Lectures on the Philosophy of the Human Mind, Volume 2John Grigg, 1824 - Philosophy |
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... consequence of the particular quality decscribed in the simile : " Honour is like that glassy buble , Which gives philosophers such trouble ; Whose least part crack'd , the whole does fly ; And wits are crack'd to find out why . " Yet ...
... consequence of the particular quality decscribed in the simile : " Honour is like that glassy buble , Which gives philosophers such trouble ; Whose least part crack'd , the whole does fly ; And wits are crack'd to find out why . " Yet ...
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... consequence in the eyes of those who gaze on him , only make him toss his arms with more impetuous action , and tread the stage with greater majesty . An influence on the successions of our thought , -similar to that of the concluding ...
... consequence in the eyes of those who gaze on him , only make him toss his arms with more impetuous action , and tread the stage with greater majesty . An influence on the successions of our thought , -similar to that of the concluding ...
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... consequence , merely , of the different direc- tions of the suggesting principle . How many are there , who have seen an old oak , half leafless , amid the younger trees of the forest , and who are therefore capable of remembering it ...
... consequence , merely , of the different direc- tions of the suggesting principle . How many are there , who have seen an old oak , half leafless , amid the younger trees of the forest , and who are therefore capable of remembering it ...
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... consequence of the greater tendency of the inventive mind to suggestions of this particular class . Copious reading , and a retentive memory , may give to an individual of very humble talent , a greater profusion of splen- did images ...
... consequence of the greater tendency of the inventive mind to suggestions of this particular class . Copious reading , and a retentive memory , may give to an individual of very humble talent , a greater profusion of splen- did images ...
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... consequence of general tendencies produced by prior habits . When men of different professions observe the same circumstances , listen to the same story , or peruse the same work , their subsequent suggestions are far from being the ...
... consequence of general tendencies produced by prior habits . When men of different professions observe the same circumstances , listen to the same story , or peruse the same work , their subsequent suggestions are far from being the ...
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Page 45 - Whatever withdraws us from the power of our senses ; whatever makes the past, the distant, or the future predominate over the present, advances us in the dignity of thinking beings. Far from me and from my friends be such frigid philosophy, as may conduct us indifferent and unmoved over any ground which has been dignified by wisdom, bravery, or virtue.
Page 252 - But o'er the twilight groves and dusky caves, Long-sounding aisles and intermingled graves, Black Melancholy sits, and round her throws A death-like silence, and a dread repose : Her gloomy presence saddens all the scene, Shades every flower, and darkens every green ; Deepens the murmur of the falling floods, And breathes a browner horror on the woods.
Page 46 - That man is little to be envied, whose patriotism would not gain force upon the plain of Marathon, or whose piety would not grow warmer among the ruins of lona.
Page 257 - In truth he was a strange and wayward wight, Fond of each gentle, and each dreadful scene, In darkness, and in storm, he found delight : Nor less, than when on ocean-wave serene The southern Sun diffused his dazzling shene.
Page 165 - He draws, for instance, a black line of an inch in length, this which in itself is a particular line is nevertheless with regard to its signification general, since, as it is there used, it represents all particular lines whatsoever ; so that what is demonstrated of it is demonstrated of all lines, or, in other words, of a line in general. And as that particular line becomes general by being made a sign, so the name line, which taken absolutely is particular, by being a sign is made general.
Page 10 - Tis night, and the landscape is lovely no more ; I mourn, but, ye woodlands, I mourn not for you ; For morn is approaching, your charms to restore, Perfumed with fresh fragrance, and glittering with dew: Nor yet for the ravage of winter I mourn ; Kind nature the embryo blossom will save.
Page 56 - SEE the wild waste of all-devouring years! How Rome her own sad sepulchre appears ! With nodding arches, broken temples spread, The very tombs now vanish'd like their dead!
Page 367 - They are ultimately founded upon experience of what, in particular instances, our moral faculties, our natural sense of merit and propriety, approve, or disapprove of. We do not originally approve or condemn particular actions; because, upon examination, they appear to be agreeable or inconsistent with a certain general rule. The general rule, on the contrary, is formed, by finding from experience, that all actions of a certain kind, or circumstanced in a certain manner, are approved or disapproved...
Page 35 - Speed the soft intercourse from soul to soul, And waft a sigh from Indus to the Pole.
Page 230 - For home he had not: home is the resort Of love, of joy, of peace, and plenty, where, Supporting and supported, polish'd friends And dear relations mingle into bliss.