The Works of Thomas Reid ...: With Account of His Life and Writings, Volume 4Samuel Etheridge, Jun'r., 1815 - Philosophy |
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... 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 contrary forces , and it requires neither judgment nor exertion to yield to the ...
... 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 contrary forces , and it requires neither judgment nor exertion to yield to the ...
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... sufficient evidence , can hardly be drawn into a new and serious examination of them . They get a habit of believing them , which is strength- ened by repeated acts , and remains immoveable , even when the evidence upon which their ...
... sufficient evidence , can hardly be drawn into a new and serious examination of them . They get a habit of believing them , which is strength- ened by repeated acts , and remains immoveable , even when the evidence upon which their ...
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... sufficient for that purpose . The man of the world conjectures , perhaps with great probability , how a man will act in certain given circumstances ; and this is all he wants to know . To enter into a detail of the various principles ...
... sufficient for that purpose . The man of the world conjectures , perhaps with great probability , how a man will act in certain given circumstances ; and this is all he wants to know . To enter into a detail of the various principles ...
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... sufficient for the present argument , that this belief is not grounded on evidence , real or apparent , which I think he clearly proves . A person who has lived so long in the world , as to observe that nature is governed by fixed laws ...
... sufficient for the present argument , that this belief is not grounded on evidence , real or apparent , which I think he clearly proves . A person who has lived so long in the world , as to observe that nature is governed by fixed laws ...
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... sufficient for habits of art ; but the habits which may , with propriety , be called principles of ac- tion , must give more than a facility , they must give an inclination or impulse to do the action ; and that , in many cases , habits ...
... sufficient for habits of art ; but the habits which may , with propriety , be called principles of ac- tion , must give more than a facility , they must give an inclination or impulse to do the action ; and that , in many cases , habits ...
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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).