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الصفحة 55 - The highest virtue of the mind is to know God or to understand things by the third kind of knowledge, and this virtue is greater in proportion as the mind knows things more by the said kind of knowledge, consequently, he who knows things by this kind of knowledge passes to the summit of human perfection.
الصفحة 30 - parts, of diverse nature, which continually stand in need of fresh and varied nourishment, so that the whole body may be equally capable of performing all the actions, which follow from the necessity of its own nature; and, consequently, so that the mind may also be equally capable of understanding many things simultaneously.
الصفحة 15 - as belonging to the essence of a thing that, which being given, the thing is necessarily given also, and, which being removed, the thing is necessarily removed also; in other words that without which the thing, and which itself without the thing, can neither be nor be conceived.
الصفحة 60 - we possess is not sufficient to enable us to protect ourselves completely; remembering that we are a part of universal nature, and that we follow her order. If we have a clear and distinct understanding of this, that part of our nature which is defined by intelligence, in other words the better part of
الصفحة 40 - By idea, I mean the mental conception which is formed by the mind as a thinking thing. I say conception rather than perception, because the word perception, seems to imply that the mind is passive in respect to the object; whereas conception seems to express an activity of the mind.
الصفحة 60 - Human power is extremely limited, and is infinitely surpassed by the power of external causes; we have not, therefore, an absolute power of shaping to our use those things that are without us. Nevertheless, we shall bear with an equal mind all that happens to us in contravention to the claims of our
الصفحة 80 - Is scarcely at all disturbed in spirit, but being conscious of himself, and of God, and of things, by a certain eternal necessity, never ceases to be, but always possesses true acquiescence of his spirit.
الصفحة 53 - namely, to the category of Being, whereto absolutely all individuals in nature belong. Thus, in so far as we refer the individuals in nature to this category, and comparing them one with another find that some possess more of being or reality than others, we, to this extent, say that some are more perfect than others.
الصفحة 80 - carp at his fellows, or to revel in a false show of freedom. Whosoever will diligently observe and practice these precepts (which indeed are not difficult) will verily, in a short space of time, be able, for the most part, to direct his actions according to the commandments of reason.
الصفحة 85 - We see that no one pities an infant, because it cannot speak, walk, or reason, or lastly, because it passes so many years as it were, in unconsciousness. Whereas, if most people were born full-grown and only one here and there as an infant, everyone would pity the