The Works of Thomas Reid ...: With Account of His Life and Writings, Volume 4Samuel Etheridge, Jun'r., 1815 - Philosophy |
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... appears to me to be an exercise of judgment , and not any impulse of passion or appetite . Every thing worthy of pursuit , must be so , either intrinsically , and upon its own account , or as the means of procuring something that is ...
... appears to me to be an exercise of judgment , and not any impulse of passion or appetite . Every thing worthy of pursuit , must be so , either intrinsically , and upon its own account , or as the means of procuring something that is ...
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... appears , that , in this instance , the office of taste is very different from that of judgment ; and that men , who differ most in taste , may agree perfectly in their judgment , even with respect to the tastes wherein they differ . To ...
... appears , that , in this instance , the office of taste is very different from that of judgment ; and that men , who differ most in taste , may agree perfectly in their judgment , even with respect to the tastes wherein they differ . To ...
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... appears , and the specific difference between it and that of brutes . In them we may observe one pas- sion combating another , and the strongest prevailing ; but we perceive no calm principle in their constitution that is superior to ...
... appears , and the specific difference between it and that of brutes . In them we may observe one pas- sion combating another , and the strongest prevailing ; but we perceive no calm principle in their constitution that is superior to ...
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... appears , that the common sense of men , viĆch , in matters of common life , ought to inve great authority , has led them to distinguish two harts in the inman constitution , which have influenen non our valutary determinations . There ...
... appears , that the common sense of men , viĆch , in matters of common life , ought to inve great authority , has led them to distinguish two harts in the inman constitution , which have influenen non our valutary determinations . There ...
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... appears most deserving of it . There is , for the most part , a bias to some particular object , more than to any other ; and this , not from any judgment of its deserving our at- tention more , but from some impulse or propensity ...
... appears most deserving of it . There is , for the most part , a bias to some particular object , more than to any other ; and this , not from any judgment of its deserving our at- tention more , but from some impulse or propensity ...
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