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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... tion in which he is placed . Our information is to be collected from his experience of what is agreeable or difagreeable to him , and the refult will amount to a choice of that , on which he is chief- ly to rely for his happiness , and ...
... tion in which he is placed . Our information is to be collected from his experience of what is agreeable or difagreeable to him , and the refult will amount to a choice of that , on which he is chief- ly to rely for his happiness , and ...
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... tion , there is a prefent restraint from what would be painful in SECT . II . the future ; and a prefent direction to what may contribute to future enjoyment , as well as fafety : And there is a fufficient reward for the performance of ...
... tion , there is a prefent restraint from what would be painful in SECT . II . the future ; and a prefent direction to what may contribute to future enjoyment , as well as fafety : And there is a fufficient reward for the performance of ...
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... tion of hope is the expectation of fome good that is future , and therefore probably in fome degree an occafion of fear alfo . Grief has reference to fome evil endured ; fear , to an evil apprehended . Either is a painful state of the ...
... tion of hope is the expectation of fome good that is future , and therefore probably in fome degree an occafion of fear alfo . Grief has reference to fome evil endured ; fear , to an evil apprehended . Either is a painful state of the ...
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... yet more comprehenfive . The collective body of men in a country or na- tion is , to its own members , an object of the most ardent affection . While SECT . II . While the citizen reveres the inftitutions 18 PRINCIPLES OF MORAL.
... yet more comprehenfive . The collective body of men in a country or na- tion is , to its own members , an object of the most ardent affection . While SECT . II . While the citizen reveres the inftitutions 18 PRINCIPLES OF MORAL.
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... tion of parts , whether fimultaneous or fucceffive , for the attainment of a beneficent purpose . Mere matter , though perceivable by fenfe , is in itself indifferent to any affection of the mind , except fo far as fome object of a ...
... tion of parts , whether fimultaneous or fucceffive , for the attainment of a beneficent purpose . Mere matter , though perceivable by fenfe , is in itself indifferent to any affection of the mind , except fo far as fome object of a ...
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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