Critical Essays on a Few Subjects Connected with the History and Present Condition of Speculative PhilosophyH.B. Williams, 1842 - 352 This book contains a collection of critical essays on a few subjects connected with the history and present condition of speculative philosophy, including an essay on the transcendentalist movement in America. |
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Strona ix
... natural rights , therefore , seems properly to be embodied in these conclusions . And many writers on the sub- ject have so considered it , and have made their whole theory of human nature subservient to the defence of a particular ...
... natural rights , therefore , seems properly to be embodied in these conclusions . And many writers on the sub- ject have so considered it , and have made their whole theory of human nature subservient to the defence of a particular ...
Strona xi
... nature , and not to their ill inten- tions . By inflaming the minds of the people with their brilliant theories and kindling eloquence , they wielded a power of the magnitude of which they were fully conscious , though they could not ...
... nature , and not to their ill inten- tions . By inflaming the minds of the people with their brilliant theories and kindling eloquence , they wielded a power of the magnitude of which they were fully conscious , though they could not ...
Strona xii
... nature of the second cause , that here deserves remark , as fostering the growth of a native philosophy in this country . I mean the religious character of our ancestry , and of the institutions and habits of thought , which they ...
... nature of the second cause , that here deserves remark , as fostering the growth of a native philosophy in this country . I mean the religious character of our ancestry , and of the institutions and habits of thought , which they ...
Strona xviii
... nature and bearing . They are of great compass , and exist in many dis- tinct works ; they are wrapped in the darkness of a foreign language ; and many of them are further veiled in an obscure , intricate , and repulsive termi- nology ...
... nature and bearing . They are of great compass , and exist in many dis- tinct works ; they are wrapped in the darkness of a foreign language ; and many of them are further veiled in an obscure , intricate , and repulsive termi- nology ...
Strona xix
... nature so capable of being estimated by superficial observers . In the mental and moral world , which scarcely admits of any thing which can be called discovery , the correction of the intellectual habits is probably the greatest ...
... nature so capable of being estimated by superficial observers . In the mental and moral world , which scarcely admits of any thing which can be called discovery , the correction of the intellectual habits is probably the greatest ...
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