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" I will omit much usual declamation on the dignity and capacity of our nature ; the superiority of the soul to the body, of the rational to the animal part of our constitution ; upon the worthiness, refinement, and delicacy of some satisfactions, or the... "
The Philosophy of the Active and Moral Powers of Man - Page 109
by Dugald Stewart - 1849 - 428 pages
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The Principles of Moral and Political Philosophy, Volume 1

William Paley - Ethics - 1788 - 584 pages
...omit much ufual declamation upon the dignity and capacity of our nature ; the fuperiority of the foul to the body, of the rational to the animal part of our conftitution ; upon the worthinefs, refinement, and delicacy of fome fatisfactions, or the meannefs,...
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The Principles of Moral and Political Philosophy, Volume 1

William Paley - Ethics - 1806 - 502 pages
...which inquiry I will omit much usual declamation upon the dignity and capacity of our nature ; ^he superiority of the soul to the body, of the rational...differ in nothing, but in continuance and intensity ; from a just computation of which, confirmed by what we observe of the apparent cheerfulness, tranquillity,...
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History of European Morals from Augustus to Charlemagne, Volume 1

William Edward Hartpole Lecky - Ethics - 1809 - 532 pages
...denied by most utilitarian writers,1 is of much importance 1 'I -will omit much usual declamation upon the dignity and capacity of our nature, the superiority...and delicacy of some satisfactions, or the meanness, grosEness, and sensuality of others ; because I hold that pleasures differ in nothing but in continuance...
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The principles of moral and political philosophy, Volume 1

William Paley - Ethics - 1811 - 412 pages
...mean by happiness, when we inquire or pronounce what human happiness consists in*. In which inquiry I will omit much usual declamation on the dignity...animal part of our constitution ; upon the worthiness, * If any positive signification, distinct from what we mean by pleasure, can be affixed to the term...
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The Works of William Paley, D.D.: The principles of moral and political ...

William Paley - Theology - 1811 - 540 pages
...mean by happiness, when we inquire or pronounce what human happiness consists in*. In which inquiry I will omit much usual declamation on the dignity and capacity of our nature ; the superi* If any potitivc signification, distinct from what we mean by pleasure, can be affixed to the...
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The Pleasures of Human Life, Examined and Enumerated: With an Entertaining ...

John Platts - Conduct of life - 1822 - 844 pages
...pronounce what human happiness consists in. In which inquiry, I will omit much usual declamation upon the dignity and capacity of our nature, — the superiority...and delicacy of some satisfactions, or the meanness, grossnesn, and sensuality of others : because I hold that pleasures differ in nothing, but in continuance...
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The works of William Paley, Volume 2

William Paley - 1823 - 476 pages
...mean by happiness, when we inquire or pronounce what hum an happiness consists in.* In which inquiry I will omit much usual declamation on the dignity...meanness, grossness, and sensuality, of others ; because 1 hold that pleasures differ in nothing, but in continuance * If any positive signification, distinct...
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Moral and Political Philosophy, Volume 2

William Paley - Ethics - 1824 - 516 pages
...inquiry I will omit much usual declama'ion on the dignity and capacity of our nature ; the superiority 0i the soul to the body, of the rational to the animal part of our constitution ; upon the worthiness, refmement, and delicacy, of some satisfactions, or the meanness, grossness, and sensuality, of others...
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The Works...

William Paley - 1824 - 472 pages
...Happiness, is more popolar, and u sufficient for the porpose of the pretent chapter. In which Inquiry I will omit much usual declamation on the dignity and capacity of our nature ; the superioritv of the soul to the body, of the rational to the animal part of our constitution ; upon...
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The Works of William Paley: With a Life of the Author, Volume 2

William Paley - Theology - 1825 - 502 pages
...effect which such objects and gratifications produce upon the nervous system, or the In which inquiry I will omit much usual declamation on the dignity...differ in nothing but in continuance and intensity: from a just computation of which, confirmed by what we observe of the apparent cheerfulness, tranquillity,...
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