The Works of Thomas Reid ...: With Account of His Life and Writings, Volume 4Samuel Etheridge, Jun'r., 1815 - Philosophy |
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... present death if he retreats , this man needs not courage to go on , fear is sufficient . The certain- ty of present death if he retreats , is an overbalance to the probability of being killed if he goes on . The man is pushed by ...
... present death if he retreats , this man needs not courage to go on , fear is sufficient . The certain- ty of present death if he retreats , is an overbalance to the probability of being killed if he goes on . The man is pushed by ...
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... present , and when it is at a distance . When the opportunity is present , the determination to act is immediately followed by the action . Thus , if a man determine to rise and walk , he immediately does it , unless he is hindered by ...
... present , and when it is at a distance . When the opportunity is present , the determination to act is immediately followed by the action . Thus , if a man determine to rise and walk , he immediately does it , unless he is hindered by ...
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... present or at some distance , is an accidental circumstance which does . not affect the nature of the determination , and no good reason can be assigned why it should not be called vo- lition in the one case , as well as in the other ...
... present or at some distance , is an accidental circumstance which does . not affect the nature of the determination , and no good reason can be assigned why it should not be called vo- lition in the one case , as well as in the other ...
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... present , this can mean nothing else than a steady purpose , which is very prop . erly called will . Such a purpose , if it is steady , will infallibly produce just conduct ; for every known trans- gression of justice demonstrates a ...
... present , this can mean nothing else than a steady purpose , which is very prop . erly called will . Such a purpose , if it is steady , will infallibly produce just conduct ; for every known trans- gression of justice demonstrates a ...
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... his fangs , and the bee and wasp their sting . The manufactures of animals , if we may call them by that name , present us with a wonderful variety of instincts , belonging to particular species , whether of the OF INSTINCT . 49.
... his fangs , and the bee and wasp their sting . The manufactures of animals , if we may call them by that name , present us with a wonderful variety of instincts , belonging to particular species , whether of the OF INSTINCT . 49.
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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).