 | Joseph Butler (bp. of Durham.) - 1857 - 514 pages
...or to beget in others that practical fenfe of it, which a man really has himfelf, is a virtuous adt. All thefe, therefore, may and will contribute towards...in one's thoughts, talking well, and drawing fine pidtures, of it ; this is fo far from neceflarily or certainly conducing to form an habit of it, in... | |
 | Sir Rutherford Alcock - 1857 - 312 pages
...himfelf againft religious impreflions. To ufe the words of the acute and judicious Bifhop Butler, ' going over the theory of virtue in one's thoughts,...talking well, and drawing fine pictures of it, this is fb far from neceflarily or certainly conducing to the habit of it, in him who thus employs himfelf,... | |
 | William Adams - 1857 - 380 pages
...in others that practical sense of it which a man really has himself, is a virtuous act. All these, therefore, may and will contribute towards forming...habits." " But going over the theory of virtue in ones thoughts, talking well, and drawing fine pictures of it, this is so far from necessarily or certainly... | |
 | Christian - 1858 - 216 pages
...obedience, of veracity, justice, and charity .... Resolutions to do well are properly acts .... All these, therefore, may and will contribute towards forming...talking well, and drawing fine pictures of it ; this is so far from necessarily or certainly conducing to form a habit of it in him who thus employs himself,... | |
 | Richard Whately - 1859 - 284 pages
...worse than useless, if not brought into practice in our life. To use the words of Bishop Butler, — " going over the theory of virtue in one's thoughts,...talking well, and drawing fine pictures of it, this is so far from necessarily or naturally forming a virtuous habit, that it may even harden the mind in... | |
 | Joseph Butler - 1859 - 240 pages
...strengthened by repeated acts; not so with passive impressions—they grow weaker by being repeated ; so that going over the theory of virtue in one's thoughts, talking well, and drawing fine pictures, in place of forming a habit of virtue, may form a habit of insensibility to all moral considerations.... | |
 | Richard Whately - 1861 - 372 pages
...citing) of the last unpublished Charge I had occasion to deliver. " -' Going over,' says Bishop Butler, ' the theory of virtue in one's thoughts, talking well, and drawing fine pictures of it; —this is so far from necessarily or certainly conducing to form a habit of it in him who thus employs himself,... | |
 | Book, H. A. - 1865 - 184 pages
...whether we may not possibly forsake them with impunity. BISHOP BUTLER. EXCESSIVE THEORISING ABOUT VIRTUE. Going over the theory of virtue in one's thoughts,...talking well and drawing fine pictures of it ; this is so far from necessarily or certainly conducing to form a habit of it in him who thus employs himself,... | |
 | Frederick Arnold - 1866 - 494 pages
...incapacitating us for their discharge. According to that locus classicus in Bishop Butler's Sermons : " Going over the theory of virtue in one's thoughts, talking well, and drawing fine pictures ot it, — this is so far from necessarily or certainly conducing to form a habit of it in him who... | |
 | Joseph Butler - 1867 - 350 pages
...in others that practical sense of it which a man really has himself, is a virtuous act. All these, therefore, may and will contribute towards forming...talking well, and drawing fine pictures of it, this is so far from necessarily or certainly conducing to form a habit of it in him who thus employs himsulf,... | |
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But going over the theory of virtue in one's thoughts, talking well, and drawing fine pictures, of it; this is so far from necessarily or certainly conducing to form a habit of it, in him who thus employs himself, that it may harden the mind in a contrary... 
