A Philosophical and Practical Treatise on the Will: Forming the Third Volume of a System of Mental Philosophy |
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... Understanding , they were greatly in advance of anything that had been written before . There are also some valuable remarks on the Will in Dr. Reid's wri- tings ; but he takes , on the whole , but a limited view of it . Mr. Stewart ...
... Understanding , they were greatly in advance of anything that had been written before . There are also some valuable remarks on the Will in Dr. Reid's wri- tings ; but he takes , on the whole , but a limited view of it . Mr. Stewart ...
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... understanding with the will 13. The connexion of the understanding with the will shown from its connexion with action • 14. Further proof from an observation of the conduct of men 15. Illustration of the statements of the preceding ...
... understanding with the will 13. The connexion of the understanding with the will shown from its connexion with action • 14. Further proof from an observation of the conduct of men 15. Illustration of the statements of the preceding ...
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... understanding · CHAPTER IV . Pago · 67 68 70 • 71 72 · 75 76 VOLITIONS , OR VOLUNTARY STATES OF MIND . 36. The necessity of that controlling power which exists in the will 37. Remarks on the nature of the will 38. Of the nature of the ...
... understanding · CHAPTER IV . Pago · 67 68 70 • 71 72 · 75 76 VOLITIONS , OR VOLUNTARY STATES OF MIND . 36. The necessity of that controlling power which exists in the will 37. Remarks on the nature of the will 38. Of the nature of the ...
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... understanding , standing apart and distinguishable from the rest , may be regarded as holding the incipient or preparatory position . The Sensibilities also , in their two leading forms of the Natural and the Moral Sensibility , have ...
... understanding , standing apart and distinguishable from the rest , may be regarded as holding the incipient or preparatory position . The Sensibilities also , in their two leading forms of the Natural and the Moral Sensibility , have ...
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... UNDERSTANDING , than of any depravity in his HEART . " + HEART . " * These passages , and others like them , although they do not go to the full extent of the proposed General Division , evidently involve the distinction between the ...
... UNDERSTANDING , than of any depravity in his HEART . " + HEART . " * These passages , and others like them , although they do not go to the full extent of the proposed General Division , evidently involve the distinction between the ...
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Page 403 - The condition of man, after the fall of Adam, is such, that he cannot turn and prepare himself, by his own natural strength and good works, to faith, and calling upon God : wherefore we have no power to do good works pleasant and acceptable to God, without the grace of God by Christ preventing us, that we may have a good will, and working with us, when we have that good will.
Page 123 - ... her seat is the bosom of God, her voice the harmony of the world; all things in heaven and earth do her homage, the very least as feeling her care, and the greatest as not exempted from her power; both angels and men and creatures of what condition soever, though each in different sort and manner, yet all with uniform consent, admiring her as the mother of their peace and joy.
Page 141 - LORD, thou hast searched me, and known me. Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off. Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways.
Page 187 - Would you know the sentiments, inclinations, and course of life of the Greeks and Romans ? Study well the temper and actions of the French and English.
Page 123 - Of law there can be no less acknowledged, than that her seat is the bosom of God, her voice the harmony of the world ; all things in heaven and earth do her homage, the very least as feeling her care, and the greatest as not exempted from her power...
Page 143 - Remember the former things of old: For I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none like me, Declaring the end from the beginning, And from ancient times the things that are not yet done, Saying, My counsel shall stand, And I will do all my pleasure...
Page 367 - If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him. But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering: for he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea, driven with the wind, and tossed. For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord.
Page 142 - Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight : but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do.
Page 347 - A man so various that he seemed to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome : Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong, Was everything by starts and nothing long; But in the course of one revolving moon Was chymist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon ; Then all for women, painting, rhyming, drinking, Besides ten thousand freaks that died in thinking.
Page 275 - For whosoever hath, to him shall be given, and he shall have more abundance: but whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken away even that he hath.