But the truth is, that the knowledge of external nature, and the sciences which that knowledge requires or includes, are not the great or the frequent business of the human mind. Whether we provide for action or conversation, whether we wish to be useful... The Lives of the English Poets - Pàgina 67per Samuel Johnson - 1826 - 420 pàginesVisualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
| Robert Hebert Quick - 1868 - 360 pàgines
...in, that the knowledge of external nature and the sciences which that knowledge requires or includes, are not the great or the frequent business of the human mind. Whether we provide for action or for conversation, whether we wish to he useful or pleasing, the first requisite is the religious and... | |
| Edward Isidore Sears - 1869 - 440 pàgines
...that the knowledge of external nature and the sciences, which that knowledge requires or includes, are not the great or the frequent business of the human mind. Whether we provide for action or for conversation, whether we wish to be useful or pleasing, the first requisite is the religious and... | |
| David Masson - 1873 - 754 pàgines
...that the " knowledge of external nature, and the sciences which that " knowledge requires or includes, are not the great or the " frequent business of the...whether we wish to be useful or " pleasing, the first object is the religious and moral know" ledge of right and wrong ; the next is an acquaintance with... | |
| David Masson - 1873 - 750 pàgines
...that the " knowledge of external nature, and the sciences which that " knowledge requires or includes, are not the great or the " frequent business of the...whether we wish to be useful or " pleasing, the first object is the religious and moral know" ledge of right and wrong ; the next is an acquaintance with... | |
| Samuel Johnson, William Alexander Clouston - 1875 - 346 pàgines
...abilities. The knowledge of external nature, and the •sciences which that knowledge requires or includes, are not the great or the frequent business of the...•with those examples which may be said to embody 4ruth, and prove by events the reasonableness of opinions. Prudence and justice are virtues and excellences... | |
| Henry Barnard - 1876 - 524 pàgines
...that the knowledge of external nature, and the sciences which that knowledge requires or includes, are not the great or the frequent business of the...is the religious and moral knowledge of right and and wrong ; the next is an acquaintance with the history of mankind, and with those examples which... | |
| Académie des sciences, inscriptions et belles-lettres de Toulouse - 1885 - 848 pàgines
...requisito i- thé religion and moral knowledge of right and wrong; thé next is an acquaintance with thé history of mankind, and with those examples which may be said to embody Iruth and prove by éventa thé reasonebleness of opinions. Prudence and justice are virtues and excellences... | |
| Robert Hebert Quick - 1886 - 338 pàgines
...are not the great or the frequent business of the human mind. Whether we provide for action or for conversation, whether we wish to be useful or pleasing, the first requisite is the religious and moral knowledgeof right and wrong: the next is an acquaintance with the history of mankind, and with those... | |
| Andrew Jackson Graham - 1887 - 134 pàgines
...The knowledge of external nature and of the sciences which that knowledge requires or includes, is not the great, or the frequent business of the human...for action or conversation, whether we wish to be u-eful or I'kwing ; the first requisite is the religious and moral knowledge of right and wrong. The... | |
| GEORGE BIRKBECK HILL - 1892 - 418 pàgines
...that the knowledge of external nature, and the sciences which that knowledge requires or includes, are not the great or the frequent business of the...action or conversation, whether we wish to be useful or pleasing1, the first requisite is the religious and moral knowledge of right and wrong; the next is... | |
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