The Citizen of Nature: In Series of Letters from an American Indian in London to His Friend at HomeJ. Johnson, 1823 - 238 Seiten |
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... , strike as forcibly on the latter as sounds through his power of hearing ; he is enabled to communicate with surprising rapidity . And lastly , in many instances , through accident and combination THE CITIZEN OF NATURE . 27.
... , strike as forcibly on the latter as sounds through his power of hearing ; he is enabled to communicate with surprising rapidity . And lastly , in many instances , through accident and combination THE CITIZEN OF NATURE . 27.
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... instances , through accident and combination of chances , and in others , by the application of the reasoning faculty before noticed , he has obtained such an insight into his own nature and properties , and those of the objects around ...
... instances , through accident and combination of chances , and in others , by the application of the reasoning faculty before noticed , he has obtained such an insight into his own nature and properties , and those of the objects around ...
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... instances will not produce it then : and that as man , from or- ganic structure is unsuited for solitude , par- ticularly from infantine helplessness , is gre- garious , or inclined to associate with his genus , and by reason of ...
... instances will not produce it then : and that as man , from or- ganic structure is unsuited for solitude , par- ticularly from infantine helplessness , is gre- garious , or inclined to associate with his genus , and by reason of ...
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... , or dissent from , the thesis advanced by that evidence . Thus , for instance , your eyes are now open ; with my right hand I touch your arm , with my left I grasp this walking cane : those are the facts 48 THE CITIZEN OF NATURE .
... , or dissent from , the thesis advanced by that evidence . Thus , for instance , your eyes are now open ; with my right hand I touch your arm , with my left I grasp this walking cane : those are the facts 48 THE CITIZEN OF NATURE .
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... instance the opposite to belief in proper signification . Belief is open - eyed , resistless conviction ; faith is blind credulity in unseen , unheard propositions ; a confusion of properties in themselves inca- pable of mixture ; an ...
... instance the opposite to belief in proper signification . Belief is open - eyed , resistless conviction ; faith is blind credulity in unseen , unheard propositions ; a confusion of properties in themselves inca- pable of mixture ; an ...
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acquire action animal artificial assert Atheist become believe blood cause certainly chimney sweeper civil clothing common conscience consequence Deism Deist dreadful earth emotion endeavour enjoyment enquiry equality equipoise eternity evil existence eyes faculties fancy father fear feeling fool founded free agency fresh genus Gil Blas give hand happiness heal-all hear heart hope human idea ignorance instance intellect knowledge labour latter laws ledge listen look luxuries marriage Maurepas mean ment mental middle men mind misery mode nation natural justice natural law Nature necessity never observe once pain Paradise Lost perhaps persons philanthropy pleasure possession present principles proof reason receive revelation sense slavery sort soul sounds speak species surface tell term thee Theocracy things thou thought timation tion true truth tural turn unnatural virtue Whigs
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Seite 221 - Hitherto shalt thou come, but no farther, and here shall thy proud waves be stayed?
Seite 160 - The man who resolutely divesting himself of habit and prejudice, of the false impressions imbibed from early childhood, resolves to know Truth, if haply she may be found, is sure to be assailed, threatened, mimicked, and insulted, with abuse the most pitiful and inane, with derision the most paltry, stupid, and futile, wholly unworthy of the exaltation to which human attainmentboasts to have arrived. 'His honesty is decried as presumption, his avowal of naked truth as sedition ; his exposure of existing...
Seite 162 - that reason suits neither you or me : Sully did not go to mass, and Sully was of the council.' ' Maurepas, in this answer, only caught at the ridicule of...