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... duties which a man owes to other men . 4. Impression of Moral Responsibility . Importance of these convictions , as intuitive articles of belief THE PHILOSOPHY OF THE MORAL FEELINGS . Analysis of Man as a Moral Being I. THE DESIRES ...
... duties which a man owes to other men . 4. Impression of Moral Responsibility . Importance of these convictions , as intuitive articles of belief THE PHILOSOPHY OF THE MORAL FEELINGS . Analysis of Man as a Moral Being I. THE DESIRES ...
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... duties to perform . We find him placed in certain relations to a great moral Governor , who presides over this system of things , and to a future state of being , for which the present scene is intended to prepare him . We find him ...
... duties to perform . We find him placed in certain relations to a great moral Governor , who presides over this system of things , and to a future state of being , for which the present scene is intended to prepare him . We find him ...
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... duties in various situa- tions of life in a creditable and useful manner . But the knowledge which we derive from the other source is of immediate and essential importance to men of every degree ; and , without it , no indi- vidual ...
... duties in various situa- tions of life in a creditable and useful manner . But the knowledge which we derive from the other source is of immediate and essential importance to men of every degree ; and , without it , no indi- vidual ...
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... duties of justice , ve- racity , and benevolence , which every man owes to his fellow - men ; and an intuitive perception of the nature and quality of actions as right or wrong , in- dependently of all the consequences resulting from ...
... duties of justice , ve- racity , and benevolence , which every man owes to his fellow - men ; and an intuitive perception of the nature and quality of actions as right or wrong , in- dependently of all the consequences resulting from ...
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... duty appear to be recognised by the consent of mankind , as an essential part of their moral constitution , by as ab- solute à conviction as that by which are recognised our bodily qualities . The hardened criminal , whose life has been ...
... duty appear to be recognised by the consent of mankind , as an essential part of their moral constitution , by as ab- solute à conviction as that by which are recognised our bodily qualities . The hardened criminal , whose life has been ...
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Page 96 - For now we see through a glass darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known. And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.
Page 130 - For when the Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature the things contained in the law, these, having not the law, are a law unto themselves ; which show the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts the mean while accusing or else excusing one another ;) in the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ, according to my Gospel.
Page 95 - Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge ; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing. And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing. Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity...
Page 135 - He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? he that formed the eye, shall he not see?
Page 130 - For if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things. Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, then have we confidence toward God.
Page 136 - Nevertheless, he left not himself without witness, in that he did good, and gave us rain from heaven, and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness.
Page 145 - And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient...
Page 157 - the doing good to mankind, in obedience to the will of God, and for the sake of everlasting happiness.
Page 118 - B., without degrading me. I think you know Moore. Pray assure him that I have not the smallest influence over Lord Byron, in this particular, and if I had, I certainly should employ it to eradicate from his great mind the delusions of Christianity, which, in spite of his reason, seem perpetually to recur, and to lay in ambush for the hours of sickness and distress.
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