The Citizen of NatureW. Benbow, 1824 - 238 Seiten |
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... enquiry whether this or that acquirement be congenial with his inherent feelings , so , by the exercise of this same reasoning faculty , he is enabled to adopt or reject with sufficient accuracy , the objects presented to him as ge ...
... enquiry whether this or that acquirement be congenial with his inherent feelings , so , by the exercise of this same reasoning faculty , he is enabled to adopt or reject with sufficient accuracy , the objects presented to him as ge ...
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... enquiry . We also know , that man enjoys a capacity of speech and thought ; a power of not only making known simple wants , ( for the inferior animals are able to utter sounds , expressive of those , intelligible to their own species ) ...
... enquiry . We also know , that man enjoys a capacity of speech and thought ; a power of not only making known simple wants , ( for the inferior animals are able to utter sounds , expressive of those , intelligible to their own species ) ...
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... enquiry into the past and present relative situation of themselves , and these their servants : this was much dreaded , and to be avoided if possible . They therefore taxed imagination in the invention of luxuries , of artificial wants ...
... enquiry into the past and present relative situation of themselves , and these their servants : this was much dreaded , and to be avoided if possible . They therefore taxed imagination in the invention of luxuries , of artificial wants ...
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... of scientific enquiry ; brighter from proof , which will skim from her the dross of superstition . : " Now we'll go and hear some good music . " LETTER X. WE emerged from the street through a gateway 106 THE CITIZEN OF NATURE .
... of scientific enquiry ; brighter from proof , which will skim from her the dross of superstition . : " Now we'll go and hear some good music . " LETTER X. WE emerged from the street through a gateway 106 THE CITIZEN OF NATURE .
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... enquiry into the artificial state of man and its results , whether those results are past , present , or to come . The two first are objects of direct sense ; the third must be proved like all other prognosticated future events , by ...
... enquiry into the artificial state of man and its results , whether those results are past , present , or to come . The two first are objects of direct sense ; the third must be proved like all other prognosticated future events , by ...
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acquired action animal artificial assert Atheist become belief 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 HARVARD COLLEGE hear heart Holborn human idea ignorance instance intellect knowledge labour laws ledge LETTER 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 tion true truth turn unnatural virtue Whigs
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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 - Necker,'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...