Advancement of LearningP.F. Collier, 1902 - 431 sider |
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... moral considerations , the sciences are greatly hurt by such a lan- guid procedure ; for it is scarce possible at once to admire and excel an author ; as water rises no higher than the res- ervoir it falls from . Such men , therefore ...
... moral considerations , the sciences are greatly hurt by such a lan- guid procedure ; for it is scarce possible at once to admire and excel an author ; as water rises no higher than the res- ervoir it falls from . Such men , therefore ...
Side 18
... moral knowl- edge , to judge of good and evil , which makes men revolt from God , and obey no laws but those of their own will . But for the sciences , which contemplate nature , the sacred philosopher declares , " It is the glory of ...
... moral knowl- edge , to judge of good and evil , which makes men revolt from God , and obey no laws but those of their own will . But for the sciences , which contemplate nature , the sacred philosopher declares , " It is the glory of ...
Side 24
... morals , it is the business of ethics to bring them under the influence of reason , and , selecting out of them such as are calculated to dig- nify and elevate man's nature , to impart to them a trenchant and permanent character . As ...
... morals , it is the business of ethics to bring them under the influence of reason , and , selecting out of them such as are calculated to dig- nify and elevate man's nature , to impart to them a trenchant and permanent character . As ...
Side 45
... moral virtue , which , if well pur- sued , there will be as little use of reasons of state , as of physic in a healthy constitution . Nor can the experience of one man's life furnish examples and precedents for another's : present ...
... moral virtue , which , if well pur- sued , there will be as little use of reasons of state , as of physic in a healthy constitution . Nor can the experience of one man's life furnish examples and precedents for another's : present ...
Side 50
... morals and cultivating the minds of youth , I may say , as Agesilaus said to his enemy Pharnabasus , " Talis quum sis ... moral influence upon men's lives . For my part I cannot find that any disgrace to learning can proceed from the ...
... morals and cultivating the minds of youth , I may say , as Agesilaus said to his enemy Pharnabasus , " Talis quum sis ... moral influence upon men's lives . For my part I cannot find that any disgrace to learning can proceed from the ...
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