The Works of Dugald Stewart: The philosophy of the active and moral powers of manHilliard and Brown, 1829 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 100
Page 3
... mind he has himself alluded , when he says , " I study myself more than any other subject : This is my metaphysic ; this my natural philosophy . " A per- son well acquainted with the peculiarities of Montaigne's memory , might , I think ...
... mind he has himself alluded , when he says , " I study myself more than any other subject : This is my metaphysic ; this my natural philosophy . " A per- son well acquainted with the peculiarities of Montaigne's memory , might , I think ...
Page 13
... mind . We are impelled by nature to the exercise of its different faculties , and we are warned , when we are in danger of overstraining them , by a con- sciousness of fatigue . After we are exhausted by a long course of application to ...
... mind . We are impelled by nature to the exercise of its different faculties , and we are warned , when we are in danger of overstraining them , by a con- sciousness of fatigue . After we are exhausted by a long course of application to ...
Page 27
... mind , an influence more striking than that of any other active principle whatsoever . Even the love of life daily gives way to the desire of esteem , and of an esteem which , as it is only to effect our memories , cannot be supposed to ...
... mind , an influence more striking than that of any other active principle whatsoever . Even the love of life daily gives way to the desire of esteem , and of an esteem which , as it is only to effect our memories , cannot be supposed to ...
Page 39
... mind . * Nor is this all ; when a competition happens between the desire of fame , and a regard to duty , if we sacrifice the latter to the former we are filled with remorse and self - condemnation , and the applauses of the world ...
... mind . * Nor is this all ; when a competition happens between the desire of fame , and a regard to duty , if we sacrifice the latter to the former we are filled with remorse and self - condemnation , and the applauses of the world ...
Page 42
... mind , inasmuch as it lays the foundation of prudent and effectual con- duct in circumstances where , without the same means of information , the success of our proceedings must have depended on chance alone . The desire of power ...
... mind , inasmuch as it lays the foundation of prudent and effectual con- duct in circumstances where , without the same means of information , the success of our proceedings must have depended on chance alone . The desire of power ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
agreeable animal appear appetites apprehend argument arises Aristodemus Aristotle atheism beauty benevolence body cerning character Cicero circumstances concerning conclusion conduct connexion consequence consider constitution Cudworth Deity Descartes desire distinction Divine doctrine duty effect Epictetus Epicurean Epicurus Essay evidence evil existence express fact favor feel fellow creatures final causes free agency habits happiness human mind Hume ideas imagination inference instance instinctive judgment justice laws Leibnitz liberty Lord Kames Lord Monboddo Lord Shaftesbury mankind manner matter means ment metaphysical moral constitution motion motives natural philosophy nature necessary Necessitarians necessity object observations opinion origin ourselves particular passage passion perception philosophers Plato pleasure present principle of action produced quæ reason religion remark respect right and wrong says sceptical self-love sense sentiments society species speculations sufficient suppose supposition tendency theory thing tion truth universe vice virtue words writers
Popular passages
Page 247 - Warms in the sun, refreshes in the breeze, Glows in the stars, and blossoms in the trees : Lives through all life, extends through all extent, Spreads undivided, operates unspent...
Page 191 - Look then abroad through Nature, to the range Of planets, suns, and adamantine spheres, Wheeling unshaken through the void immense ; And speak, O man ! does this capacious scene, With half that kindling majesty, dilate Thy strong conception, as when Brutus rose Refulgent from the stroke of...
Page 335 - Pater ipse colendi Haud facilem esse viam voluit, primusque per artem Movit agros curis acuens mortalia corda, Nee torpere gravi passus sua regna veterno.
Page 189 - The generous Ashley* thine, the friend of man; Who scann'd his Nature with a brother's eye, His weakness prompt to shade, to raise his aim, To touch the finer movements of the mind, And with the moral beauty charm the heart.
Page 182 - Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness ; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!
Page 305 - It is true, that a little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism ; but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion...
Page 191 - Is aught so fair In all the dewy landscapes of the Spring, In the bright eye of Hesper or the Morn, In Nature's fairest forms, is aught so fair As virtuous Friendship ? as the candid blush Of him who strives with fortune to be just ? The graceful tear that streams for others...
Page 60 - ... yet, on the other side, they are more cruel and hard-hearted (good to make severe inquisitors), because their tenderness is not so oft called upon. Grave natures, led by custom, and therefore constant, are commonly loving husbands, as was said of Ulysses, "Vetulam suam praetulit immortalitati.
Page 49 - Tis not enough, your counsel still be true ; Blunt truths more mischief than nice falsehoods do ; Men must be taught as if you taught them not, And things unknown propos'd as things forgot.
Page 123 - Thou shalt not lend upon usury to thy brother; usury of money, usury of victuals, usury of any thing that is lent upon usury : unto a stranger thou mayest lend upon usury ; but unto thy brother thou shalt not lend upon usury...