Essays on Various Subjects, 2Johnson, 1809 |
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... philosopher , to say that the clay and the horse are not exceedingly different in na- ture . Yet there may be some properties common to them both , which shall form an alliance between them , and argue a still higher genus , to which ...
... philosopher , to say that the clay and the horse are not exceedingly different in na- ture . Yet there may be some properties common to them both , which shall form an alliance between them , and argue a still higher genus , to which ...
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... philosophers of the later Pla- tonic school , with a view to rescue paganism from the reproach of its rude and gross theology , which in its popular acceptation could not look christianity in the face . Christian philosophers have taken ...
... philosophers of the later Pla- tonic school , with a view to rescue paganism from the reproach of its rude and gross theology , which in its popular acceptation could not look christianity in the face . Christian philosophers have taken ...
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... Philosophers and abstract moralists will not allow the character of greatness to any quality of man separate from probity and virtue . But history knows no such theory , and the common sense of mankind accords with the judgment of ...
... Philosophers and abstract moralists will not allow the character of greatness to any quality of man separate from probity and virtue . But history knows no such theory , and the common sense of mankind accords with the judgment of ...
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... philosopher constitute the three classes to whom history appropriately addresses her lessons , and to them she is of special im portance , and must be a source not only of amusement , but of the most valuable in- struction . In the ...
... philosopher constitute the three classes to whom history appropriately addresses her lessons , and to them she is of special im portance , and must be a source not only of amusement , but of the most valuable in- struction . In the ...
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... philosopher will be enabled to derive much of wise , use- ful , and moral information . " The field of this application is indeed ex- ceedingly limited as to the number of its subjects ; but it may be urged , that the high rank in life ...
... philosopher will be enabled to derive much of wise , use- ful , and moral information . " The field of this application is indeed ex- ceedingly limited as to the number of its subjects ; but it may be urged , that the high rank in life ...
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