...in nature, supreme over all others, and which bears its own authority of being so.' — Sermon n. ' You cannot form a notion of this faculty, conscience, without taking in judgment, direction, superintendence' — Ib. ' Had it strength, as it has right ; had it power, as it has manifest authority,...

...superior, as, from its very nature, manifestly claiming superiority over all others, insomuch that you cannot form a notion of this faculty, conscience,...manifest authority, it would absolutely govern the world."—Butler. PRIDE. " Is there anything written concerning the Assyrian monarch in the tenth of...

...the eternal Law of Righteousness. The supremacy of conscience is, ,as Butler says in another passage, "a constituent part of the idea, that is, of the faculty...constitution of man, belongs to it. Had it strength as it had right, had it power as it had manifest authority, it would absolutely govern the world."1 Butler's...

...inflicted by conscience ? Conscience, says Butler, brings with it its own credentials ; the supremacy is ' a constituent part of the idea, that is, of the faculty itself ; '3 it is implied in the very meaning of the word duty. The conception of a self-evidencing power...

...objects. However weak the conscience may be in point of fact, G-od has stamped authority upon its brow ; " to preside and govern, from the very economy and constitution of man, belongs to it. Had it strength, as it had right ; had it power, as it had manifest authority, it would absolutely govern the world." Lord...

...the examination of the testimony yielded by that portion of his nature of which it has been said — "Had it strength as it has right ; had it power as...manifest authority, it would absolutely govern the world.1 Ethics, or the science of morals, presents three fundamental problems answering to the three...

...to them, " as from its very nature manifestly claiming superiority over all others ; insomuch that you cannot form a notion of this faculty, conscience,...very economy and constitution of man, belongs to it." 8 Butler's idea as to the nature of conscience is, as Mackintosh points out, somewhat vague ; and it...

...form a notion of this faculty, conscience, without taking in judgment, direction, superintend ency. This is a constituent part of the idea, that is, of...the very economy and constitution of man, belongs to it."3 Butler's idea as to the nature of conscience is, as Mackintosh points out, somewhat vague ; and...

...to them, " as from its very nature manifestly claiming superiority over all others ; insomuch that you cannot form a notion of this faculty, conscience, without taking in judgment, direction, superintend ency. This is a constituent part of the idea, that is, of the faculty itself; and to preside...

...and in nature, supreme over all others, and which bears its own authority of being so.'—Sermon n. ' You cannot form a notion of this faculty, conscience, without taking in judgment, direction, superintendency.'—Ib. ' Had it strength, as it has right; had it power, as it has manifest authority,...