Sketches of the History of Man, Nide 4W. Creech, 1788 |
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Sivu 8
... authority over him . He hopes for praife for every right action , and dreads blame for every one that is wrong . But for what fort of actions does he hold himself accountable ? Not surely for an instinctive action , which is done ...
... authority over him . He hopes for praife for every right action , and dreads blame for every one that is wrong . But for what fort of actions does he hold himself accountable ? Not surely for an instinctive action , which is done ...
Sivu 19
... authority of custom , of imitation , and of paffion , without any just taste of morals more than of the fine arts . But a nation , like an individual , ripens gradually , and acquires a refined tafte in morals as well as in the fine ...
... authority of custom , of imitation , and of paffion , without any just taste of morals more than of the fine arts . But a nation , like an individual , ripens gradually , and acquires a refined tafte in morals as well as in the fine ...
Sivu 23
... authority over every individual as the ultimate and unerring standard of mo- rals , even in contradiction to private con- viction . Thus , a law in our nature binds us to regulate our conduct by that stand- ard and its authority is ...
... authority over every individual as the ultimate and unerring standard of mo- rals , even in contradiction to private con- viction . Thus , a law in our nature binds us to regulate our conduct by that stand- ard and its authority is ...
Sivu 24
... authority . ' Happy it is for men to be provided with fuch a stand- ard it is neceffary in fociety that our ac- tions be uniform with respect to right and wrong ; and in order to uniformity of ac- tion , it is neceffary that our ...
... authority . ' Happy it is for men to be provided with fuch a stand- ard it is neceffary in fociety that our ac- tions be uniform with respect to right and wrong ; and in order to uniformity of ac- tion , it is neceffary that our ...
Sivu 49
... ture . Other principles may folicit , allure , or terrify ; but the principle of duty af- fumes authority , commands , and insists VOL . IV . G to to be obey'd , without giving ear to any oppofing Sk . II . i . 4 . 49 Morality .
... ture . Other principles may folicit , allure , or terrify ; but the principle of duty af- fumes authority , commands , and insists VOL . IV . G to to be obey'd , without giving ear to any oppofing Sk . II . i . 4 . 49 Morality .
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Sketches of the History of Man: Considerably Enlarged by the Last Additions ... Lord Henry Home Kames Esikatselu ei käytettävissä - 1796 |
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Sivu 345 - ... kneeled, as the others had done, and placed what was brought upon the table, they too retired with the same ceremonies performed by the first. At last came an unmarried lady (we...
Sivu 404 - Is not this the fast that I have chosen? to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke ? Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him ; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh?
Sivu 428 - And Abraham answered and said, Lord, he would not worship thee, neither would he call upon thy Name; therefore have I driven him out from before my Face into the Wilderness.
Sivu 304 - Wherewith shall I come before the Lord, And bow myself before the high God? Shall I come before him with burnt-offerings, With calves of a year old ? Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams, Or with ten thousands of rivers of oil ? Shall I give my first-born for my transgression, The fruit of my body for the sin of my soul...
Sivu 428 - And when Abraham saw that the man blessed not God, he said unto him, Wherefore dost thou not worship the most high God, creator of heaven and earth ? 7.
Sivu 429 - For one believeth that he may eat all things: another, who is weak, eateth herbs. Let not him that eateth despise him that eateth not; and let not him which eateth not judge him that eateth: for God hath received him.
Sivu 384 - The lord then answered him, and said Thou hypocrite, doth not each one of you on the Sabbath loose his ox or his ass from the stall and lead him away to watering?
Sivu 430 - Let us therefore follow after the things which make for peace, and things wherewith one may edify another.
Sivu 404 - Behold ye fast for strife and debate, and to smite with the fist of wickedness; ye shall not fast as ye do this day, to make your voice to be heard on high.
Sivu 427 - And Abraham arose and met him, and said unto him, Turn in, I pray thee, and wash thy feet, and tarry all night, and thou shalt arise early on the morrow, and go on thy way.