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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الصفحة vii
... moral obligation ; and to have deserted these grounds for the sake of a theory which leaves every one to resolve his ... morals , which has greatly tarnished their beauty , and impaired their authority . What , then , it may be said ...
... moral obligation ; and to have deserted these grounds for the sake of a theory which leaves every one to resolve his ... morals , which has greatly tarnished their beauty , and impaired their authority . What , then , it may be said ...
الصفحة x
... moral and intellectual enjoyment . It is indeed only in late times that this migratory spirit has been prevalent . Our great grandfathers were content to reside in the country the year round . They were neither led abroad by the course ...
... moral and intellectual enjoyment . It is indeed only in late times that this migratory spirit has been prevalent . Our great grandfathers were content to reside in the country the year round . They were neither led abroad by the course ...
الصفحة xv
... to de- preciate human reason , but only to di- rect it to those aids and assistances , with- out which it can never fully discover to us * See 1 Sam . xiii . 19 , 20 . & the reality and exigency of our moral si- tuation PREFACE . IT.
... to de- preciate human reason , but only to di- rect it to those aids and assistances , with- out which it can never fully discover to us * See 1 Sam . xiii . 19 , 20 . & the reality and exigency of our moral si- tuation PREFACE . IT.
الصفحة xvi
... moral si- tuation ; and even were it so far sufficient , would do us little service , unless , at the same time it could point out some ade- quate means of relief * . My appeal is not from reason absolutely considered , but from reason ...
... moral si- tuation ; and even were it so far sufficient , would do us little service , unless , at the same time it could point out some ade- quate means of relief * . My appeal is not from reason absolutely considered , but from reason ...
الصفحة xxvi
... moral situation , is a knowledge both cheer- ing and salutary . And I have the rather insisted upon this topic , because it is usual with men , either to entertain ideas of divine goodness which are derogatory to perfect holiness and ...
... moral situation , is a knowledge both cheer- ing and salutary . And I have the rather insisted upon this topic , because it is usual with men , either to entertain ideas of divine goodness which are derogatory to perfect holiness and ...
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