The Elements of Moral ScienceCooke and Company, 1835 - 448 páginas |
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... placed them to each other , and to that in which they stand to himself ; that relation to himself , which during their existence is ever necessary , and which is the most important one of all . I say , an infinitely perfect mind may be ...
... placed them to each other , and to that in which they stand to himself ; that relation to himself , which during their existence is ever necessary , and which is the most important one of all . I say , an infinitely perfect mind may be ...
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... placed , that no benefit or injury can be in its nature individual . Whoever truly promotes his own happiness , promotes the happiness of society ; and whoever promotes the happiness of society , promotes his own happiness . In this ...
... placed , that no benefit or injury can be in its nature individual . Whoever truly promotes his own happiness , promotes the happiness of society ; and whoever promotes the happiness of society , promotes his own happiness . In this ...
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... placed under some other conditions , natural religion would lead us to believe , that he must suf- fer the penalty , whatever it be , of wrong . Penitence could in no manner alter his situation ; for it is merely a temper justly ...
... placed under some other conditions , natural religion would lead us to believe , that he must suf- fer the penalty , whatever it be , of wrong . Penitence could in no manner alter his situation ; for it is merely a temper justly ...
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... placed , presents us with the apparent paradox of a state of incessant moral change , in which every individual change has a tendency to produce a state that is unchangeable . 2. The fact of such a constitution is , manifestly ...
... placed , presents us with the apparent paradox of a state of incessant moral change , in which every individual change has a tendency to produce a state that is unchangeable . 2. The fact of such a constitution is , manifestly ...
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... placed , belongs to the action ; but we lose the pleasure of virtue . 3. We may perform the act indicated by conscience , and from the simple impulse of duty . In this case , we obtain every reward which could be obtained in the ...
... placed , belongs to the action ; but we lose the pleasure of virtue . 3. We may perform the act indicated by conscience , and from the simple impulse of duty . In this case , we obtain every reward which could be obtained in the ...
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action affection amount of happiness Apostle Paul asserted become benevolence blessings bound BROWN UNIVERSITY character child civil society command concubinage condition conscience consequences consider contrary course of conduct created Creator crime cultivation Deity derived desire duty evident evil exercise existence fact faculty feeling gratification greatest amount guilt Hence human impulse Inasmuch individual inflict injury innocent intellectual intended knowledge labor law of chastity liberty limit manifest manifestly manner marriage means of happiness mode moral character moral constitution moral law moral obligation moral quality Mosaic law motives nations natural religion necessity obedience obey object observed Old Testament ourselves pain parent party passion perfect pleasure prayer precept present principles produce punishment racter reason relation remarked render respect result revelation Sabbath Scriptures self-love slavery spect suppose teach tendency Testament thing tion truth universal unless vidual violation virtue whole wrong
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Página 10 - Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them, for God hath showed it unto them. For the invisible things of him, from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his Eternal Power and God-head, so that they are without excuse...
Página 331 - Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands, that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives, while they behold your chaste conversation coupled with fear.
Página 179 - Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain: for the Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name 'in vain. Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days shalt thou labor, and do all thy work: but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates...
Página 269 - Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, he shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.
Página 406 - It blesseth him that gives, and him that takes ; 'Tis mightiest in the mightiest: it becomes The throned monarch better than his crown; His sceptre shows the force of temporal power, The attribute to awe and majesty, Wherein doth sit the dread and fear of kings; But mercy is above this sceptred sway, It is enthroned in the hearts of kings, It is an attribute to God himself; And earthly power doth then show likest God's When mercy seasons justice.
Página 139 - He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
Página 320 - Again, ye have heard that it hath been said by them of old time, Thou shalt not forswear thyself, but shalt perform unto the Lord thine oaths: But I say unto you, Swear not at all...
Página 30 - tis done, then 'twere well It were done quickly. If the assassination Could trammel up the consequence, and catch, With his surcease, success ; that but this blow Might be the be-all and the end-all here, But here, upon this bank and shoal of time, — We'd jump the life to come.
Página 31 - To plague the inventor: this even-handed justice Commends the ingredients of our poison'd chalice To our own lips. He's here in double trust: First, as I am his kinsman and his subject, Strong both against the deed; then, as his host. Who should against his murderer shut the door, Not bear the knife myself.
Página 91 - I have of late— but wherefore I know not— lost all my mirth, forgone all custom of exercises; and indeed it goes so heavily with my disposition that this goodly frame, the earth, seems to me a sterile promontory...