| New Church gen. confer - 1871 - 644 páginas
...evolution of the moral sense is incomprehensible. Says Kant : — " Duty ! wondrous thought, that workest neither by fond insinuation, flattery, nor by any...appetites are dumb, however secretly they rebel." But the social instincts are only social appetites, working alone by means of pleasure or pain ; the... | |
| Immanuel Kant - 1836 - 516 páginas
...apt to overstep their barriers. DUTY ! Thou great, thou exalted name ! Wondrous thought, that workest neither by fond insinuation, flattery, nor by any...however secretly they rebel — whence thy original ? and where find we the root of thy august descent, thus loftily disclaiming all kindred with appetite... | |
| Charles Darwin - 1871 - 432 páginas
...de 1'Espece Himaine,' 1861, p. 21, etc. 1 ' Dissertation on Ethical PI ilosophy,' 1837, p. 231, etc. flattery, nor by any threat, but merely by holding...obedience ; before whom all appetites are dumb, however seeretly they rebel ; whence thy original?"' This great question has been discussed by many writers... | |
| Charles Darwin - 1871 - 468 páginas
...sacrifice it in some great cause. Immanuel Kant exclaims, " Duty ! Wondrous thought, " that workest neither by fond insinuation, flattery, nor " by any...law in the soul, and so extorting for thyself always 1 See, for instance, on this subject, Quatrefages, ' Unite" de 1'Espfece Humaine,' 1861, p. 21, &c.... | |
| S. Flood Page - 1871 - 172 páginas
...become your duty — your duty to yourselves and neighbours, to your officers and Queen and country. ' Duty ! wondrous thought, that worketh neither by fond...but merely by holding up thy naked law in the soul ! ' Fully alive as I am to our defects, failings, and imperfections as even auxiliary soldiers ; plainly... | |
| William Penman Lyon - 1872 - 202 páginas
...to sacrifice it in some great cause. Immanuel Kant exclaims, ' Duty ! wondrous thought, that workest neither by fond insinuation, flattery, nor by any...however secretly they rebel ; whence thy original ?'" (Vol. i. pp. 70, 71.) Lord C. I heartily assent to your quotations from Mackintosh and Kant, and... | |
| William Penman Lyon - 1872 - 168 páginas
...to sacrifice it in some great cause. Immanuel Kant exclaims, ' Duty ! wondrous thought, that workest neither by fond insinuation, flattery, nor by any...however secretly they rebel ; whence thy original?'" (Vol. i. pp. 70, 71.) Lord G. I heartily assent to your quotations from Mackintosh and Kant, and also... | |
| John R. Leifchild - 1872 - 578 páginas
...it in some great cause. Immanuel Kant exclaims, "Duty! wondrous thought that worketh neither by foul insinuation, flattery, nor by any threat, but merely...however secretly they rebel ; whence thy original ?" This great question which has been discussed by many writers of consummate ability, and my sole... | |
| 1873 - 824 páginas
...to sacrifice it in some great cause. Immanuel Kant exclaims, "Duty! Wonderous thought, that workest neither by fond insinuation, flattery, nor by any...however secretly they rebel ; whence thy original ! " * Not certainly in the physical forces of nature. No moral qualities exist in these forces. Can... | |
| Charles Darwin - 1874 - 840 páginas
...to sacrifice it in some great cause. Immanuel Kant exclaims, " Duty ! Wondrous thought, that workest neither by " fond insinuation, flattery, nor by any...are dumb, however secretly they rebel ; " whence thy original?"3 This great question has been discussed by many writers 4 of consummate ability ; and my... | |
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