... by turning the soul inward on itself, its forces are concentred, and are fitted for stronger and bolder flights of science ; and that, in such pursuits, whether we take, or whether we lose the game, the chase is certainly of service... Tales and Novels - Seite 94von Maria Edgeworth - 1848Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| Dugald Stewart - 1858 - 548 Seiten
...itself, its forces are concentred, and are fitted for stronger and bolder flights of science ; and that, in such pursuits, whether we take or whether we lose the game, the chase is certainly of service."1 In this respect, the philosophy of the mind (abstracting entirely from that preeminence... | |
| Henry Southgate - 1862 - 774 Seiten
...looking into physical causes, our mind» are opened and enlarged ; and in this pursuit, whether wo take or whether we lose the game, the chase is certainly of service. Burle. EXERCISE— Necessity of. The benefits of exercise to those whose occupation does not lend them... | |
| Young Men's Christian Associations (London, England) - 1873 - 386 Seiten
...itself, its forces are concentrated, and are fitted for stronger and bolder flights of science ; and that in such pursuits, whether we take or whether we lose the game, the chase is certainly of service. Descartes distinguished most decisively between mind and matter, and maintained the immateriality of... | |
| Henry Trigg - 1877 - 168 Seiten
...looking into physical causes," says Mr. Burke, " our minds are opened and enlarged, and, in the pursuit, whether we take or whether we lose the game, the chase is certainly of After all, if our object is to discipline the mind, and to gain facility in fixing the attention upon... | |
| 1891 - 556 Seiten
...Milton. MENTAL. By looking into physical causes, our minds are opened and enlarged; and in pursuit, whether we take or whether we lose the game, the chase Is certainly of service. Burke. NECESSITY OF. No body's healthful without exercise : Just wars are exercises of a state ; Virtue... | |
| Dugald Stewart - 1854 - 660 Seiten
...itself, its forces are concentered, and are fitted for stronger and bolder flights of science ; and that in such pursuits, whether we take, or whether we lose the game, the chase is certainly of service." The names of Locke, of Berkeley, of Hume, of Quesuai, of Turgot, of Morellet, and above all, of Adam... | |
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