Thoughts on Self-culture Addressed to WomenSimpkin, Marshall & Company, 1872 - 379 pagine |
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Pagina ii
... truth in enquiries concerning duty , 85.— Positive and relative duties , 86. - Moral evil of thoughtlessness , 87 ... TRUTH CHAPTER V. Sect . 1. Value of truth . -Attainment of truth the highest aim of man , 97. - Society requires ...
... truth in enquiries concerning duty , 85.— Positive and relative duties , 86. - Moral evil of thoughtlessness , 87 ... TRUTH CHAPTER V. Sect . 1. Value of truth . -Attainment of truth the highest aim of man , 97. - Society requires ...
Pagina iii
... truth , 104. — All knowledge not intuitive gained by reasoning , 105. - Propositions , 105. - Diffe- rence between facts and general laws , 106. - Error of rejecting the use of reason , 106. - Common sense , 108. - Nature of proof , 110 ...
... truth , 104. — All knowledge not intuitive gained by reasoning , 105. - Propositions , 105. - Diffe- rence between facts and general laws , 106. - Error of rejecting the use of reason , 106. - Common sense , 108. - Nature of proof , 110 ...
Pagina 7
... truth is revealed to them ? Or , in this age of liberalism , are they taught what man really owes to his country , and what that spirit consists of , which distinguishes the patriot from the demagogue ? Yet these things belong to the ...
... truth is revealed to them ? Or , in this age of liberalism , are they taught what man really owes to his country , and what that spirit consists of , which distinguishes the patriot from the demagogue ? Yet these things belong to the ...
Pagina 18
... truth made to bow to the weakness , the prejudices , or the assumptions of human creatures ? Self - dependence ... truths are forgotten , and Miss Martineau . WITH STRENGTH OF CHARACTER . 19 such wild pretensions put.
... truth made to bow to the weakness , the prejudices , or the assumptions of human creatures ? Self - dependence ... truths are forgotten , and Miss Martineau . WITH STRENGTH OF CHARACTER . 19 such wild pretensions put.
Pagina 30
... truth to our mixed condition here below . To avoid both errors , it is essential that we should habitually consider our mor- tal and immortal nature and destiny as parts of one great whole ; and the more we dwell upon the two in ...
... truth to our mixed condition here below . To avoid both errors , it is essential that we should habitually consider our mor- tal and immortal nature and destiny as parts of one great whole ; and the more we dwell upon the two in ...
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