The Elements of Moral Science: With Questions for ExaminationReligious Tract Society, 1835 - 431 pagini |
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... speak of two events in nature , of which one is the cause of the other , we use the word cause in one of the two following senses . First , we use it to denote stated antecedency merely ; as when we say that sensation is the cause of ...
... speak of two events in nature , of which one is the cause of the other , we use the word cause in one of the two following senses . First , we use it to denote stated antecedency merely ; as when we say that sensation is the cause of ...
Pagina 259
... speak of it . But , if his dishonesty have been proved before a court of justice , it then becomes really a part of his reputation , and I am at liberty to speak of it in the same manner as of any other fact . Yet , even here , if I speak ...
... speak of it . But , if his dishonesty have been proved before a court of justice , it then becomes really a part of his reputation , and I am at liberty to speak of it in the same manner as of any other fact . Yet , even here , if I speak ...
Pagina 281
... speak the truth , when there is no counteracting motive to prevent it ; and , unless some such motive be supposed to supervene , they expect the truth to be spoken . 2. When , however , by speaking falsely , some imme- diate advantage ...
... speak the truth , when there is no counteracting motive to prevent it ; and , unless some such motive be supposed to supervene , they expect the truth to be spoken . 2. When , however , by speaking falsely , some imme- diate advantage ...
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