Essay on Instinct, and Its Physical and Moral RelationsW. Phillips, 1824 - 551 من الصفحات |
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... understanding . To use an instance that comes often under observation . " With what caution does the hen provide herself a nest in places unfrequented , and free from noise and disturbance ? When she has laid her eggs in such a manner ...
... understanding . To use an instance that comes often under observation . " With what caution does the hen provide herself a nest in places unfrequented , and free from noise and disturbance ? When she has laid her eggs in such a manner ...
الصفحة 41
... understanding . But , before I proceed , it may be proper for me to prepare the ground - work a little better for further observation , by noticing in this place , a few of those simple instinctive operations which belong to Man himself ...
... understanding . But , before I proceed , it may be proper for me to prepare the ground - work a little better for further observation , by noticing in this place , a few of those simple instinctive operations which belong to Man himself ...
الصفحة 42
... understandings , and that the most remarkable appear in infancy , when we are ignorant of every thing , and therefore ( in the language of Dr. Reid ) , " must perish if we had not an invisible Guide , who leads us blindfold in the way ...
... understandings , and that the most remarkable appear in infancy , when we are ignorant of every thing , and therefore ( in the language of Dr. Reid ) , " must perish if we had not an invisible Guide , who leads us blindfold in the way ...
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... understanding in that early period , there are many which continue through life and which supply the defects of our intellectual powers in every period . " Of these he notices three classes . " First - There are many things necessary to ...
... understanding in that early period , there are many which continue through life and which supply the defects of our intellectual powers in every period . " Of these he notices three classes . " First - There are many things necessary to ...
الصفحة 46
Thomas Hancock. of our nature hath adapted our instincts to the weakness of our understanding . " In infancy we are ignorant of every thing ; yet many things must be done for our preservation , and these are done by Instinct . When we ...
Thomas Hancock. of our nature hath adapted our instincts to the weakness of our understanding . " In infancy we are ignorant of every thing ; yet many things must be done for our preservation , and these are done by Instinct . When we ...
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الصفحة 515 - Reason is natural revelation, whereby the eternal Father of light and fountain of all knowledge, communicates to mankind that portion of truth which he has laid within the reach of their natural faculties: revelation is natural reason enlarged by a new set of discoveries communicated by God immediately; which reason vouches the truth of, by the testimony and proofs it gives that they come from God. So that he that takes away reason to make way for revelation, puts out the light of both...
الصفحة 482 - Let no man deceive himself . If any man among you seemeth to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise.
الصفحة 166 - That, changed through all, and yet in all the same; Great in the earth as in the ethereal frame ; Warms in the sun, refreshes in the breeze, Glows in the stars, and blossoms in the trees, Lives through all life, extends through all extent, Spreads undivided, operates unspent...
الصفحة 483 - Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you ? let him shew out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom.
الصفحة 482 - And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, declaring unto you the testimony of God, for I determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified.
الصفحة 545 - What think ye of Christ? whose son is he?" They say unto him, " The son of David." He saith unto them, " How then doth David in spirit call him Lord, saying, The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy footstool ? If David then call him Lord, how is he his son?
الصفحة 482 - Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God. Which things also we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual.
الصفحة 194 - Some drill and bore The solid earth, and from the strata there Extract a register, by which we learn That he who made it, and reveal'd its date To Moses, was mistaken in its age.
الصفحة 258 - Let us then suppose the mind to be, as we say, white paper,* void of all characters, without any ideas; how comes it to be furnished? Whence comes it by that vast store which the busy and boundless fancy of man has painted on it with an almost endless variety? Whence has it all the materials of reason and knowledge? To this I answer in one word, from experience...
الصفحة 6 - Knowledge dwells In heads replete with thoughts of other men, Wisdom in minds attentive to their own. Knowledge, a rude unprofitable mass, The mere materials with which wisdom builds, Till smoothed and squared and fitted to its place, Does but encumber whom it seems to enrich.