An Essay on Intuitive Morals; The Theory of Morals (Paperback)


This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1864 Excerpt: ... A more modern creed it is that "man's soul is at first one unvaried blank till it have received the impressions of external experience; yet has this blank been already touched by a celestial Hand, and, when plunged in the colors which surround it, it takes not its tinge from accident but design, and comes out covered with a glorious pattern." Newest, and yet oldest of all, is the faith of the world's noblest sons, that the voice of Conscience in their hearts was that of the ever-present God, the normal action of the Infinite Spirit on the finite spirits He has made. We shall find this doctrine everywhere, under every clime, in every age, blended into every system of religion. The Hindoo lawgiver, three millenniums ago, exclaimed: "0 friend of virtue That Supreme Spirit which thou believest one with thyself resides in thy bosom perpetually, and is an all-knowing Inspector of thy goodness or thy wickedness." f After a thousand years Seneca seemed but his echo: --'" There is a Holy Spirit throned within us, of our good and evil deeds the Guardian and the Observer. As we draw nigh to Him, so He draws nigh to us." J Marcus Antoninus reiterates the same: --" There Sedgwick. t Institutes of Menu, VIII. 91. " Sacer intra nos Spiritus sedet bonorum malorumque Observator et Gustos. Hie prout a nobis tractatus est ita nos ipse tractat."--Ep. 41. is that within thee which savors of the Divinity, which agitates thee quite otherwise than wires do a puppet. Is it fear, lust, jealousy? No Be not more desirous to breathe than to conform to the Intelligence which surrounds all things. The Spirit of God is everywhere, and not less willing to commune with man than the air is to enter his breast.f He dwells with God who does as the God-given soul within would have him.J Not...

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1864 Excerpt: ... A more modern creed it is that "man's soul is at first one unvaried blank till it have received the impressions of external experience; yet has this blank been already touched by a celestial Hand, and, when plunged in the colors which surround it, it takes not its tinge from accident but design, and comes out covered with a glorious pattern." Newest, and yet oldest of all, is the faith of the world's noblest sons, that the voice of Conscience in their hearts was that of the ever-present God, the normal action of the Infinite Spirit on the finite spirits He has made. We shall find this doctrine everywhere, under every clime, in every age, blended into every system of religion. The Hindoo lawgiver, three millenniums ago, exclaimed: "0 friend of virtue That Supreme Spirit which thou believest one with thyself resides in thy bosom perpetually, and is an all-knowing Inspector of thy goodness or thy wickedness." f After a thousand years Seneca seemed but his echo: --'" There is a Holy Spirit throned within us, of our good and evil deeds the Guardian and the Observer. As we draw nigh to Him, so He draws nigh to us." J Marcus Antoninus reiterates the same: --" There Sedgwick. t Institutes of Menu, VIII. 91. " Sacer intra nos Spiritus sedet bonorum malorumque Observator et Gustos. Hie prout a nobis tractatus est ita nos ipse tractat."--Ep. 41. is that within thee which savors of the Divinity, which agitates thee quite otherwise than wires do a puppet. Is it fear, lust, jealousy? No Be not more desirous to breathe than to conform to the Intelligence which surrounds all things. The Spirit of God is everywhere, and not less willing to commune with man than the air is to enter his breast.f He dwells with God who does as the God-given soul within would have him.J Not...

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General Books LLC

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February 2012

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February 2012

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246 x 189 x 4mm (L x W x T)

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Paperback - Trade

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74

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978-1-4590-3327-6

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9781459033276

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1-4590-3327-2



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