Rural Philosophy: Or, Reflections on Knowledge, Virtue, and Happiness : Chiefly in Reference to a Life of Retirement in the CountryA. Strahan, 1804 - 383 من الصفحات |
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... Zinimermann was undoubtedly a writer of singular endowments ; he possessed great mental sensibility , and a cast of ima gination which might be thought sublime ; but does not seem to have been equally distinguished by A 3.
... Zinimermann was undoubtedly a writer of singular endowments ; he possessed great mental sensibility , and a cast of ima gination which might be thought sublime ; but does not seem to have been equally distinguished by A 3.
الصفحة vi
... equally distinguished by force of reason or solidity of judgment . In his philosophy he ap- pears to me superficial , and in his notions of virtue wild and romantic . To justify this censure it may be sufficient to observe , that an ...
... equally distinguished by force of reason or solidity of judgment . In his philosophy he ap- pears to me superficial , and in his notions of virtue wild and romantic . To justify this censure it may be sufficient to observe , that an ...
الصفحة xix
... equally adverse to religion and true science , whereas the former is friendly to both ; and he who is not careful to distinguish between them , may come at length to confound the light flippancy of Voltaire , or the grave and impious so ...
... equally adverse to religion and true science , whereas the former is friendly to both ; and he who is not careful to distinguish between them , may come at length to confound the light flippancy of Voltaire , or the grave and impious so ...
الصفحة xxvii
... equally against both these extremes . Upon every other topic , in the progress of the work , more regard has been had to use than to theory , to what is just and applicable to human conduct , than to re- searches that might seem ...
... equally against both these extremes . Upon every other topic , in the progress of the work , more regard has been had to use than to theory , to what is just and applicable to human conduct , than to re- searches that might seem ...
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... equally contrary to reason and experience , and deserves to be branded as the grossest enthusiasm . The first step to true wisdom is to feel the want of it , and the next is a willingness to bestow the pains which are necessary to ...
... equally contrary to reason and experience , and deserves to be branded as the grossest enthusiasm . The first step to true wisdom is to feel the want of it , and the next is a willingness to bestow the pains which are necessary to ...
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