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... FEELING ......... .. 228 Sect . 1. Of the nature of the Mental Faculties . ib . 2. Of the primary elements of Reasoning 235 3. Of the primary elements of Moral Feel- CHAP . III . ing ON THE SYSTEM OF LOCKE ... CHAP . IV . OF THE ANALOGY ...
... FEELING ......... .. 228 Sect . 1. Of the nature of the Mental Faculties . ib . 2. Of the primary elements of Reasoning 235 3. Of the primary elements of Moral Feel- CHAP . III . ing ON THE SYSTEM OF LOCKE ... CHAP . IV . OF THE ANALOGY ...
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... Feeling , the source of Truth ib . 2. Moral Truth is not unfolded with uni- versal clearness ... 3. Of the Diversity of Religious Notions among mankind 415 419 4. Illustrations of the foregoing reasonings 429 5. Of the various opinions ...
... Feeling , the source of Truth ib . 2. Moral Truth is not unfolded with uni- versal clearness ... 3. Of the Diversity of Religious Notions among mankind 415 419 4. Illustrations of the foregoing reasonings 429 5. Of the various opinions ...
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... feeling of satisfaction , as that which has been occasioned by Dr. Hancock's book . It is , beyond all measure , the best book on the subject of which it treats that it has fallen to our lot to examine . " - Medical Repository ...
... feeling of satisfaction , as that which has been occasioned by Dr. Hancock's book . It is , beyond all measure , the best book on the subject of which it treats that it has fallen to our lot to examine . " - Medical Repository ...
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... feels no inconve- nience ; being furnished with numerous cells in his stomach where he keeps water , as in a reservoir , fresh and perfectly good for a long time together ; it is said even 10 or 12 days . The Arabians consider the camel ...
... feels no inconve- nience ; being furnished with numerous cells in his stomach where he keeps water , as in a reservoir , fresh and perfectly good for a long time together ; it is said even 10 or 12 days . The Arabians consider the camel ...
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... feeling , an acute smell , and the freest motion . In it , therefore , many senses are combined and assist each other . The ex- pressive eye of the elephant , like no other animal , but man , is provided with hairs , and a delicate mo ...
... feeling , an acute smell , and the freest motion . In it , therefore , many senses are combined and assist each other . The ex- pressive eye of the elephant , like no other animal , but man , is provided with hairs , and a delicate mo ...
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Page 478 - Let no man deceive himself . If any man among you seemeth to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise.
Page 479 - Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you ? let him shew out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom.
Page 4 - Knowledge and wisdom, far from being one, Have ofttimes no connection. Knowledge dwells In heads replete with thoughts of other men, Wisdom in minds attentive to their own.
Page 462 - For every one that useth milk is unskilful in the word of righteousness : for he is a babe. But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age, even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil.
Page 478 - And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, declaring unto you the testimony of God, for I determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified.
Page 544 - Not a flower But shows some touch, in freckle, streak, or stain, Of his unrivalled pencil, He' inspires Their balmy odours, and imparts their hues, And bathes their eyes with nectar, and includes, In grains as countless as the sea-side sands, The forms, with which he sprinkles all the earth.
Page 256 - Let us then suppose the mind to be, as we say, white paper, void of all characters, without any ideas; how comes it to be furnished? Whence comes it by that vast store, which the busy and boundless fancy of man has painted on it with an almost endless variety? Whence has it all the materials of reason and knowledge? To this I answer, in one word, from EXPERIENCE...
Page 164 - Who taught the nations of the field and wood To shun their poison, and to choose their food ? Prescient, the tides or tempests to withstand, Build on the wave, or arch beneath the sand?
Page 192 - Some drill and bore The solid earth, and from the strata there Extract a register, by which we learn That he who made it, and reveal'd its date To Moses, was mistaken in its age.
Page 511 - Reason is natural revelation, whereby the eternal Father of light, and Fountain of all knowledge, communicates to mankind that portion of truth which he has laid within the reach of their natural faculties. Revelation is natural reason enlarged by a new set of discoveries, communicated by God immediately, which reason vouches the truth of, by the testimony and proofs it gives, that they come from God.