Resentment . Malice . 33. Man in Society . 34 . 35 . 36 . Intercourse of Men . 3. The Mental Desires . Tend to Abstractions . Memory and ...
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Including Polity William Whewell. CHAP . VI . DUTIES OF THE AFFECTIONS Art . 281 . Special benevolent Affections are Duties . 282. Gratitude is a Duty . 283 . 284 . 285 . Reverence for Superiors is a Duty . Filial Affection is a Duty ...
Including Polity William Whewell. CHAP . VI . DUTIES OF THE AFFECTIONS Art . 281 . Special benevolent Affections are Duties . 282. Gratitude is a Duty . 283 . 284 . 285 . Reverence for Superiors is a Duty . Filial Affection is a Duty ...
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... affections . CHAPTER II . THE SPRINGS OF HUMAN ACTION . 25. THE Springs of Action in man may be enumerated as follows : The Appetites or Bodily Desires ; the Affections : the Mental Desires ; the Moral Sentiments ; and the Reflex ...
... affections . CHAPTER II . THE SPRINGS OF HUMAN ACTION . 25. THE Springs of Action in man may be enumerated as follows : The Appetites or Bodily Desires ; the Affections : the Mental Desires ; the Moral Sentiments ; and the Reflex ...
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... Affections . 28 . The Affections are tendencies or cravings directed towards conscious individuals ; not , like the Desires , tendencies and cravings for bodily objects . The Bodily Desires tend to things , Affections to Persons . But ...
... Affections . 28 . The Affections are tendencies or cravings directed towards conscious individuals ; not , like the Desires , tendencies and cravings for bodily objects . The Bodily Desires tend to things , Affections to Persons . But ...
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... Affections belong to the irascible part of man's nature . 33 . The Affections , as has been said , are di- rected towards persons . In speaking of them , we suppose him who feels them to live as a man among He is in Society ; and his ...
... Affections belong to the irascible part of man's nature . 33 . The Affections , as has been said , are di- rected towards persons . In speaking of them , we suppose him who feels them to live as a man among He is in Society ; and his ...
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