History of English Thought in the Eighteenth Century, Volumen2Smith, Elder & Company, 1876 - 935 páginas |
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... admits that ' some degree of pleasure is inseparable from the observation of virtuous actions ; ' but he seems to hold that this is a merely sub- sidiary , and so to speak illusory , phenomenon . It would be as unreasonable to infer ...
... admits that ' some degree of pleasure is inseparable from the observation of virtuous actions ; ' but he seems to hold that this is a merely sub- sidiary , and so to speak illusory , phenomenon . It would be as unreasonable to infer ...
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... admitting that they may be developed in excess . The love of humanity must be the ruling passion . To the objection that ... Admit that a ' virtuoso ' is the ideal man , and who is to decide between the virtuosoes ? Is the stan- dard of ...
... admitting that they may be developed in excess . The love of humanity must be the ruling passion . To the objection that ... Admit that a ' virtuoso ' is the ideal man , and who is to decide between the virtuosoes ? Is the stan- dard of ...
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... admits , has an awkward sound ; but had he been writing for people who could not read between the lines , he would have explained in good set terms that he only meant to argue that ' every want was an evil ; that on the multiplicity of ...
... admits , has an awkward sound ; but had he been writing for people who could not read between the lines , he would have explained in good set terms that he only meant to argue that ' every want was an evil ; that on the multiplicity of ...
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... admitting , with the divine , that the pursuit of wealth is intrinsically vicious , and by arguing , with the economist , that it is essential to civilisation . Luxury , he says emphatically , should include everything that is not ...
... admitting , with the divine , that the pursuit of wealth is intrinsically vicious , and by arguing , with the economist , that it is essential to civilisation . Luxury , he says emphatically , should include everything that is not ...
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... admit the existence of a moral sense ; with Mandeville we may admit that it is not an ultimate and irresoluble instinct . The theory that virtue is divine recognises the transcendent importance and the independent force of the virtuous ...
... admit the existence of a moral sense ; with Mandeville we may admit that it is not an ultimate and irresoluble instinct . The theory that virtue is divine recognises the transcendent importance and the independent force of the virtuous ...
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Página 26 - From harmony, from heavenly harmony This universal frame began : From harmony to harmony Through all the compass of the notes it ran, The diapason closing full in Man.
Página 190 - I authorise and give up my right of governing myself to this man, or to this assembly of men, on this condition, that thou give up thy right to him, and authorize all his actions in like manner.
Página 189 - ... from his loins), a man capable of placing in review, after having brought together, from the east, the west, the north, and the south, from the coarseness of the rudest barbarism to the most refined and subtle civilization, all the schemes of government which had ever prevailed amongst mankind...
Página 87 - Tis not contrary to reason to prefer the destruction of the whole world to the scratching of my finger.
Página 88 - Reason is, and ought only to be, the slave of the passions, and can never pretend to any other office than to serve and obey them.
Página 149 - I take to be a voluntary society of men, joining themselves together of their own accord, in order to the public worshipping of God, in such a manner as they judge acceptable to him, and effectual to the salvation of their souls.
Página 226 - I may assume, that the awful Author of our Being is the Author of our place in the order of existence; and that having disposed and marshalled us by a divine tactic, not according to our will, but according to His...
Página 248 - The nature of man is intricate; the objects of society are of the greatest possible complexity ; and therefore no simple disposition or direction of power can be suitable either to man's nature, or to the quality of his affairs.
Página 302 - To found a great empire for the sole purpose of raising up a people of customers, may at first sight appear a project fit only for a nation of shopkeepers.
Página 236 - The king's domestic servants were all undone, his tradesmen remained unpaid and became bankrupt — because the turnspit of the king's kitchen was a member of Parliament.