Essay on Instinct, and Its Physical and Moral RelationsW. Phillips, 1824 - 551 |
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Strona vi
... reference therefore to the authors with whom I differ and I am not alone in differing from them - I can feelingly apply the often quoted saying , -Amicus Socrates , amicus Plato , sed magis amica Veritas . TABLE OF CONTENTS . PART I. OF ...
... reference therefore to the authors with whom I differ and I am not alone in differing from them - I can feelingly apply the often quoted saying , -Amicus Socrates , amicus Plato , sed magis amica Veritas . TABLE OF CONTENTS . PART I. OF ...
Strona xv
... reference to the local peculiarities of the soil and climate in which it appears , than to any foreign importation ; and that plague , if it be sometimes a con- tagious and transportable , is for the most part an indigenous or endemic ...
... reference to the local peculiarities of the soil and climate in which it appears , than to any foreign importation ; and that plague , if it be sometimes a con- tagious and transportable , is for the most part an indigenous or endemic ...
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... reference to such examples of pure instinct , Addison says , that there is not , in his opinion , " any thing more mysterious in nature than this instinct in animals , which thus rises above reason , and falls infinitely short of it ...
... reference to such examples of pure instinct , Addison says , that there is not , in his opinion , " any thing more mysterious in nature than this instinct in animals , which thus rises above reason , and falls infinitely short of it ...
Strona 27
... reference to this animal , we may exclaim - how won- derfully has the Creator contrived for him ! He is confined to the deserts , where oftentimes no water is to be found for many days . All other animals would perish with thirst ...
... reference to this animal , we may exclaim - how won- derfully has the Creator contrived for him ! He is confined to the deserts , where oftentimes no water is to be found for many days . All other animals would perish with thirst ...
Strona 78
... reference to some immediate object of perception , or depend on the faculty of memory . As they seem to be nearly incapable of forming any abstract notions or specu- lations apart from sensible objects ; and the want of articulate ...
... reference to some immediate object of perception , or depend on the faculty of memory . As they seem to be nearly incapable of forming any abstract notions or specu- lations apart from sensible objects ; and the want of articulate ...
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Strona 478 - Let no man deceive himself . If any man among you seemeth to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise.
Strona 479 - Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you ? let him shew out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom.
Strona 4 - Knowledge and wisdom, far from being one, Have ofttimes no connection. Knowledge dwells In heads replete with thoughts of other men, Wisdom in minds attentive to their own.
Strona 462 - For every one that useth milk is unskilful in the word of righteousness : for he is a babe. But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age, even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil.
Strona 478 - And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, declaring unto you the testimony of God, for I determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified.
Strona 544 - Not a flower But shows some touch, in freckle, streak, or stain, Of his unrivalled pencil, He' inspires Their balmy odours, and imparts their hues, And bathes their eyes with nectar, and includes, In grains as countless as the sea-side sands, The forms, with which he sprinkles all the earth.
Strona 256 - Let us then suppose the mind to be, as we say, white paper, void of all characters, without any ideas; how comes it to be furnished? Whence comes it by that vast store, which the busy and boundless fancy of man has painted on it with an almost endless variety? Whence has it all the materials of reason and knowledge? To this I answer, in one word, from EXPERIENCE...
Strona 164 - Who taught the nations of the field and wood To shun their poison, and to choose their food ? Prescient, the tides or tempests to withstand, Build on the wave, or arch beneath the sand?
Strona 192 - Some drill and bore The solid earth, and from the strata there Extract a register, by which we learn That he who made it, and reveal'd its date To Moses, was mistaken in its age.
Strona 511 - Reason is natural revelation, whereby the eternal Father of light, and Fountain of all knowledge, communicates to mankind that portion of truth which he has laid within the reach of their natural faculties. Revelation is natural reason enlarged by a new set of discoveries, communicated by God immediately, which reason vouches the truth of, by the testimony and proofs it gives, that they come from God.