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John Abercrombie. INQUIRIES CONCERNING THE INTELLEC- TUAL POWERS , AND THE INVESTIGA- TION OF TRUTH . By JOHN ABERCROMBIE , M.D. F.R.S.E. , Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh , and First Physician to His Majesty in ...
John Abercrombie. INQUIRIES CONCERNING THE INTELLEC- TUAL POWERS , AND THE INVESTIGA- TION OF TRUTH . By JOHN ABERCROMBIE , M.D. F.R.S.E. , Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh , and First Physician to His Majesty in ...
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... tion on which is founded our conviction of first truths , and that principle from which is derived our impression of moral truth : for the former continues the same in every mind which is neither obscured ; by idiocy nor distorted by ...
... tion on which is founded our conviction of first truths , and that principle from which is derived our impression of moral truth : for the former continues the same in every mind which is neither obscured ; by idiocy nor distorted by ...
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... tion of those principles which are fixed in the conscience of the mass of mankind . For the truth of them we appeal , not to any process of reasoning , but to the conviction which forces itself upon every regulated mind . Neither do we ...
... tion of those principles which are fixed in the conscience of the mass of mankind . For the truth of them we appeal , not to any process of reasoning , but to the conviction which forces itself upon every regulated mind . Neither do we ...
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... tion , properly so called , analogous to that by which we acquire the knowledge of any principle in natural science . We cannot believe that they are derived entirely from revelation , because we find the belief existing where no ...
... tion , properly so called , analogous to that by which we acquire the knowledge of any principle in natural science . We cannot believe that they are derived entirely from revelation , because we find the belief existing where no ...
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... tion is Desire . In regard to actions towards others , it is Affection . The desires and affections , there- fore , hold a place in the mind previous to volition . From one of them originates the mental state which , under certain ...
... tion is Desire . In regard to actions towards others , it is Affection . The desires and affections , there- fore , hold a place in the mind previous to volition . From one of them originates the mental state which , under certain ...
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Page 96 - Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil, rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth; beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things. Charity never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they shall fail; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away....
Page 130 - For when the Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature the things contained in the law, these, having not the law, are a law unto themselves ; which show the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts the mean while accusing or else excusing one another ;) in the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ, according to my Gospel.
Page 176 - Who shall ascend into the hill of the Lord? or who shall stand in his holy place? He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully.
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Page 174 - ... a peace which passeth all understanding;" " a wisdom pure and peaceable, gentle and easy to be entreated, full of mercy and of good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.
Page 118 - B., without degrading me. I think you know Moore. Pray assure him that I have not the smallest influence over Lord Byron, in this particular, and if I had, I certainly should employ it to eradicate from his great mind the delusions of Christianity, which, in spite of his reason, seem perpetually to recur, and to lay in ambush for the hours of sickness and distress.
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