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 |
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תוצאות 6-10 מתוך 25
עמוד 65
... conduct , as I have had ; therefore his defects herein are more excufable : and he may have many other excellencies wherewith I am not en- dowed . But he is not only ignorant and ' unmanner'd , but infufferably vain , con- ' ceited and ...
... conduct , as I have had ; therefore his defects herein are more excufable : and he may have many other excellencies wherewith I am not en- dowed . But he is not only ignorant and ' unmanner'd , but infufferably vain , con- ' ceited and ...
עמוד 75
... conduct ; and by degrees wear off the prejudices which fancy has fixed in the mind , either for or against any particular action ; teach us to diftinguish between things and their appear- ances ; ftrip them of thofe falfe colours that ...
... conduct ; and by degrees wear off the prejudices which fancy has fixed in the mind , either for or against any particular action ; teach us to diftinguish between things and their appear- ances ; ftrip them of thofe falfe colours that ...
עמוד 83
... a wrong opinion of our conduct . It ( n ) Jurieu's Method of Chriftian Devotion , Part iii . Chap . iii , It is not only very poffible , but very com- Chap . XI . 83 doth confift . CHA P XI Concerning the fecret Springs of our Actions.
... a wrong opinion of our conduct . It ( n ) Jurieu's Method of Chriftian Devotion , Part iii . Chap . iii , It is not only very poffible , but very com- Chap . XI . 83 doth confift . CHA P XI Concerning the fecret Springs of our Actions.
עמוד 86
... conduct , a perfect acquaintance with it is a very material branch of felf - know- ledge , and therefore requires a diftinct confi- deration . Emulation , like the other paffions of the human mind , fhows itself much more plainly , and ...
... conduct , a perfect acquaintance with it is a very material branch of felf - know- ledge , and therefore requires a diftinct confi- deration . Emulation , like the other paffions of the human mind , fhows itself much more plainly , and ...
עמוד 90
... conduct : virtue and real excellence will rife to view , tho ' they be not mounted on the wings of ambition , which , by foaring too high , procures but a more fatal fall . To correct the irregularity and extrava- gance of this paffion ...
... conduct : virtue and real excellence will rife to view , tho ' they be not mounted on the wings of ambition , which , by foaring too high , procures but a more fatal fall . To correct the irregularity and extrava- gance of this paffion ...
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