Observations on the Philosophy of Criminal Jurisprudence: Being an Investigation of the Principles Necessary to be Kept in View During the Revision of the Penal Code, with Remarks on Penitentiary PrisionsR. Hunter, 1819 - 254 من الصفحات |
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الصفحة ix
... may regard his opinions while they remain floating in his mind , the trans- ferring of them to a substantial and conden- sed vehicle by the art of printing enables him to discover many defects which before escap- ed him . PREFACE . ix.
... may regard his opinions while they remain floating in his mind , the trans- ferring of them to a substantial and conden- sed vehicle by the art of printing enables him to discover many defects which before escap- ed him . PREFACE . ix.
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... and Punish- ments , as likely to result in beneficial conse- quences ; and that it is not forced upon our consideration more by the state of our prisons , than by the preparation which the public mind has undergone 4 THE PHILOSOPHY OF.
... and Punish- ments , as likely to result in beneficial conse- quences ; and that it is not forced upon our consideration more by the state of our prisons , than by the preparation which the public mind has undergone 4 THE PHILOSOPHY OF.
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... mind has undergone to enable it to discuss such subjects - subjects , which have hitherto been buried under a heap of controversial and scholastic rubbish , -and which , until the last century , it would have been thought wild and ...
... mind has undergone to enable it to discuss such subjects - subjects , which have hitherto been buried under a heap of controversial and scholastic rubbish , -and which , until the last century , it would have been thought wild and ...
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... mind is enlar- ged by experience , and is capable of gene- ralizing the facts it has collected . Theory and speculation then commence their ha- zardous projects ; the difficulty of managing this tumult of many minds encreases ; and to ...
... mind is enlar- ged by experience , and is capable of gene- ralizing the facts it has collected . Theory and speculation then commence their ha- zardous projects ; the difficulty of managing this tumult of many minds encreases ; and to ...
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... to discuss them rather minutely . * * I have gone more into this question , because some philoso- phers think it to be a principle of the human mind to assume the The first class contend , that men in a state CRIMINAL JURISPRUDENCE . 21.
... to discuss them rather minutely . * * I have gone more into this question , because some philoso- phers think it to be a principle of the human mind to assume the The first class contend , that men in a state CRIMINAL JURISPRUDENCE . 21.
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الصفحة 257 - Behold, thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the earth ; and from thy face shall I be hid ; and I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond in the earth ; and it shall come to pass, that every one that findeth me shall slay me.
الصفحة xxxi - Almighty God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ who desireth not the death of a sinner, but rather that he may turn from his wickedness, and live...
الصفحة 51 - ... and it is the chief business of philosophers to regard the general course of things. I may add, that it is also the chief business of politicians; especially in the domestic government of the state, where the public good, which is, or ought to be their object, depends on the concurrence of a multitude of causes; not, as in foreign politics, on accidents and chances, and the caprices of a few persons.
الصفحة 200 - ... dépendre la plénitude et la suffisance d'une preuve. Elle leur prescrit de s'interroger euxmêmes dans le silence et le recueillement , et de chercher dans la sincérité de leur conscience , quelle impression ont faite sur leur raison les preuves rapportées contre l'accusé, et les moyens de sa défense. La loi ne leur dit point : Vous tiendrez pour vrai tout fait attesté par tel ou tel nombre de témoins...
الصفحة 6 - They must pry into the secret recesses of the human heart, and become well acquainted with the whole, moral world, that they may discover the abstract...
الصفحة 190 - Then said Joab, I may not tarry thus with thee. And he took three darts in his hand, and thrust them through the heart of Absalom, while he was yet alive in the midst of the oak.
الصفحة 51 - When a man deliberates concerning his conduct in any particular affair, and forms schemes in politics, trade, economy, or any business in life, he never ought to draw his arguments too fine, or connect too long a chain of consequences together. Something is sure to happen, that will disconcert his reasoning, and produce an event different from what he expected. But when we reason upon general subjects...
الصفحة 257 - ... observe the analogy of nature. For, of the numerous seeds of vegetables and bodies of animals, which are adapted and put in the way, to improve to such a point or state of natural maturity and perfection, W7e do not see perhaps that one in a million actually does.
الصفحة 51 - But however intricate they may seem, it is certain, that general principles, if just and sound, must always prevail in the general course of things, though they may fail in particular cases ; and it is the chief business of philosophers to regard the general course of things.
الصفحة 75 - The reason and end for which man was made thus liable to this passion, is, that he might be better qualified to prevent, and likewise (or perhaps chiefly) to resist and defeat sudden force, violence, and opposition, considered merely as * Ephes. iv. 26. such, and without regard to the fault or demerit of him who is the author of them.