Principles of Moral and Political Science: Being Chiefly a Retrospect of Lectures Delivered in the College of Edinburgh, Volume 2A. Strahan and T. Cadell, London; and W. Creech, Edinburgh, 1792 - Ethics |
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... interest , or in the cause of their family , their friend , or their country . To the other animals , as well as to man , mere exercife is grate- ful ; and the efforts they are led to make for the preservation of life are , on this ...
... interest , or in the cause of their family , their friend , or their country . To the other animals , as well as to man , mere exercife is grate- ful ; and the efforts they are led to make for the preservation of life are , on this ...
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... interest ; and from thence arife many of the occafions on which he is em- ployed for himself , for his country , and his friend . The materials , which he strives to amafs for his own ufe , ferve him alfo as the means of beneficence to ...
... interest ; and from thence arife many of the occafions on which he is em- ployed for himself , for his country , and his friend . The materials , which he strives to amafs for his own ufe , ferve him alfo as the means of beneficence to ...
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... interest mutual to the parties concerned . The af- fection in which it confifts , and the confidence it inspires , confti- tute a principal source of security and pleasure . Over and above these operations of a benevolent affection ...
... interest mutual to the parties concerned . The af- fection in which it confifts , and the confidence it inspires , confti- tute a principal source of security and pleasure . Over and above these operations of a benevolent affection ...
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... interest or safety as an individual , to that of the community in which he is included . Interest is frequently fuppofed to be the ruling paffion of mankind ; yet this facrifice of interest and of life , to the objects of public ...
... interest or safety as an individual , to that of the community in which he is included . Interest is frequently fuppofed to be the ruling paffion of mankind ; yet this facrifice of interest and of life , to the objects of public ...
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... interest , or fafety . This , as we have formerly obferved , is the honeft man's integrity , and the gentleman's honour , which neither will forego to preserve his fortune or his life . It is the foldier's glory , which renders danger ...
... interest , or fafety . This , as we have formerly obferved , is the honeft man's integrity , and the gentleman's honour , which neither will forego to preserve his fortune or his life . It is the foldier's glory , which renders danger ...
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abuſe affume againſt alfo alſo animal becauſe beneficence benevolence beſt cafe cauſe CHAP circumſtances confider confideration confifts conftitutes convention courſe defect defire deſtined difpofed difpofition diſtinction diſtinguiſh effect effential employed enjoyment Epictetus eſtabliſhed eſteem eſtimation evil excellence exerciſe exertions exiſtence exprefs external fafe fafety fame fecure feem fellow creatures fenfe fentiment ferve fervice fhould firſt fituation fociety folly fome fometimes fortitude fortune fource fpecies ftate fubject fuch fuffering fufficient fuperior fupply fuppofed fupport goodneſs happineſs happy higheſt himſelf human inftances intereſt itſelf juſt juſtice labour leaſt lefs leſs magiftrate malice mankind means meaſure mifery mind miſtake moral moſt muſt nations nature neceffary neceffity neceſſary numbers obferved object obligation occafion paffion parties perfon pleaſure poffeffion poffefs prefent preferve principle proper puniſhment purpoſe purſuits queſtion reafon refpect reſtrain SECT ſome ſpecific ſtandard ſtate ſuch ſuppoſed thefe themſelves theſe things thofe thoſe tion uſe virtue wiſdom
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Page 391 - If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of thine hand, O king. But if not, be it known unto thee, O king, that we will not serve thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up.
Page 349 - This pencil take (she said), whose colours clear Richly paint the vernal year : Thine too these golden keys, immortal boy ! This can unlock the gates of joy ; Of horror that, and thrilling fears, Or ope the sacred source of sympathetic tears.
Page 262 - If man were to live in a state of nature, unconnected with other individuals, there would be no occasion for any other laws than the law of nature, and the law of God.
Page 94 - T'HAT the mind of man is never satisfied with the objects •*• immediately before it, but is always breaking away from the present moment, and losing itself in schemes of future felicity; and that we forget the proper use of the time now in our power, to provide for the enjoyment of that which, perhaps, may never be granted us...
Page 423 - ... whole accommodations of human life, may, under the facilities of commerce, find a market in which it may be exchanged for what will procure any other part, or the whole: so that the owner of the clay-pit, or the industrious potter, without producing any one article immediately fit to supply his own necessities, may obtain the possession of all that he wants.
Page 131 - Nous-mêmes, à ne considérer que la partie matérielle de notre être, nous ne sommes au-dessus des animaux que par quelques rapports de plus, tels que ceux que nous donnent la langue et la main; et quoique les ouvrages du Créateur soient en...
Page 76 - The reputation of virtue, like celebrity in any other way, may engage men in competition and rivalfhip ; but virtue itfelf is promoted by the prevalence of virtue in the world. The lamp of wifdom is lighted by communication with the wife ; and benevolence is infpired in the fociety of the benevolent. Fortitude and temperance gain ftrength by example. Whoever can reft upon thefe qualities of...
Page 469 - RIGHT TO ANY ONE, although TO HAVE GOVERNMENT, and this purged of every person incapable or unworthy of the trust, IS MATTER OF EXPEDIENCE TO EVERY ONE," Conceiving government to be intended for the general advantage, he, on the one hand, reprobated the old system of France, as framed, or rather jumbled together, in such a manner as to degrade human...
Page 357 - ... to fill this station and give out for all men the hymn to god ? For what else can I, a lame, old man, do, but sing hymns to god? If I were a nightingale, I would act the part of a nightingale, if a swan, the part of a swan. But since I am a reasonable creature, it is my duty to praise god, this is my business.
Page 349 - This pencil take (fhe faid) whofe colours clear Richly paint the vernal year : Thine too thefe golden keys, immortal boy ! This can unlock the gates of Joy ; Of Horror that, and thrilling Fears, Or ope the facred fource of fympathetic Tears. III. 2. Nor fecond he f , that rode fublime Upon the feraph-wings of Extafy, The fecrets of th