Elements of Moral Philosophy and of Christian Ethics, Volume 1J. Duncan, 1826 |
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... heaven has not been given to super- sede the use of reason , in cases where reason alone is sufficient , or , at least , where its exercise is of the highest utility , it may well be maintained that our knowledge of moral obligation ...
... heaven has not been given to super- sede the use of reason , in cases where reason alone is sufficient , or , at least , where its exercise is of the highest utility , it may well be maintained that our knowledge of moral obligation ...
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... heaven , and where alone the greatest felicity which has survived the loss of para- dise is to be enjoyed . Who has ever witnessed the serene happiness of the family , the tender affection by which its members are united to one another ...
... heaven , and where alone the greatest felicity which has survived the loss of para- dise is to be enjoyed . Who has ever witnessed the serene happiness of the family , the tender affection by which its members are united to one another ...
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... heavens . And it is to be recorded to the honour of this great man , that while the schools and the universities of Europe regarded him as an innovator , and branded his thoughts as wild and fanatical , he , as if regardless of the ...
... heavens . And it is to be recorded to the honour of this great man , that while the schools and the universities of Europe regarded him as an innovator , and branded his thoughts as wild and fanatical , he , as if regardless of the ...
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... heaven ; But , grateful to acknowledge whence his good Descends , thither with heart , and voice , and eyes , Directed in devotion , to adore and worship God supreme , Who made him chief of all his works . " Sic vivendum est , " says ...
... heaven ; But , grateful to acknowledge whence his good Descends , thither with heart , and voice , and eyes , Directed in devotion , to adore and worship God supreme , Who made him chief of all his works . " Sic vivendum est , " says ...
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... heavens , and in ascertaining the laws of other worlds , he was loudly defamed as a presumptuous innovator by those who paid more regard to what Aristotle said , than to what nature revealed . The number of objectors gradually ...
... heavens , and in ascertaining the laws of other worlds , he was loudly defamed as a presumptuous innovator by those who paid more regard to what Aristotle said , than to what nature revealed . The number of objectors gradually ...
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