 Yet let any plain honest man, before he engages in any course of action, ask himself, Is this I am going about right, or is it wrong? Is it good, or is it evil ? I do not in the least doubt, but that this question would be answered agreeably to truth...  The Philosophy of the Moral Feelings - Page 151by John Abercrombie - 1835 - 293 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Joseph Butler - Sermons, English - 1813 - 790 pages
...right, or is it wrong ? Is it good, or is it evil ? I do not in the least doubt, but that this question would be answered agreeably to truth and virtue, by almost any fair man in almost any circumstance. Neither do there appear any cases which look like exceptions to this ; but those of superstition,... | |
 | Thomas Hancock - Instinct - 1824 - 584 pages
...right, or is it wrong 2 Is it good, or is it evil ? I do not in the least doubt, but that this question would be answered agreeably to truth and virtue, by almost any fair man in almost any circumstance."* " The soul," says Dr. Cudworth, " is not a mere Rasa Tabula, a naked and passive thing,... | |
 | Joseph Butler - Sermons, English - 1827 - 376 pages
...right, or is it wrong ? Is it good, or is it evil ? I do not in the least doubt but that this question would be answered agreeably to truth and virtue, by almost any fair man in almost any circumstance. Neither do there appear any cases which look like exceptions to this ; but those ofsuperstition,... | |
 | Child rearing - 1833 - 260 pages
...any honest man," says Butler, "before he engages in any course of action, ask' himself, — is thts I am going to do right, or is it wrong, — is it...judgment would condemn ; and, when a man who has thus separated from rectitude begins to retrace his way, the first great point is that where he pauses in... | |
 | William Paley - Ethics - 1835 - 324 pages
...continual solicitude that our opinions and conduct should conform to the principles of moral rectitude. " Let any honest man," says Butler, " before he engages...almost any fair man, in almost any circumstances." 3. The study of the Scriptures, and a firm adherence to the precepts they contain.* " Man in his present... | |
 | Joseph Butler, Samuel Hallifax - Theology - 1838 - 632 pages
...right, or is it wrong P Is it good, or is it evil ? I do not in the least doubt, but that this question would be answered agreeably to truth and virtue, by almost any fair man in almost any circumstance. Neither do there appear any cases which look like exceptions to this; but those of superstition,... | |
 | Joseph Butler, Samuel Halifax - Sermons, English - 1844 - 406 pages
...right, or is it wrong? Is it good, or is it evil ? I do not in the least doubt, but that this question would be answered agreeably to truth and virtue, by almost any fair man in almost any circumstance. Neither do there appear any cases which look like exceptions to this ; but those of superstition,... | |
 | Sir Alexander Morison - Mental illness - 1848 - 600 pages
...am going to do, right, or is it wrong — is it good, or is it evil ?' I do not in the least doubt that these questions would be answered agreeably to...almost any fair man, in almost any circumstances." When we refer to the sacred writings we find the principle of conscience represented as a power of... | |
 | Joseph Butler, Samuel Hallifax - Apologetics - 1848 - 632 pages
...right, or is it wrong ? Is it good, or is it evil PI do not in the least doubt, but that this question would be answered agreeably to truth and virtue, by almost any fair man in almost any circumstance. Neither do there appear any cases which look like exceptions to this; but those of superstition,... | |
 | Joseph Butler (bp. of Durham.) - 1848 - 144 pages
...right, or is it wrong ? Is it good, or is it evil ? I do not in the least doubt, but that this question would be answered agreeably to truth and virtue, by almost any fair man in almost any circumstance. Neither do there appear any cases which look like exceptions to this, but those of superstition... | |
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