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" A brute arrives at a point of perfection that he can never pass in a few years ; he has all the endowments he is capable of, and were he to live ten thousand more, would be the same thing he is at present. "
Essays on suicide and the immortality of the soul. With remarks by the ... - Sivu 77
tekijä(t) David Hume - 1799
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The Spectator: ...

1718 - 348 sivua
...it is created ? Are fuch Abilities made for no Purpofe ? A Brute arrives at » point of Perfeftion that he can never pafs : In a few Years he has all the Endowmenrs he is capable of ; and were Re to live ten thoufand more, would be the fame thing he is...

The Principles of Natural Law: In which the True Systems of Morality and ...

Jean Jacques Burlamaqui - 1752 - 368 sivua
...almoft as foon as it is created ? Are fuch abilities made for no purpofe ? A brute arrives at a foint of perfection that he can never pafs : In a few years...endowments he is capable of ; and were he to live ten thousand more, would be the fame thing he is at prefent. Were a human foul thus at aftand in her acccomplifhments,...

The Moral Miscellany: Or, a Collection of Select Pieces, in Prose and Verse ...

1773 - 394 sivua
...as it is created ? Are fuch abilities made for no purpofe ? A brute arrives at a point of perfeftion that he can never pafs : in a few years he has all...ten thoufand more, would be the fame thing he is at prefenr. Were a human foul thus at a fland in her accomplifhments, were her faculties to be full blown,...

The Arminian Magazine: Consisting of Extracts and Original Treatises ..., Nide 8

John Wesley - 1785 - 718 sivua
...as it is created ? Are fuch abilities made for no purpofe ? A brute arrives at a poinfof perfeftion that he can never pafs; in a few years he has all the endowments he is capable of; and were he to Jive ten' thoufand more, would be the fame thing he is at prefent. Were a human foul thus at a ftand...

Sermons on several subjects, Nide 1

Beilby Porteus (bp. of London.) - 1783 - 468 sivua
...to it in any other words than his own. " A brute, fays he, arrives at a point of perfection, which he can never pafs. In a few years, he has all the...capable of, and were he to live ten thoufand more, he would be the fame thing he is at prefent. Were a human foul thus at a ftand in her accomplifhments...

Lessons in Elocution, Or, A Selection of Pieces in Prose and Verse: For the ...

William Scott - 1789 - 416 sivua
...all eternity, fhall fall away lot. nothing almoft as foon as it is created ! Arc fuch aF liti lities made for no purpofe ? A brute arrives at a point of...endowments he is capable of; and were he to live ten thouland more, would be the fame thing he is at prefent. Were a human foul thus at a ftand in her accomplifiiments...

Sermons on several subjects

Beilby Porteus (bp. of London.) - 1789 - 458 sivua
...than his own. " A brute," fays he, '' arrives at a point of perfection, which he can never pafs. f In a few years, he has all the endowments he is capable of, and were he to live ten thoufand more, he would be the fame thing he is at prefent. Were a human foul thus at a (land in her accomplimments;...

Elegant Extracts: Or, Useful and Entertaining Passages in Prose, Selected ...

Vicesimus Knox - 1790 - 1058 sivua
...which is capable of fuch immenfe perfections, and of receiving new improvements to all eternity, (hall fall away into nothing almoft as foon as it is created?...ten thoufand more, would be the fame thing he is at prcfcnt. Were a human foul thus at a Itand in her accompliihments, were her faculties to be full blown,...

The Prose epitome; or, Extracts, elegant, instructive, and entertaining ...

1792 - 494 sivua
...as it is created ? Are fuch abilities made for no purpotc ? A brute arrives at a point of perfcftion that he can never pafs : in a few years he has all...ten thoufand more, would be the fame thing he is at prefcnt. Were a human foul thus at a Hand in her accompirihments, were her faculties tobe full blown,...

Elegant Extracts: Or, Useful and Entertaining Passages in Prose ..., Nide 1

1797 - 680 sivua
...abilities made for ro purpole ? A brute arrives at a point of perfection that he can never pafs : in a fe\v years he has all the endowments he is capable of; and were he to live ten thoufand more, world be the fame thing he is at prefent. Were a human foul thus at a Hand in her accomplilhments,...




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