Self-knowledge: A Treatise; Shewing the Nature and Benefit of that Important Science, and the Way to Attain It. Intermixed with Various Reflections and Observations on Human Nature. By John Mason, A.M.William Sleater, 1767 - 243 עמודים |
מתוך הספר
תוצאות 1-5 מתוך 23
עמוד 6
... happiness ; by which , as in a glafs , we may furvey ourselves , and know what manner of perfons we are * . This discovers ourselves to us ; pierces into the inmoft receffes of the mind : ftrips off every difguife ; lays open the in ...
... happiness ; by which , as in a glafs , we may furvey ourselves , and know what manner of perfons we are * . This discovers ourselves to us ; pierces into the inmoft receffes of the mind : ftrips off every difguife ; lays open the in ...
עמוד 12
... happiness he defires and feeks . - ( 3 . ) Other Knowledge is very apt to make a man vain ; this always keeps him humble . Nay , it is for want of this knowledge that men are vain of that they have . Knowledge puffeth up - a fmall ...
... happiness he defires and feeks . - ( 3 . ) Other Knowledge is very apt to make a man vain ; this always keeps him humble . Nay , it is for want of this knowledge that men are vain of that they have . Knowledge puffeth up - a fmall ...
עמוד 17
... happiness of thy nature.- It was He , O my foul , that made thee ⚫ intelligent and immortal . It was He that placed thee in this body as in a prifon ; where thy capacities are cramped , thy defires debased , and thy liberty loft . 6 ...
... happiness of thy nature.- It was He , O my foul , that made thee ⚫ intelligent and immortal . It was He that placed thee in this body as in a prifon ; where thy capacities are cramped , thy defires debased , and thy liberty loft . 6 ...
עמוד 22
... happiness , and direct our way to it , than to open to us the particular glories of it ; or distinctly to fhew us what it is . This it hath left still very much a mystery ; to check our too curious enquiries into the nature of it , and ...
... happiness , and direct our way to it , than to open to us the particular glories of it ; or distinctly to fhew us what it is . This it hath left still very much a mystery ; to check our too curious enquiries into the nature of it , and ...
עמוד 23
... happiness of a better .--- Nor are we merely his creatures , but his rational and intelligent creatures . It is the dignity of our natures , that we are capable of knowing and enjoying him that made us . And as the rational creatures of ...
... happiness of a better .--- Nor are we merely his creatures , but his rational and intelligent creatures . It is the dignity of our natures , that we are capable of knowing and enjoying him that made us . And as the rational creatures of ...
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