The Works of Thomas Reid ...: With Account of His Life and Writings, Volume 4Samuel Etheridge, Jun'r., 1815 - Philosophy |
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... language between desire and will . And the distinction is , that what we will must be an action , and our own action ; what we desire may not be our own action , it may be no action at all . A man desires that his children may be happy ...
... language between desire and will . And the distinction is , that what we will must be an action , and our own action ; what we desire may not be our own action , it may be no action at all . A man desires that his children may be happy ...
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... language , to give to one the name which properly belongs to another . A command being a voluntary action , there ... language , that the thing com- manded should be done . But it is not so . For a de- sire may be expressed by language ...
... language , to give to one the name which properly belongs to another . A command being a voluntary action , there ... language , that the thing com- manded should be done . But it is not so . For a de- sire may be expressed by language ...
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... languages , names that are equiva- lent . Under the former , we comprehend various principles of action , similar to ... language , but that they are used somewhat promiscuously . This , how- ever , is common to them all , that they draw ...
... languages , names that are equiva- lent . Under the former , we comprehend various principles of action , similar to ... language , but that they are used somewhat promiscuously . This , how- ever , is common to them all , that they draw ...
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... language , both faculties are employed , and we are both intellective and active . Whether it be possible that ... languages , been expressed by active verbs ; as , I see , I hear , I remember , I apprehend , I judge , I reason . And it ...
... language , both faculties are employed , and we are both intellective and active . Whether it be possible that ... languages , been expressed by active verbs ; as , I see , I hear , I remember , I apprehend , I judge , I reason . And it ...
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... language ; and it is in this sense we use it when we inquire into the principles of action in the hu- man mind . By principles of action , I understand every thing that ESSAY III OF THE PRINCIPLES OF ACTION OF THE MECHANICAL PRINCIPLES ...
... language ; and it is in this sense we use it when we inquire into the principles of action in the hu- man mind . By principles of action , I understand every thing that ESSAY III OF THE PRINCIPLES OF ACTION OF THE MECHANICAL PRINCIPLES ...
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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).