On genius, in which it is attempted to be proved that there is no mental distinction among mankindHamilton and Adams, 1830 - 86 頁 |
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... organization ? Independent of which all reasoning is vain , and every inference deceptive . The opinion advanced by Addison , and of those who agree with him , is not only palpably absurd , but contrary to every thing we know of men of ...
... organization ? Independent of which all reasoning is vain , and every inference deceptive . The opinion advanced by Addison , and of those who agree with him , is not only palpably absurd , but contrary to every thing we know of men of ...
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... organization depends , I shall now endeavour to produce . The mind of man at his birth resembles , as Aris- totle observes , a dark chamber , the former of which through the senses , as the latter through an aper- ture , lets in a ...
... organization depends , I shall now endeavour to produce . The mind of man at his birth resembles , as Aris- totle observes , a dark chamber , the former of which through the senses , as the latter through an aper- ture , lets in a ...
第 44 頁
... organization is united to incessant industry in collecting and combining ideas , there will result Genius . But it would still be wrong to conclude , that feeble organs cannot be made strong by discipline ; and industry we are certain ...
... organization is united to incessant industry in collecting and combining ideas , there will result Genius . But it would still be wrong to conclude , that feeble organs cannot be made strong by discipline ; and industry we are certain ...
第 57 頁
... organization of the senses . Before we proceed any further in our inquiries , let us briefly review the progress we have made , and the conclusions we have drawn . It will serve to refresh us on our journey , and make the remainder of ...
... organization of the senses . Before we proceed any further in our inquiries , let us briefly review the progress we have made , and the conclusions we have drawn . It will serve to refresh us on our journey , and make the remainder of ...
第 60 頁
... organization , should display themselves at the one age than at the other . The same remarks will , by contrast , apply to the well - known examples of the sons of Cicero and Chesterfield . I doubt not , if we could have examined the ...
... organization , should display themselves at the one age than at the other . The same remarks will , by contrast , apply to the well - known examples of the sons of Cicero and Chesterfield . I doubt not , if we could have examined the ...
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第 48 頁 - To them his heart, his love, his griefs were given, But all his serious thoughts had rest in Heaven. As some tall cliff, that lifts its awful form, Swells from the vale and midway leaves the storm, Though round its breast the rolling clouds are spread, Eternal sunshine settles on its head.
第 70 頁 - How charming is divine Philosophy! Not harsh and crabbed, as dull fools suppose, But musical as is Apollo's lute, And a perpetual feast of nectar'd sweets, Where no crude surfeit reigns.
第 9 頁 - Ten censure wrong for one who writes amiss ; A fool might once himself alone expose ; Now one in verse makes many more in prose.
第 8 頁 - Among great geniuses, those few draw the admiration of all the world upon them, and stand up as the prodigies of mankind, who, by the mere strength of natural parts, and without any assistance of art or learning, have produced works that were the delight of their own times, and the wonder of posterity.
第 33 頁 - A thinking being, — that is, a being doubting, knowing, affirming, denying, consenting, refusing, susceptible of pleasure and of pain.* Of all these things I might have had complete experience, without any previous acquaintance with the qualities and laws of matter ; and therefore it is impossible that the study of matter can avail me aught in the study of myself.
第 47 頁 - Emerged, he sat, and mourn'd his Argives slain. At Jove incensed, with grief and fury stung, Prone down the rocky steep he rush'd along ; Fierce as he pass'd, the lofty mountains nod, The forest shakes ; earth trembled as he trod, 30 And felt the footsteps of the immortal god.
第 10 頁 - Atqui sic a summis hominibus eruditissimisque accepimus, ceterarum rerum studia et doctrina et praeceptis et arte constare, poe'tam natura ipsa valere et mentis viribus excitari et quasi divino quodam spiritu inflari.
第 31 頁 - The Sphinx, the famous monster born of Chimaera, and having the head of a woman, the wings of a bird, the body of a dog, and the paws of a lion ; and whose riddle, " What animal walks on four legs in the morning, on two at noon, and on three at night ? " so puzzled the Thebans, that King Creon offered his crown and his daughter Jocasta to any one who should solve it, and so free the land of the uncomfortable...