Lectures on the Philosophy of the Human Mind, Volumen1Glazier, 1835 |
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... nature , as an object of mere physical science . Hence it happens , that , while the systems of ancient philosophy exhibit , in many instances , a dignity of moral sentiment as high , or almost as high , as the unassisted reason of man ...
... nature , as an object of mere physical science . Hence it happens , that , while the systems of ancient philosophy exhibit , in many instances , a dignity of moral sentiment as high , or almost as high , as the unassisted reason of man ...
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... Natural Theology , to which , as to a separate science , was given the name of Angelography : and of the same kind were the principal inquiries with respect to the Deity himself , not so much an examination of the evidence which nature ...
... Natural Theology , to which , as to a separate science , was given the name of Angelography : and of the same kind were the principal inquiries with respect to the Deity himself , not so much an examination of the evidence which nature ...
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... nature of the science itself . If , to take one of the simplest of examples , the mind had been formed sus- ceptible of all the modifications which it admits at present , with the single ex- ception of those which it receives on the ...
... nature of the science itself . If , to take one of the simplest of examples , the mind had been formed sus- ceptible of all the modifications which it admits at present , with the single ex- ception of those which it receives on the ...
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... nature seems not merely to awake , but to rise again , as it was at first , from the darkness of its original chaos , if its separate existence could be at all inferred , would probably be classed as something similar , though inferior ...
... nature seems not merely to awake , but to rise again , as it was at first , from the darkness of its original chaos , if its separate existence could be at all inferred , would probably be classed as something similar , though inferior ...
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... nature of which the phenomena are observed and compared . But , it may be said , we are chemists , we are astronomers , without studying the philosophy of mind . And true it certainly is , that there are excellent astronomers , and ...
... nature of which the phenomena are observed and compared . But , it may be said , we are chemists , we are astronomers , without studying the philosophy of mind . And true it certainly is , that there are excellent astronomers , and ...
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Página 409 - Vice is a monster of so frightful mien, As, to be hated, needs but to be seen; Yet seen too oft, familiar with her face, We first endure, then pity, then embrace.
Página 509 - 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.
Página 350 - Some banish'd lover, or some captive maid; They live, they speak, they breathe what love inspires, Warm from the soul, and faithful to its fires ; The virgin's wish without her fears impart, Excuse the blush, and pour out all the heart, Speed the soft intercourse from soul to soul, And waft a sigh from Indus to the Pole. Thou know'st how guiltless first I met thy flame. When Love approach'd me under Friendship's name; My fancy form'd thee of angelic kind, Some emanation of th
Página 452 - For example, does it not require some pains and skill to form the general idea of a triangle ? (which is yet none of the most abstract comprehensive and difficult) ; for it must be neither oblique nor rectangle, neither equilateral, equicrural, nor scalenon, but all and none of these at once.
Página 257 - Thus with the year Seasons return, but not to me returns Day, or the sweet approach of even or morn, Or sight of vernal bloom, or summer's rose, Or flocks, or herds, or human face divine; But cloud instead, and ever-during dark Surrounds me...
Página 108 - Go, wondrous creature! mount where Science guides; Go, measure earth, weigh air, and state the tides; Instruct the planets in what orbs to run, Correct old Time, and regulate the sun; Go, soar with Plato to th...
Página 131 - I think, is a thinking intelligent being, that has reason and reflection, and can consider itself as itself, the same thinking thing, in different times and places...
Página 26 - When we know our own strength, we shall the better know what to undertake with hopes of success; and when we have well surveyed the powers of our own minds, and made some estimate what we may expect from them, we shall not be inclined either to sit still, and not set our thoughts on work at all, in despair of knowing any thing; or, on the other side, question every thing, and disclaim all knowledge, because some things are not to be understood.
Página 27 - Oh sons of earth ! attempt ye still to rise, By mountains pil'd on mountains, to the skies? Heav'n still with laughter the vain toil surveys, And buries madmen in the heaps they raise.
Página 291 - Spring To weeping Fancy pines ; and yon bright arch, Contracted, bends into a dusky vault. All Nature fades extinct; and she alone Heard, felt, and seen, possesses every thought, Fills every sense, and pants in every vein. Books are but formal dulness, tedious friends; And sad amid the social band he sits, Lonely, and (inattentive. From his tongue Th...