Elementary Sketches of Moral Philosophy: Delivered at the Royal Institution in the Years 1804, 1805, and 1806 |
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... instinct ; that the discriminating circumstance between the minds of ani- mals and of men is , that the former do what they do from instinct , the latter from reason . Now , the question is , is there any meaning to the word instinct ...
... instinct ; that the discriminating circumstance between the minds of ani- mals and of men is , that the former do what they do from instinct , the latter from reason . Now , the question is , is there any meaning to the word instinct ...
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... instinct , cannot be explained away , under the notion of its being imitation . Nor can it be mere accident ; because , though it is not impossible that one swarm of bees might adopt these figures and measure- ments , without knowing ...
... instinct , cannot be explained away , under the notion of its being imitation . Nor can it be mere accident ; because , though it is not impossible that one swarm of bees might adopt these figures and measure- ments , without knowing ...
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... instinct . The caterpillar finds its food , and is nourished , upon the tree , and not upon the ground ; but surely the caterpillar can never tell that such an exertion is necessary to its salvation ; and therefore , it acts not from ...
... instinct . The caterpillar finds its food , and is nourished , upon the tree , and not upon the ground ; but surely the caterpillar can never tell that such an exertion is necessary to its salvation ; and therefore , it acts not from ...
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... instincts of animals , is the Comte de Buffon ; and he has been particularly severe upon bees , whose reputation for architecture and civil economy he has attempted entirely to overthrow . Of Maclaurin's discovery of the angle , he ...
... instincts of animals , is the Comte de Buffon ; and he has been particularly severe upon bees , whose reputation for architecture and civil economy he has attempted entirely to overthrow . Of Maclaurin's discovery of the angle , he ...
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... instinct , it would be increasing it . If there be any necessary connection between the hexagon and this origin of its formation , why do not wasps and ants deposit their nests in hex- agons as perfect ? or why does not the insect that ...
... instinct , it would be increasing it . If there be any necessary connection between the hexagon and this origin of its formation , why do not wasps and ants deposit their nests in hex- agons as perfect ? or why does not the insect that ...
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Page 197 - As one who long in populous city pent, Where houses thick and sewers annoy the air, Forth issuing on a summer's morn to breathe Among the pleasant villages and farms Adjoined, from each thing met conceives delight, The smell of grain, or tedded grass, or kine, Or dairy, each rural sight, each rural sound...
Page 341 - The other shape — If shape it might be called that shape had none Distinguishable in member, joint or limb, Or substance might be called that shadow seemed, For each seemed either — black it stood as Night, Fierce as ten Furies, terrible as Hell, And shook a dreadful dart ; what seemed his head The likeness of a kingly crown had on.
Page 119 - ... for wit lying most in the assemblage of ideas, and putting those together with quickness and variety, wherein can be found any resemblance or congruity, thereby to make up pleasant pictures and agreeable visions in the fancy...
Page 118 - For, wit lying most in the assemblage of ideas, and putting those together with quickness and variety wherein can be found any resemblance or congruity, thereby to make up pleasant pictures and agreeable visions in the fancy ; judgment, on the contrary, lies quite on the other side, in separating carefully one from another ideas wherein can be found the least difference, thereby to avoid being misled by similitude and by affinity to take one thing for another.
Page 204 - And thrice he routed all his foes, and thrice he slew the slain. The master saw the madness rise, His glowing cheeks, his ardent eyes; And while he heaven and earth defied, Changed his hand, and checked his pride. He chose a mournful Muse, Soft pity to infuse; He sung Darius...
Page 204 - Changed his hand and checked his pride. He chose a mournful muse Soft pity to infuse : He sung Darius great and good, By too severe a fate Fallen, fallen, fallen, fallen...
Page 222 - In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men, Fear came upon me, and trembling, which made all my bones to shake. Then a spirit passed before my face; the hair of my flesh stood up...
Page 338 - Horror and doubt distract His troubled thoughts, and from the bottom stir The hell within him ; for within him Hell He brings, and round about him, nor from Hell One step, no more than from himself, can fly By change of place.
Page 216 - Archangel: but his face Deep scars of thunder had intrenched, and care Sat on his faded cheek, but under brows Of dauntless courage, and considerate* pride Waiting revenge. Cruel his eye, but cast Signs of remorse and passion...
Page 233 - I appeal to any white man to say, if ever he entered Logan's cabin hungry, and he gave him not meat; if ever he came cold and naked, and he clothed him not. During the course of the last long and bloody war, Logan remained idle in his cabin, an advocate for peace. Such was my love for the Whites, that my countrymen pointed as they passed, and said, ' Logan is the friend of white men.