Elements of Moral Philosophy and of Christian Ethics, Volume 1J. Duncan, 1826 - Christian ethics |
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... agent , according to which he is to act ; which implies a power of conforming to the particular mode required ; -without this agent , and this power , a law is obviously nothing , and can do nothing . There can be no objection , however ...
... agent , according to which he is to act ; which implies a power of conforming to the particular mode required ; -without this agent , and this power , a law is obviously nothing , and can do nothing . There can be no objection , however ...
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... agent , no influence in any cause , but what de- pends on the principal agent , but what has proceeded from the first of causes . Can there be any bounds to his power , who performs all that he wills , and whose will cannot be resisted ...
... agent , no influence in any cause , but what de- pends on the principal agent , but what has proceeded from the first of causes . Can there be any bounds to his power , who performs all that he wills , and whose will cannot be resisted ...
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... agent in completing the pur- poses of paternal kindness , and as the minister of good to man . What is there within us , around us , or above us , in the constitution and instincts of all who live on the earth , in the sea , or in the ...
... agent in completing the pur- poses of paternal kindness , and as the minister of good to man . What is there within us , around us , or above us , in the constitution and instincts of all who live on the earth , in the sea , or in the ...
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... moral agent , accountable to God for his conduct , and bound to make a regard to that will the ruling motive of his conduct . And in this point of view , the principle in question cannot be re- cognised as a safe and elevated principle ...
... moral agent , accountable to God for his conduct , and bound to make a regard to that will the ruling motive of his conduct . And in this point of view , the principle in question cannot be re- cognised as a safe and elevated principle ...
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... moral truth and obligation . These views accord with the history of man as a moral agent , and with the testimony of our own con sciousness . While the authority of conscience , that original power which the Creator has placed in the ...
... moral truth and obligation . These views accord with the history of man as a moral agent , and with the testimony of our own con sciousness . While the authority of conscience , that original power which the Creator has placed in the ...
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