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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... passions of our nature , to a progressive and rapid improvement in the state of society : --- That this tendency to im- provement in human affairs is often so very powerful , as to correct the inconveniences threatened by the errors of ...
... passions of our nature , to a progressive and rapid improvement in the state of society : --- That this tendency to im- provement in human affairs is often so very powerful , as to correct the inconveniences threatened by the errors of ...
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... passions ; the pleasures and pains deriv- ed from our senses of tasting , smelling , hear- ing , seeing , and so on . All these are sub- ject to some control , and directed by some unseen influence , which we cannot resist * See Note ...
... passions ; the pleasures and pains deriv- ed from our senses of tasting , smelling , hear- ing , seeing , and so on . All these are sub- ject to some control , and directed by some unseen influence , which we cannot resist * See Note ...
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... passions and affections and pro- pensities may be traced to some common prin- ciples , which it is impossible not to conceive have a connexion with the consequences flow- ing from them . The study of these has en- gaged the wisest men ...
... passions and affections and pro- pensities may be traced to some common prin- ciples , which it is impossible not to conceive have a connexion with the consequences flow- ing from them . The study of these has en- gaged the wisest men ...
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... passions and affections have their source in this connexion ; and these are so interwoven with those which belong to him as a solitary being , that , though the attempt has been frequently made by the most acute philoso- phers , no one ...
... passions and affections have their source in this connexion ; and these are so interwoven with those which belong to him as a solitary being , that , though the attempt has been frequently made by the most acute philoso- phers , no one ...
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... passions and depravity of the species , has been among the last to be benefited ; and it is within a very short period that any serious attention has been directed to the subject ; --- scarcely any writers , but of the present ...
... passions and depravity of the species , has been among the last to be benefited ; and it is within a very short period that any serious attention has been directed to the subject ; --- scarcely any writers , but of the present ...
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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.