The Collected Works of Dugald Stewart, Volume 10T. Constable and Company [etc. ], 1858 |
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Pagina xxviii
... never account for the origin of a class of pleasures differ- ent in kind from all the others we know . If there was nothing originally and intrinsically pleasing or beautiful , the associating principle would have no materials on which ...
... never account for the origin of a class of pleasures differ- ent in kind from all the others we know . If there was nothing originally and intrinsically pleasing or beautiful , the associating principle would have no materials on which ...
Pagina xxix
... never resumed the duties of the chair . After acting for three years as his father's substitute , Mr. Stewart was formally elected Professor of Mathematics , in conjunction with him , ( June 14th , 1775 , ) before he had com- pleted his ...
... never resumed the duties of the chair . After acting for three years as his father's substitute , Mr. Stewart was formally elected Professor of Mathematics , in conjunction with him , ( June 14th , 1775 , ) before he had com- pleted his ...
Pagina lxi
... never lost anything either of his grace or his dignity : Nec vero ille in luce modo , atque in oculis civium magnus , sed intus domique præstantior . " " 1 In March 1792 , Mr. Stewart gave to the world the first volume of the Elements ...
... never lost anything either of his grace or his dignity : Nec vero ille in luce modo , atque in oculis civium magnus , sed intus domique præstantior . " " 1 In March 1792 , Mr. Stewart gave to the world the first volume of the Elements ...
Pagina lxiii
... never at a loss for materials of reflection . He finds them at home and abroad , -within him- self , in the society in which he moves , and in the general litera- ture and history which he reads . He turns aside from no pro- duct of the ...
... never at a loss for materials of reflection . He finds them at home and abroad , -within him- self , in the society in which he moves , and in the general litera- ture and history which he reads . He turns aside from no pro- duct of the ...
Pagina lxvi
... never fails in perfect mastery of the thought which he seeks to express ; nor is he ever wanting in grace , clearness , and adaptation of language , and that peculiar charm which pure moral feeling imparts to style - more attrac- tive ...
... never fails in perfect mastery of the thought which he seeks to express ; nor is he ever wanting in grace , clearness , and adaptation of language , and that peculiar charm which pure moral feeling imparts to style - more attrac- tive ...
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Pagina cix - For my part, when I enter most intimately into what I call myself, I always stumble on some particular perception or other, of heat or cold, light or shade, love or hatred, pain or pleasure. I never can catch myself 'at any time without a perception, and never can observe anything but the perception.
Pagina 18 - When we see a stroke aimed and just ready to fall upon the leg or arm of another person, we naturally shrink and draw back our own leg or our own arm...
Pagina 68 - Little else is requisite to carry a State to the highest degree of opulence from the lowest barbarism, but peace, easy taxes, and a tolerable administration of justice ; all the rest being brought about by the natural course of things.
Pagina clxiv - E'en time itself despairs to cure Those pangs to every feeling due : Ungenerous youth ! thy boast how poor, To win a heart, and break it too ! No cold approach, no alter'd mien, Just what would make suspicion start ; No pause the dire extremes between — He made me blest, and broke my heart : * From hope, the wretched's anchor, torn, Neglected and neglecting all ; Friendless, forsaken, and forlorn, The tears I shed must ever fall.
Pagina cviii - It must be some one impression, that gives rise to every real idea. But self or person is not any one impression, but that to which our several impressions and ideas are suppos'd to have a reference. If any impression gives rise to the idea of self, that impression must continue invariably the same, thro' the whole course of our lives; since self is suppos'd to exist after that manner.
Pagina cix - I can allow him is, that he may be in the right as well as 1$ and that we are essentially different in this particular. He may, perhaps, perceive something simple and continued, which he calls himself; though I am certain there is no such principle in me.
Pagina 225 - I am delighted to see the daily and hourly progress of madness and folly and wickedness in England. The consummation of these qualities are the true ingredients for making a fine narrative in history...
Pagina 63 - The man whose public spirit is prompted altogether by humanity and benevolence, will respect the established powers and privileges even of individuals, and still more those of the great orders and societies, into which the state is divided. Though he should consider some of them as in some measure abusive, he will content himself with moderating what he often cannot annihilate without great violence.
Pagina cx - ... the very first exercise of consciousness necessarily implies a belief, not only of the present existence of what is felt, but of the present existence of that which feels...
Pagina 251 - An Essay on Quantity, occasioned by reading a Treatise, in which Simple and Compound Ratios are applied to Virtue and Merit...