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. |
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עמוד xv
... great ignorance , or a disorder in the animal frame . Principally from a bad
education . For if we have not been taught from our Child - hood to govern our
paffons , with all possible care , they will soon come to have the government of us
.
... great ignorance , or a disorder in the animal frame . Principally from a bad
education . For if we have not been taught from our Child - hood to govern our
paffons , with all possible care , they will soon come to have the government of us
.
עמוד 7
Our Saviour upbraids his disciples with their self - ignorance , in not knowing
what ' manner of fpirits they were of t . And , faith the Apoftle , If a man ( through
self - ignorance ) thinketh himself to be something , when he is nothing , he
deceiveth ...
Our Saviour upbraids his disciples with their self - ignorance , in not knowing
what ' manner of fpirits they were of t . And , faith the Apoftle , If a man ( through
self - ignorance ) thinketh himself to be something , when he is nothing , he
deceiveth ...
עמוד 9
... and , under a proper sense of its excellence , and the fatal effects of self -
ignorance , did they but make it their business and study every day to cultivate it ;
how foon should we find a happy alteration in the manners and spirits of men !
... and , under a proper sense of its excellence , and the fatal effects of self -
ignorance , did they but make it their business and study every day to cultivate it ;
how foon should we find a happy alteration in the manners and spirits of men !
עמוד 16
The great dissimilitude of nature in these two subItances , I apprehend , can be
no solid objection to this hypothefis , if we consider ( besides our own ignorance
of the nature of spirits ) but how nearly they approach in other instances , and
how ...
The great dissimilitude of nature in these two subItances , I apprehend , can be
no solid objection to this hypothefis , if we consider ( besides our own ignorance
of the nature of spirits ) but how nearly they approach in other instances , and
how ...
עמוד 27
... wicked , and the doubts and dismays of the afflicted righteous .--- This is to act
in character as loyal subjects to the King of heafen . And whoever forgets this part
of his character , or acts contrary to it , Mows a great degree of felf - ignorance .
... wicked , and the doubts and dismays of the afflicted righteous .--- This is to act
in character as loyal subjects to the King of heafen . And whoever forgets this part
of his character , or acts contrary to it , Mows a great degree of felf - ignorance .
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