Principles of Moral and Political Science: Being Chiefly a Retrospect of Lectures Delivered in the College of EdinburghW. Creech, 1792 |
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... fociety in human nature . SECT . IV . Of the intercourfe or communciation of animals and the language of man . SECT . V. Of man's distinction among the animals . 26 37 48 CHA P. II . Of Mind or the Characteristics of Intelligence . SECT ...
... fociety in human nature . SECT . IV . Of the intercourfe or communciation of animals and the language of man . SECT . V. Of man's distinction among the animals . 26 37 48 CHA P. II . Of Mind or the Characteristics of Intelligence . SECT ...
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... fociety of men . To have an object or purpose , and to employ means for the at- tainment of it , is the distinctive condition of Mind or Intelligent Being . The first implies Will and Choice : The second implies Energy and Power . For ...
... fociety of men . To have an object or purpose , and to employ means for the at- tainment of it , is the distinctive condition of Mind or Intelligent Being . The first implies Will and Choice : The second implies Energy and Power . For ...
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... fociety ; which is appropriated to the different orders of beasts , birds , in- fects , or fishes , and never , but by a species of figure , transferred from one to another . Among thefe , the termn fociety is appro- priated to fome ...
... fociety ; which is appropriated to the different orders of beasts , birds , in- fects , or fishes , and never , but by a species of figure , transferred from one to another . Among thefe , the termn fociety is appro- priated to fome ...
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... fociety ; and , in fociety , there is a distribution of parts , and a co - operation of many , to fome common purpose or end . That 1 * Ζων Αγίλαιον και Πολιτικον . PART I. СНАР . І. SECT . II . That AND POLITICAL SCIENCE . 21.
... fociety ; and , in fociety , there is a distribution of parts , and a co - operation of many , to fome common purpose or end . That 1 * Ζων Αγίλαιον και Πολιτικον . PART I. СНАР . І. SECT . II . That AND POLITICAL SCIENCE . 21.
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... fociety , and often feem- ingly at peace , yet every where retains the marks of a condition originally different , if not the reverse ; else , why , in the most pa- cific focieties , does the citizen think it necessary to fence in , or ...
... fociety , and often feem- ingly at peace , yet every where retains the marks of a condition originally different , if not the reverse ; else , why , in the most pa- cific focieties , does the citizen think it necessary to fence in , or ...
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