A Treatise on Man: His Intellectual Faculties and His Education, Nide 1Vernor, Hood and Sharpe, 1810 - 415 sivua |
Kirjan sisältä
Tulokset 1 - 5 kokonaismäärästä 39
Sivu
... suppose that a man cannot make himself illustrious in letters without dividing his time between the world and retire- ment ; that it is in solitude he must collect diamonds , and in the world cut , polish , and set them . It is evident ...
... suppose that a man cannot make himself illustrious in letters without dividing his time between the world and retire- ment ; that it is in solitude he must collect diamonds , and in the world cut , polish , and set them . It is evident ...
Sivu
... suppose a cardinal to be , he can never really think himself humble when he sets himself up at Rome for the protector of such a kingdom as France . True humility would refuse so os- tentatious a title . I do not mean however to deny the ...
... suppose a cardinal to be , he can never really think himself humble when he sets himself up at Rome for the protector of such a kingdom as France . True humility would refuse so os- tentatious a title . I do not mean however to deny the ...
Sivu 16
... suppose it were , and that two children owed their dexterity in walking , running , and leaping to their falls ; I say , that as it is impossible they should both have precisely the same number of falls , and equal- ly painful , chance ...
... suppose it were , and that two children owed their dexterity in walking , running , and leaping to their falls ; I say , that as it is impossible they should both have precisely the same number of falls , and equal- ly painful , chance ...
Sivu 22
... suppose the same nurse to have suckled these twins , and to have brought them up with the same care . Is it to be imagined , when returned to their pa- rents , the father and mother will have precisely the same degree of affection for ...
... suppose the same nurse to have suckled these twins , and to have brought them up with the same care . Is it to be imagined , when returned to their pa- rents , the father and mother will have precisely the same degree of affection for ...
Sivu 43
... Suppose therefore I enter a convent it is eight in the morning , the hour of con- ference ; there is held a discourse on modesty ; the superior of the convent proves , that a boarder should never look at a man . The clock strikes nine ...
... Suppose therefore I enter a convent it is eight in the morning , the hour of con- ference ; there is held a discourse on modesty ; the superior of the convent proves , that a boarder should never look at a man . The clock strikes nine ...
Muita painoksia - Näytä kaikki
A Treatise on Man: His Intellectual Faculties and His Education -, Nide 1 Helvétius,John Adams,William Hooper Esikatselu ei käytettävissä - 2017 |
TREATISE ON MAN HIS INTELLECTU 1715-1771 Helvetius,William M. D. Hooper, Tr,John 1735-1826 Adams, Former Owner MB Esikatselu ei käytettävissä - 2016 |
Yleiset termit ja lausekkeet
action animals atheist attention Brennus Catholic cause Caveirac chance CHAP character church citizens clear idea clergy consequently contrary crime Descartes desire despotic discoveries effect envy equal aptitude esteem excite fact faculty favour fear force France genius glory greater or less greatest habit happiness heaven honour human ibid ideas of virtue ignorant illustrious impressions indifferent inhabitants instruction interest intolerance Jansenist Jesuits judge judgment justice king of Prussia laws liberty love of power mankind manner Marshal Luxembourg memory ment metaphysics mind minister monks Montesquieu morality nations nature never NOTES ON SECTION objects observation opinion organisation Pagans pain passions perceive perfection persecuted philosopher pleasure Plutarch pope Portugal priests prince principles produce prove punishment regard religion render riches Rousseau self-love sensations senses sentiment slaves Sophisms Sorbonne sort soul stupid superiority suppose Synesius talents tion truth understanding virtuous Voltaire weak word
Suositut otteet
Sivu 92 - The least and most imperceptible impressions received in our infancy, have consequences very important, and of a long duration. It is with these first impressions, as with a river, whose waters we can easily turn, by different canals, in quite opposite courses, so that from the insensible direction the stream receives at its source, it takes different directions, and at last arrives at places far distant from each other; and with the same facility we may, I think, turn the minds of children to what...
Sivu 148 - Where beams of warm imagination play, The memory's soft figures melt away.
Sivu 16 - What makes all doctrines plain and clear? About two hundred pounds a year. And that which was proved true before, Prove false again? Two hundred more.
Sivu 93 - I conclude, that there are great re*' sources to be found in children, which are suffered to vanish " with their years It is evident therefore that it is not of nature, but of our negligence we ought to complain.
Sivu 26 - The discreet Corneille had remained a lawyer. Thus it is that the devotion of a mother, the death of Cromwell, deer-stealing, the exclamation of an old man, and the beauty of a woman, have given five illustrious characters to Europe.