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Excerpt from The Problem of Philosophy at the Present Time: An Introductory Address Delivered to the Philosophical Society of the University of Edinburgh All, and to ask you to adopt, for the time, a point of view which may not be your own. Afterwards you can avenge yourselves for this temporary submission by subjecting my words to what criticism you think fit. A philosophic temper is shown, above all things, in the power of entering into the views of another, and taking them for the moment almost as if they were your own, without prejudice to the subsequent critical reaction, which will be effective just in proportion to the degree of your previous sympathetic appreciation of the ideas crit...
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1836 edition. Excerpt: ... LECTURE XVIII. Mnn't duty to God. Mr. Combe now entered upon the consideration of man's duty to God, so far as discoverable from the light of nature. The existence of God is abundantly proved by the marks of design which physical science and philosophy unfold; whi e from the facts of mental philosophy much may be inferred with respect to the duties of man towards him. Revelation dees not supercede the necessity of studying nntiirnl theology; for, as Dr. Thomas Brown re...
Excerpt from Lectures on Moral Philosophy: Delivered Before the "Edinburgh Philosophical Society," and Reported for the "Edinburgh Chronicle" The key to the Divine Government is a knowledge of our nature, the nature of things and beings around us, and the relations subsisting among them. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.