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... just dominion over the propen- sities of animal nature . Instead of this , even after a long training in the schools of philosophers , and the further instruction of experience , it 8 [ PART I. General Sketch of Man .
... just dominion over the propen- sities of animal nature . Instead of this , even after a long training in the schools of philosophers , and the further instruction of experience , it 8 [ PART I. General Sketch of Man .
Page 9
Ely Bates. philosophers , and the further instruction of experience , it is often found degraded into a mean spy for appetite , or a suborned ad- -vocate to justify its excesses . Among the most celebrated heathen sages , we meet with ...
Ely Bates. philosophers , and the further instruction of experience , it is often found degraded into a mean spy for appetite , or a suborned ad- -vocate to justify its excesses . Among the most celebrated heathen sages , we meet with ...
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... philosopher , a judge or a bishop , the general of an army or a minister of state , as there are few whose capacity or situation will admit of such prospects ; though it must be confessed , on the other hand , that there is scarce any ...
... philosopher , a judge or a bishop , the general of an army or a minister of state , as there are few whose capacity or situation will admit of such prospects ; though it must be confessed , on the other hand , that there is scarce any ...
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... philosophers and metaphysicians ; nay , it early invaded the church itself , producing heresies , schisms , and persecutions ; and under the manage- ment of a succession of men , who styled themselves servants of the servants of God ...
... philosophers and metaphysicians ; nay , it early invaded the church itself , producing heresies , schisms , and persecutions ; and under the manage- ment of a succession of men , who styled themselves servants of the servants of God ...
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... philosophers , contain the true se cret of health and long life . Yet though by these and similar methods , many of those maladies which now severely afflict the world , might be prevented , and a consider able portion added to the ...
... philosophers , contain the true se cret of health and long life . Yet though by these and similar methods , many of those maladies which now severely afflict the world , might be prevented , and a consider able portion added to the ...
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