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... regard it abstractly ; but looking upon it as an act , we consider the real occurrence in its entireness . Take one ... regard to the object , and then it is called a sensation of color , hardness , or something else ; or , secondly , in ...
... regard it abstractly ; but looking upon it as an act , we consider the real occurrence in its entireness . Take one ... regard to the object , and then it is called a sensation of color , hardness , or something else ; or , secondly , in ...
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... regard for our own interest , is said to be the dictate of self - love . Prudence first distinguishes man from the brutes . — Here , first , in the active part of his nature , does man show his superi- ority over the brute . The latter ...
... regard for our own interest , is said to be the dictate of self - love . Prudence first distinguishes man from the brutes . — Here , first , in the active part of his nature , does man show his superi- ority over the brute . The latter ...
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... regard to its purity , and of all animal and vegetable life , point out with equal clearness the unity of organization of the universe , and cause us to regard the whole as one vast apparatus , from which no single organ or portion ...
... regard to its purity , and of all animal and vegetable life , point out with equal clearness the unity of organization of the universe , and cause us to regard the whole as one vast apparatus , from which no single organ or portion ...
Contents
THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN PHYSICAL AND METAPHYSICAL | 1 |
THIS DISTINCTION APPLIED TO PHILOSOPHY AND THEOLOGY | 25 |
CHAPTER VIII | 173 |
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