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... mind , it is not unusual to adopt a system of Utility in the place of Divine Obligation . But every person's estimate of mere utility will be derived too much from his ruling passions , prevailing habits , and favourite opinions ; and ...
... mind , it is not unusual to adopt a system of Utility in the place of Divine Obligation . But every person's estimate of mere utility will be derived too much from his ruling passions , prevailing habits , and favourite opinions ; and ...
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... mind , he also will be unable to refuse it admi- ration and reverence . It is impossible to read the account of Socrates ' death with- out feeling this was no clever definer , no powerful declaimer , no heated enthusiast , no ...
... mind , he also will be unable to refuse it admi- ration and reverence . It is impossible to read the account of Socrates ' death with- out feeling this was no clever definer , no powerful declaimer , no heated enthusiast , no ...
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... mind to the Divine allotment of an unerring moral sense , and to forget the largeness of his prudence in the supposed acuteness of his sagacity . It is thus , that some calm and majestic temple , raised by a master in Grecian art , when ...
... mind to the Divine allotment of an unerring moral sense , and to forget the largeness of his prudence in the supposed acuteness of his sagacity . It is thus , that some calm and majestic temple , raised by a master in Grecian art , when ...
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... minds . Aristotle was more nice in his distinctions , and more scientific in his arrangements ; and , when his master's practical objects had ceased to direct men's attention wholly to conduct , was well fitted to be listened to with ...
... minds . Aristotle was more nice in his distinctions , and more scientific in his arrangements ; and , when his master's practical objects had ceased to direct men's attention wholly to conduct , was well fitted to be listened to with ...
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... minds of his countrymen to such a reverence for the Deity as may become an influential motive to conduct ; secondly , he endeavoured to make the expression of this reverence for the Deity as consistent as truth would permit with the ...
... minds of his countrymen to such a reverence for the Deity as may become an influential motive to conduct ; secondly , he endeavoured to make the expression of this reverence for the Deity as consistent as truth would permit with the ...
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