Literary Remains of the Late William Hazlitt. With a Notice of His Life, by His Son, and Thoughts on His Genius and Writings by E. L. Bulwer, Esq., M.P. and Mr Sergeant Talfourd, M.P.Saunders and Ottey, 1836 |
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... mind . A few examples will show that this censure is well- founded . " What , " says this author in the be- ginning of his view of the question , " what is the human understanding ? It is the assemblage of his ideas . To what sort of ...
... mind . A few examples will show that this censure is well- founded . " What , " says this author in the be- ginning of his view of the question , " what is the human understanding ? It is the assemblage of his ideas . To what sort of ...
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... a benevolent principle in the mind is founded either on a play of words , or an arbitrary substitution of one feeling for another . He has confounded , and does not even seem to have been aware of the distinction between ON SELF - love . 7.
... a benevolent principle in the mind is founded either on a play of words , or an arbitrary substitution of one feeling for another . He has confounded , and does not even seem to have been aware of the distinction between ON SELF - love . 7.
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... mind may have in the pursuit of any object either relating to ourselves or others . He sometimes evidently considers the former of these , that is , a deliberating , calculating , conscious selfishness , as the only rational principle ...
... mind may have in the pursuit of any object either relating to ourselves or others . He sometimes evidently considers the former of these , that is , a deliberating , calculating , conscious selfishness , as the only rational principle ...
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... mind , even the most heroical and disinterested . But the moment these instances are out of sight and the evasion is no longer necessary , this expansive principle shrinks into its own natural littleness again ; and excludes all regard ...
... mind , even the most heroical and disinterested . But the moment these instances are out of sight and the evasion is no longer necessary , this expansive principle shrinks into its own natural littleness again ; and excludes all regard ...
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... mind , except from their con- nexion with physical impressions , memory , habit , self - interest , or some other motive , quite dis- tinct from the ideas themselves . But I have already shown that without the co - operation of rational ...
... mind , except from their con- nexion with physical impressions , memory , habit , self - interest , or some other motive , quite dis- tinct from the ideas themselves . But I have already shown that without the co - operation of rational ...
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