The Works of Thomas Reid ...: With Account of His Life and Writings, Volume 4Samuel Etheridge, Jun'r., 1815 - Philosophy |
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... attention to it ; and there is nothing in which we are in a more strict sense active . The last observation is , That in all determinations of the mind that are of any importance , there must be something in the preceding state of the ...
... attention to it ; and there is nothing in which we are in a more strict sense active . The last observation is , That in all determinations of the mind that are of any importance , there must be something in the preceding state of the ...
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... attention to his own conduct , and to that of others , has , in his mind , a scale or measure of goods and evils , more or less exact . He makes an estimate of the value of health , of reputation , of riches , of pleasure , of virtue ...
... attention to his own conduct , and to that of others , has , in his mind , a scale or measure of goods and evils , more or less exact . He makes an estimate of the value of health , of reputation , of riches , of pleasure , of virtue ...
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... attention , deliberation , and fixed purpose , or resolution . Attention may be given to any object , either of sense or of intellect , in order to form a distinct notion of it , or to discover its nature , its attributes , or its ...
... attention , deliberation , and fixed purpose , or resolution . Attention may be given to any object , either of sense or of intellect , in order to form a distinct notion of it , or to discover its nature , its attributes , or its ...
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... attention , what does he carry away with him ? If he sees St. Peter's or the Vatican without attention , what account can he give of it ? While two persons are engaged in interest- ing discourse , the clock strikes within their hearing ...
... attention , what does he carry away with him ? If he sees St. Peter's or the Vatican without attention , what account can he give of it ? While two persons are engaged in interest- ing discourse , the clock strikes within their hearing ...
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... attention than to any other talent . Whatever be the effects which attention may pro- duce , and I apprehend they are far beyond what is commonly believed , it is for the most part in our power . Every man knows that he can turn his ...
... attention than to any other talent . Whatever be the effects which attention may pro- duce , and I apprehend they are far beyond what is commonly believed , it is for the most part in our power . Every man knows that he can turn his ...
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Page 128 - And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her and he did eat.
Page 304 - Cast away from you all your transgressions, whereby ye have transgressed ; and make you a new heart and a new spirit : for why will ye die, 0 house of Israel ? For I have no pleasure in the death of him that dieth, saith the Lord God : wherefore turn yourselves, and live ye.
Page 416 - Tis not contrary to reason to prefer the destruction of the whole world to the scratching of my finger. 'Tis not contrary to reason for me to choose my total ruin, to prevent the least uneasiness of an Indian or person wholly unknown to me.
Page 303 - Yet ye say, The way of the Lord is not equal. Hear now, O house of Israel ; is not my way equal ? are not your ways unequal...
Page 303 - will not suffer us to be tempted above what we are able to bear...
Page viii - Matter of scorn, not to be given the foe. However, I with thee have fix'd my lot, Certain to undergo like doom; if death Consort with thee, death is to me as life; So forcible within my heart I feel The bond of nature draw me to my own, My own in thee, for what thou art is mine; Our state cannot be sever'd, we are one, One flesh; to lose thee were to lose myself.
Page 128 - Goddess humane, reach then, and freely taste. He ended; and his words, replete with guile, Into her heart too easy entrance won...
Page 418 - ... and is not, I meet with no proposition that is not connected with an ought, or an ought not. This change is imperceptible, but is, however, of the last consequence. For as this ought or ought not expresses some new relation or affirmation...
Page iv - I have said, that the question itself is altogether improper; and it is as insignificant to ask whether man's will be free, as to ask whether his sleep be swift, or his virtue square; liberty being as little applicable to the will, as swiftness of motion is to sleep, or squareness to virtue.
Page 303 - Repent and turn yourselves from all your transgressions; so iniquity shall not be your ruin. Cast away from you all your transgressions, whereby ye have transgressed: and make you a new heart and a new spirit: for why will ye die, O house of Israel? For I have no pleasure in the death of him that dieth, saith the Lord God: wherefore turn yourselves, and live ye (Ezek., 18: 27-32).