 | Joseph Butler (bp. of Durham.) - 1838 - 616 pages
...that opposition or hurt, does not, in many cases, so much as come into thought. The reason and end for which man was made thus liable to this passion,...force, violence, and opposition, considered merely as * Ephes. iv. 26. such, and without regard to the fault or demerit of him who is the author of them.... | |
 | 1876 - 1022 pages
...The reason and the end," says Butler, " for which man was made liable to the passion of sudden anger is, that he might be better qualified to prevent,...violence, and opposition, considered merely as such. It stands in <mr nature for self-defence, and not for the administration of justice. Deliberate anger,... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - 1883 - 430 pages
...deliberate anger :— "The reason and the end for which man was made liable to the passion of sudden anger is, that he might be better qualified to prevent,...violence, and opposition, considered merely as such. It stands in our nature for self- defence, and not for the administration of justice. Deliberate anger,... | |
 | Joseph Butler - 1896 - 488 pages
...much as come into thought. $ 7. But often the only defence against destruction. The reason and end, for which man was made thus liable to this passion, is, that he might be better i qualified to prevent, and likewise (or perhaps chiefly) to resist and defeat, sudden force, violence,... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - 1904 - 472 pages
...deliberate anger : — The reason and the end for which man was made liable to the passion of sudden anger is, that he might be better qualified to prevent,...violence, and opposition, considered merely as such. It stands in our nature for self-defence, and not for the administration of justice. Deliberate anger,... | |
 | Thomas Marshall - 1909 - 612 pages
...luenda guarní justa repetenda erit." " The reason and end," says Butler,1* " for which man was made liable to this passion is that he might be better qualified to prevent and likewise, and perhaps chiefly, to resist and defeat sudden force, violence, and opposition considered merely... | |
 | L. Gregory Jones - 1995 - 338 pages
...Injuries."'9 Butler indicates that resentment is important because this "natural passion" might enable us to be "better qualified to prevent, and likewise (or...to the fault or demerit of him who is the author of them."4" However, if resentment is not to ossify into hatred and desires for revenge, it must be contextualized... | |
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The reason and end for which man was made thus liable to this passion, is, that he might be better qualified to prevent, and likewise (or perhaps chiefly) to resist and defeat sudden force, violence, and opposition, considered merely as * Ephes. iv. 26.... 