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" No sooner are actions viewed, no sooner the human affections and passions discerned (and they are most of them as soon discerned as felt) than straight an inward eye distinguishes, and sees the fair and shapely, the amiable and admirable, apart from the... "
An answer to a late book [by M. Tindall] intituled, 'Christianity as old as ... - Page 116
by John Leland - 1740
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The Advantage and Necessity of the Christian Revelation Shewn from ..., Volume 2

John Leland - Christianity - 1819 - 422 pages
...another, and the government of their own affections and passions, how often have they been mistaken in their notions of the fair, the amiable, and admirable, apart from the foul and deformed, the odious and despicable ? The custom of exposing weak and helpless children, which,...
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The British and Foreign Evangelical Review, Volume 13

Theology - 1864 - 890 pages
...as soon discerned as felt), than straight an itnmrd eye distinguishes and sees the fair and shapely, the amiable and admirable, apart from the deformed, the foul, the odious, or the despicable." Though in all this advancing quite beyond the " Essay on the Human Understanding,"...
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Mental and Moral Science: A Compendium of Psychology and Ethics

Alexander Bain - Ethics - 1868 - 902 pages
...of them, as soon discerned as felt), than straight an inward eye distinguishes the fair and ihapely, the amiable and admirable, apart from the deformed, the foul, the odious, or the reflection in men, whereby they distinguish between, approve and disapprove, their own actions.'...
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The Scottish Philosophy: Biographical, Expository, Critical, from Hutcheson ...

James McCosh - Philosophy, Scottish - 1875 - 506 pages
...as soon discerned as felt), than straight an inward eye distinguishes and sees the fair and shapely, the amiable and admirable, apart from the deformed, the foul, the odious, or the despicable" Though in all this advancing quite beyond the "Essay on the Human Understanding,"...
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Shaftesbury and Hutcheson

Thomas Fowler - 1882 - 290 pages
...as soon discerned as felt) than straight an inward eye distinguishes, and sees the Fair and Shapely, the Amiable and Admirable, apart from the Deformed, the Foul, the Odious, or the Despicable. How is it possible therefore not to own that, as these distinctions have their foundation...
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The Principles of Morals, Part 2

John Matthias Wilson, Thomas Fowler - Ethics - 1887 - 428 pages
...as soon discerned as felt) than straight an inward eye distinguishes, and sees the Fair and Shapely, the Amiable and Admirable, apart from the Deformed, the Foul, the Odious, or the Despicable. How is it possible therefore not to own that, as these distinctions have their foundation...
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The Aesthetic Element in Morality and Its Place in a Utilitarian Theory of ...

Frank Chapman Sharp - Aesthetics - 1893 - 142 pages
...affections and passions discerned, than straight an inward eye distinguishes and sees the fair and shapely, the amiable and admirable, apart from the deformed, the foul, the odious, or the despicable".1 Effects! Results ! Let its total results be null and it still compels our homage...
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Francis Hutcheson: His Life, Teaching and Position in the History of Philosophy

William Robert Scott - 1900 - 324 pages
...as soon discerned as felt) than straight an inward eye distinguishes, and sees the fair and shapely, the amiable and admirable, apart from the deformed, the foul, the odious or the despicable 1 ." " Whoever has any impression of what we call gentility or politeness is already...
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Characteristics of Men, Manners, Opinions, Times, Etc, Volume 2

Anthony Ashley Cooper Earl of Shaftesbury - Characters and characteristics - 1900 - 396 pages
...as soon discerned as felt) than straight an inward eye distinguishes, and sees the fair and shapely, the amiable and admirable, apart from the deformed, the foul, the odious, or the despicable. How is it possible therefore not to own " that as these distinctions have their...
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Versuch über Alison's ästhetik, darstellung und kritik: ein beitrag zur ...

Constantin Fedeles - Aesthetics - 1911 - 88 pages
...der partizipierende innere Sinn in uns. „An inward eye distinguishes and sees the fair and shapely, the amiable and admirable apart from the deformed, the foul, the odious or the despicable."1) Der nächste Schluß ist dann freilich, daß die Kunst Nachahmung der Natur ist,...
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