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... reason , the effects of mechanical contrivances , and of mere appetites , or blind desires and inclinations , which are confessedly common to man and the brute , having been set aside for reasons already mentioned ; and thirdly , that ...
... reason , the effects of mechanical contrivances , and of mere appetites , or blind desires and inclinations , which are confessedly common to man and the brute , having been set aside for reasons already mentioned ; and thirdly , that ...
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... reason . So numerous and striking , indeed , are the manifestations of it by every species , that there appears good reason to doubt whether it is ever mingled , even in them , with what is properly called intel- lect ; whether all the ...
... reason . So numerous and striking , indeed , are the manifestations of it by every species , that there appears good reason to doubt whether it is ever mingled , even in them , with what is properly called intel- lect ; whether all the ...
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... reason for which we are endowed with appe- tites ; these were intended to stimulate us to the exertions that are requisite before the wants of the body can be supplied . Without hunger , we should forget or neglect to eat , just as we ...
... reason for which we are endowed with appe- tites ; these were intended to stimulate us to the exertions that are requisite before the wants of the body can be supplied . Without hunger , we should forget or neglect to eat , just as we ...
Contents
THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN PHYSICAL AND METAPHYSICAL | 1 |
THIS DISTINCTION APPLIED TO PHILOSOPHY AND THEOLOGY | 25 |
CHAPTER VIII | 173 |
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