The Moral Philosophy of Paley1852 |
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... desire such reader to be assured that I have found them occasions of difficulty to young minds ; and what I have observed in young minds , I should expect to meet with in all who approach these subjects for the first time . Upon each ...
... desire such reader to be assured that I have found them occasions of difficulty to young minds ; and what I have observed in young minds , I should expect to meet with in all who approach these subjects for the first time . Upon each ...
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... desire of securing these for the future , are assisted and refined upon by an Epicurean love of unruffled satisfaction and wellbeing . Such , at least , is the tendency of our improvements in the knowledge and means of nurturing the ...
... desire of securing these for the future , are assisted and refined upon by an Epicurean love of unruffled satisfaction and wellbeing . Such , at least , is the tendency of our improvements in the knowledge and means of nurturing the ...
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... desires , and favourite pursuits ; while , on the other hand , a strict compliance with duty is often extremely painful and harassing — so much so , that if we had nothing but our virtue to rely upon , life would be very miserable ...
... desires , and favourite pursuits ; while , on the other hand , a strict compliance with duty is often extremely painful and harassing — so much so , that if we had nothing but our virtue to rely upon , life would be very miserable ...
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... desire to see men shewing high moral qualities , rather than to encounter such as follow only an instinct of their nature in bringing about good . This tendency leads to great substantial injustice , according to the common remark , of ...
... desire to see men shewing high moral qualities , rather than to encounter such as follow only an instinct of their nature in bringing about good . This tendency leads to great substantial injustice , according to the common remark , of ...
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... desires , has self wholly for its end . 6. The feeling of the good of the society that we live in . - In order to give the most ample scope to brotherly sentiment , we form a great abstraction of the highest good of mankind on the whole ...
... desires , has self wholly for its end . 6. The feeling of the good of the society that we live in . - In order to give the most ample scope to brotherly sentiment , we form a great abstraction of the highest good of mankind on the whole ...
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The Moral Philosophy of Paley: With Additional Dissertations and Notes Alexander Bain Sin vista previa disponible - 2014 |
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Página 255 - And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made. And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.
Página 228 - Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying. But put ye on the Lord JESUS CHRIST, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof.
Página 200 - For the woman which hath an husband is bound by the law to her husband so long as he liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is loosed from the law of her husband.
Página 171 - And the multitude of them that believed were of one heart and of one soul : neither said any of them that ought of the things which he possessed was his own; but they had all things common.
Página 256 - See, for that the LORD hath given you the sabbath, therefore he giveth you on the sixth day the bread of two days; abide ye every man in his place, let no man go out of his place on the seventh day.
Página 184 - Now therefore there is utterly a fault among you, because ye go to law one with another. Why do ye not rather take wrong? why do ye not rather suffer yourselves to be defrauded ? 8 Nay, ye do wrong, and defraud, and that your brethren.
Página 234 - Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith ; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God. For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds.
Página 255 - Tomorrow is the rest of the holy Sabbath unto the Lord ; bake that which ye will bake today, and seethe that ye will seethe; and that which remaineth over lay up for you to be kept until the morning.
Página 244 - Now I beseech you, brethren, for the Lord Jesus Christ's sake, and for the love of the Spirit, that ye strive together with me in your prayers to God for me...
Página 244 - I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men; for kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty.