The Christian Philosopher & Metaphysician: A Series of Tracts, to be Composed of Reviews & Essays Upon Anthroposophy, & Its Correlative SubjectsJ.S. Staples, 1852 - Anthroposophy |
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... importance of the work he has under- taken . And he undertakes it single - handed and alone , from pure necessity , not choice . He has used every ef fort in his power for more than two years to obtain the aid and assistance of the ...
... importance of the work he has under- taken . And he undertakes it single - handed and alone , from pure necessity , not choice . He has used every ef fort in his power for more than two years to obtain the aid and assistance of the ...
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... importance whose discussion is not comprised in the science of man ; and there is none which can be decided with any certainty , before we are acquainted with that science . " Dr. Reid pronounces this the finest sentence in Hume's works ...
... importance whose discussion is not comprised in the science of man ; and there is none which can be decided with any certainty , before we are acquainted with that science . " Dr. Reid pronounces this the finest sentence in Hume's works ...
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... importance of the subject then , cannot be mistaken . PORTLAND , Aug. 25 , 1852 , The above was written some two years since ; at which time I proposed to publish a small volume entitled , " An- thropology or Thoughts on the Philosophy ...
... importance of the subject then , cannot be mistaken . PORTLAND , Aug. 25 , 1852 , The above was written some two years since ; at which time I proposed to publish a small volume entitled , " An- thropology or Thoughts on the Philosophy ...
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... importance to attract attention , at least , of the learned , all are interested -- most deeply interested . Why shall not the great subjects therein discussed , be dis- cussed in a manly and thorough manner ? No. 4 , contains the first ...
... importance to attract attention , at least , of the learned , all are interested -- most deeply interested . Why shall not the great subjects therein discussed , be dis- cussed in a manly and thorough manner ? No. 4 , contains the first ...
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... importance to all mankind . Nor has any man with whom I have conversed for the last four years , indicated or seemed to think the contrary . Yet but one solitary man has afforded or offered the help I need to bring the work forward as ...
... importance to all mankind . Nor has any man with whom I have conversed for the last four years , indicated or seemed to think the contrary . Yet but one solitary man has afforded or offered the help I need to bring the work forward as ...
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Page 34 - Created half to rise and half to fall; Great lord of all things, yet a prey to all, Sole judge of truth, in endless error hurled, The glory, jest, and riddle of the world...
Page 34 - The proper study of mankind is man. Placed on this isthmus of a middle state, A being darkly wise, and rudely great: With too much knowledge for the sceptic side, With too much weakness for the stoic's pride, He hangs between; in doubt to act, or rest; In doubt to deem himself a god, or beast; In doubt his mind or body to prefer; Born but to die, and reasoning but to err; Alike in ignorance, his reason such, Whether he thinks too little, or too much...
Page 40 - Go, wondrous creature.' mount where science guides; Go, measure earth, weigh air, and state the tides: Instruct the planets in what orbs to run, Correct old time, and regulate the sun; Go, soar with Plato to th...
Page 22 - Know then thyself, presume not God to scan, The proper study of mankind is man. Placed on this isthmus of a middle state, A being darkly wise, and rudely great: With too much knowledge for the sceptic side, With too much weakness for the Stoic's pride, He hangs between; in doubt to act, or rest; In doubt to deem himself a God, or beast...
Page 17 - Some place the bliss in action, some in ease, Those call it pleasure, and contentment these...
Page 35 - Why should ye be stricken any more ? ye will revolt more and more : the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint. From the sole of the foot even unto the head there is no soundness in it; but wounds, and bruises, and putrifying sores : they have not been closed, neither bound up, neither mollified with ointment.
Page 15 - Here, then, is the only expedient from which we can hope for success in our philosophical researches : to leave the tedious, lingering method, which we have hitherto followed ; and, instead of taking, now and then, a castle or village on the frontier, to march up directly to the capital or centre of these sciences, to human nature itself, which being once masters of, we may everywhere else hope for an easy victory.
Page 15 - Tis evident that all the sciences have a relation, greater or less, to human nature; and that however wide any of them may seem to run from it, they still return back by one passage or another. Even mathematics, natural philosophy, and natural religion are in some measure dependent on the science of man, since they lie under the cognizance of men and are judged of by their powers and faculties.
Page 40 - Plato to the' empyreal sphere, To the first good, first perfect, and first fair; Or tread the mazy round his followers trod, And quitting sense call imitating God ; As eastern priests in giddy circles run, And turn their heads to imitate the Sun, Go, teach Eternal Wisdom how to rule— Then drop into thyself, and be a fool!
Page 24 - All these things being considered, it seems probable to me that God in the beginning formed matter in solid, massy, hard, impenetrable, moveable particles, of such sizes and figures, and with such other properties and in such proportion to space as most conduced to the end for which he formed them...