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, ...C. Dilly; F. and C. Rivington; J. Matthews; and J. Scatcherd, 1797 - 211 עמודים |
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עמוד vii
... advantage from it in after- life , than he could expect from the best acquaintance with all the fyftems of ancient and modern philofophy . It was a very juft and fenfible answer which Agefilaus , the Spartan king , return- ed to one who ...
... advantage from it in after- life , than he could expect from the best acquaintance with all the fyftems of ancient and modern philofophy . It was a very juft and fenfible answer which Agefilaus , the Spartan king , return- ed to one who ...
עמוד viii
... advantage of our youth than it ordinarily is : for , as Dr. Fuller ob- ferves , " That pain we take in books or arts , which treat of things remote from the ufe of life , is but a bufy idleness " . And what is there in life which youth ...
... advantage of our youth than it ordinarily is : for , as Dr. Fuller ob- ferves , " That pain we take in books or arts , which treat of things remote from the ufe of life , is but a bufy idleness " . And what is there in life which youth ...
עמוד xiii
... advantage VI . We must be well acquainted with our inabilities , and thofe things in which we are naturally deficient , as well as thofe in which we excel II 20 36 40 . 43 VII . CHAP . VII . Concerning the knowledge of our con-
... advantage VI . We must be well acquainted with our inabilities , and thofe things in which we are naturally deficient , as well as thofe in which we excel II 20 36 40 . 43 VII . CHAP . VII . Concerning the knowledge of our con-
עמוד 21
... advantages by which thefe come recommended to us above all human laws , are many - they are calculated for the private interests of every one , as well as that of the public ; and are defigned to promote our pre- fent , as well as our ...
... advantages by which thefe come recommended to us above all human laws , are many - they are calculated for the private interests of every one , as well as that of the public ; and are defigned to promote our pre- fent , as well as our ...
עמוד 22
... advantages which no human laws have to enforce the obfervance of them . ( 2 ) As his fubjects , we most readily pay him the homage due to his fovereignty . And this is no lefs than the homage of the heart ; humbly acknowledg- ing that ...
... advantages which no human laws have to enforce the obfervance of them . ( 2 ) As his fubjects , we most readily pay him the homage due to his fovereignty . And this is no lefs than the homage of the heart ; humbly acknowledg- ing that ...
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acquaintance againſt anſwer becauſe beft beſt buſineſs CHAP character Chrift chriftian confcience confider confideration converfation defire difpofition diſcover divine duty enemy eſpecially eſteem excellent falfe fame fault fcience fcripture fearch fecret feek felf felf-acquaintance felf-ignorance felf-knowledge felves fenfe fenfible fentiments ferve feveral fhall fhews fhould fhows firſt folid fome fomething fometimes foon foul fpirit fpring ftate ftill fubject fuch fure greateſt guife happineſs hath heart inftance Irenæus itſelf judge judgment juſt kind of knowledge knows himſelf leaft manner ment mind moft moſt muft muſt myſelf nature neceffary neceffity obferve occafions ourſelves paffing paffions pains perfons pleaſure Plutarch prefent prejudices raiſe reafon ſelf ſome taſte temper temptations thee thefe themſelves theſe thine thofe thofe things thoſe thou thoughts thyfelf tinc Treatife true underſtanding uſeful weakneſs whilft whofe wife wiſdom worfe yourſelf