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The moral instructor and guide to virtue : being a compendium of moral philosophy, in eight parts ... : designed for a national manual of moral science, in American seminaries of education, and private families / by Jesse Torrey, junr.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Torrey, Jesse, active 1787-1834.
- Series:
- Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926.
- Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ethics.
- Moral education.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (300 p. )
- Edition:
- 4th ed., rev.
- Other Title:
- Moral instructor and guide to virtue
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia : Printed and published by Kimber and Sharpless, 1824 [c1823] (Stereotyped by J. Howe)
- Contents:
- pt. 1. Original essays on the diffusion of knowledge, moral reformation, &c.
- Pt. 2. Epitome of the moral precepts of the Bible
- Pt. 3. Abridgment of the lives and moral discourses of Confucius and Socrates, and Seneca's Morals
- Pt. 4. Abridgment of the law of nature, and the economy of human life
- Pt. 5. Abridgment of Penn's Maxims, Paley's Moral philosophy, and Knigge's Art of conversing with men
- Pt. 6. Selections from Franklin's works
- Pt. 7. Miscellaneous articles
- Pt. 8. Pope's Essay on man, &c.
- Notes:
- Reproduction of the original from the American Antiquarian Society.
- Sabin no. 96289.
- Reproduction of original from The American Antiquarian Society.
- OCLC:
- 13
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