Essays and Treatises on Several Subjects, Volumen1A. Millar, 1760 - 352 páginas |
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... and engage the affections . Poft ftriking obfervations and in- They felect ftances from common life ; place oppofite characters JB 2 in in a proper contraft ; and alluring us into the F the different Species of Philofophy.
... and engage the affections . Poft ftriking obfervations and in- They felect ftances from common life ; place oppofite characters JB 2 in in a proper contraft ; and alluring us into the F the different Species of Philofophy.
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... common life ; moulds the heart and affections ; and , by touching thofe principles which actuate men , reforms their conduct , and brings them nearer that mos del of perfection which it defcribes . On the contrary , the abftrufe ...
... common life ; moulds the heart and affections ; and , by touching thofe principles which actuate men , reforms their conduct , and brings them nearer that mos del of perfection which it defcribes . On the contrary , the abftrufe ...
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... common sense of mankind in more beautiful and more engaging colours , if by accident he commits a mistake , goes no farther ; but renewing his appeal to common fenfe , and the natural fentiments of the mind , returns into the right path ...
... common sense of mankind in more beautiful and more engaging colours , if by accident he commits a mistake , goes no farther ; but renewing his appeal to common fenfe , and the natural fentiments of the mind , returns into the right path ...
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... common principle , on which this variety of fentiments might depend . And tho ' they have sometimes carried the matter too far , by their paffion for fome one general principle ; it muft , however , be confeffed , that they are ...
... common principle , on which this variety of fentiments might depend . And tho ' they have sometimes carried the matter too far , by their paffion for fome one general principle ; it muft , however , be confeffed , that they are ...
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... are all engaged in one common fcene , and each action is ftrongly connected with the whole , the concern is continually awake , and the paf- fions make an eafy transition from one object to ano- fione 36 III . SECTION.
... are all engaged in one common fcene , and each action is ftrongly connected with the whole , the concern is continually awake , and the paf- fions make an eafy transition from one object to ano- fione 36 III . SECTION.
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Página 175 - A miracle is a violation of the laws of nature; and as a firm and unalterable experience has established these laws, the proof against a miracle, from the very nature of the fact, is as entire as any argument from experience can possibly be imagined.
Página 178 - ... integrity as to place them beyond all suspicion of any design to deceive others; of such credit and reputation in the eyes of mankind as to have a great deal to lose in case of their being detected in any falsehood, and at the same time attesting facts performed in such a public manner and in so celebrated a part of the world as to render the detection unavoidable— all which circumstances are requisite to give us a full assurance in the testimony of men.
Página 89 - It is more conformable to the ordinary wisdom of nature to secure so necessary an act of the mind, by some instinct or mechanical tendency, which may be infallible in its operations, may discover itself at the first appearance of life and thought, and may be independent of all the laboured deductions of the understanding.
Página 60 - We have said that all arguments concerning existence are founded on the relation of cause and effect ; that our knowledge of that relation is derived entirely from experience ; and that all our experimental conclusions proceed upon the supposition that the future will be conformable to the past.
Página 80 - I say then that belief is nothing but a more vivid, lively, forcible, firm, steady conception of an object than what the imagination alone is ever able to attain.
Página 160 - ... pleasure. A horse that has been accustomed to the field, becomes acquainted with the proper height which he can leap, and will never attempt what exceeds his force and ability. An old greyhound will trust the more fatiguing part of the...
Página 246 - While we cannot give a satisfactory reason, why we believe, after a thousand experiments, that a stone will fall, or fire burn; can we ever satisfy ourselves concerning any determination, which we may form, with regard to the origin of worlds, and the situation of nature, from, and to eternity?
Página 76 - If I ask why you believe any particular matter of fact which you relate, you must tell me some reason; and this reason will be some other fact connected with it. But as you cannot proceed after this manner in...
Página 29 - It is evident, that there is a principle of connexion between the different thoughts or ideas of the mind, and that, in their appearance to the memory or imagination, they introduce each other with a certain degree of method and regularity.
Página 162 - ... them. Animals, therefore, are not guided in these inferences by reasoning : neither are children : neither are the generality of mankind in their ordinary actions and conclusions: neither are philosophers themselves, who, in all the active parts of life, are in the main the same with the vulgar, and are governed by the same maxims.