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
... better men . And , without doubt , if in the academy the youth has once happily learned the great art of managing his temper , governing his paffions , and guarding his foibles , he will find a more folid advantage from it in after ...
... better men . And , without doubt , if in the academy the youth has once happily learned the great art of managing his temper , governing his paffions , and guarding his foibles , he will find a more folid advantage from it in after ...
עמוד ix
... better for it ; for he ought to measure his progrefs in fcience by the improvement of his morals ; and re- member that he is no further a learned man than he is a wife and good man ; and that he cannot be a finished philosopher till he ...
... better for it ; for he ought to measure his progrefs in fcience by the improvement of his morals ; and re- member that he is no further a learned man than he is a wife and good man ; and that he cannot be a finished philosopher till he ...
עמוד x
... them to mend their wits , not their " manners : whereas philofophy is nothing else but a rule of " life . Quid autem philofophia , nifi vitæ lex eft . " bette better acquainted with human life and hu- man nature , PREFACE .
... them to mend their wits , not their " manners : whereas philofophy is nothing else but a rule of " life . Quid autem philofophia , nifi vitæ lex eft . " bette better acquainted with human life and hu- man nature , PREFACE .
עמוד xi
... better acquainted with human life and hu- man nature , he is foon fenfible and afham- ed of ; but perhaps is never able to con- quer as long as he lives , for want of that affiftance which he ought to have received in his education ...
... better acquainted with human life and hu- man nature , he is foon fenfible and afham- ed of ; but perhaps is never able to con- quer as long as he lives , for want of that affiftance which he ought to have received in his education ...
עמוד 16
... better acquaintance with thee , to whom I have been too long a ftranger , I must try thee , and put many a close question to thee ) tell me , I fay , whilft thou confineft thy defires to fenfual gratifications , wherein doft thou differ ...
... better acquaintance with thee , to whom I have been too long a ftranger , I must try thee , and put many a close question to thee ) tell me , I fay , whilft thou confineft thy defires to fenfual gratifications , wherein doft thou differ ...
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