Southern Quarterly Review, Volume 11Daniel Kimball Whitaker, Milton Clapp, William Gilmore Simms, James Henley Thornwell Wiley & Putnam, 1847 |
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... respect to the things it views or considers ; either is inclined to them , or is disinclined or averse from them . This faculty is called by various names ; it is sometimes called inclination , and as it has respect to the actions ...
... respect to the things it views or considers ; either is inclined to them , or is disinclined or averse from them . This faculty is called by various names ; it is sometimes called inclination , and as it has respect to the actions ...
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He saw that man was a necessary agent ; that his actions were as his perceptions of the greatest apparent good , but was afraid to avow his conviction , lest it should effect accountability for crime . His fears were without foundation ...
He saw that man was a necessary agent ; that his actions were as his perceptions of the greatest apparent good , but was afraid to avow his conviction , lest it should effect accountability for crime . His fears were without foundation ...
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“ We find in ourselves a power to begin or forbear , continue or end several actions of our minds and motions of our bodies , barely by a thought or preference of the mind . - A power in any agent to do or forbear any particular action ...
“ We find in ourselves a power to begin or forbear , continue or end several actions of our minds and motions of our bodies , barely by a thought or preference of the mind . - A power in any agent to do or forbear any particular action ...
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ling , but some action in our power , it is there the will terminates and reaches no farther . - It is not a fault , bnt a perfection in our nature , to desire , will , and act , according to the last result of a fair examination.
ling , but some action in our power , it is there the will terminates and reaches no farther . - It is not a fault , bnt a perfection in our nature , to desire , will , and act , according to the last result of a fair examination.
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Drs . Brown , Payne and Young , deny to the mind any such process as volition , and insist that all actions spring direc : ly from desires , implanted by nature in the constitution of man . Dr. Clarke is of opinion , what the last ...
Drs . Brown , Payne and Young , deny to the mind any such process as volition , and insist that all actions spring direc : ly from desires , implanted by nature in the constitution of man . Dr. Clarke is of opinion , what the last ...
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| Title | Southern Quarterly Review, Volume 11 |
| Editors | Daniel Kimball Whitaker, Milton Clapp, William Gilmore Simms, James Henley Thornwell |
| Publisher | Wiley & Putnam, 1847 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 13 Mar 2007 |
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