Lectures on the Philosophy of the Human Mind, Volume 3M. Newman, 1822 - Philosophy |
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... whole , and to that virtue , which is itself , indeed , a part , and the most important part of this general good . Since the objects of desire , -which are so various to different persons , that perhaps , no two objects are regarded ...
... whole , and to that virtue , which is itself , indeed , a part , and the most important part of this general good . Since the objects of desire , -which are so various to different persons , that perhaps , no two objects are regarded ...
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... whole day , while he heard , at intervals , the gay voices of his playmates without , and could distinguish , by these very sounds , the particular pastimes in which they were engaged ! How wretched , in these circumstances , is man ...
... whole day , while he heard , at intervals , the gay voices of his playmates without , and could distinguish , by these very sounds , the particular pastimes in which they were engaged ! How wretched , in these circumstances , is man ...
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... whole day , a happiness which nothing else could give , the few words significant of mere bodily wants would , perhaps , scarcely be remembered , in our retrospect of an eloquence that was expressive of wants of a very different kind ...
... whole day , a happiness which nothing else could give , the few words significant of mere bodily wants would , perhaps , scarcely be remembered , in our retrospect of an eloquence that was expressive of wants of a very different kind ...
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... whole family together , to perceive , that all individuals , who are only those very members of the families which we have been considering , cannot , in any state of society , be the foes of all , or even indifferent to their mutual ...
... whole family together , to perceive , that all individuals , who are only those very members of the families which we have been considering , cannot , in any state of society , be the foes of all , or even indifferent to their mutual ...
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... whole system of suns and planets , as evolved from a mere particle of matter , or rising from nothing , as when originally cre- ated . We believe that they were so created , and we know that man , comprehensive as his acquirements are ...
... whole system of suns and planets , as evolved from a mere particle of matter , or rising from nothing , as when originally cre- ated . We believe that they were so created , and we know that man , comprehensive as his acquirements are ...
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