Sketches of the History of Man, Volumen4A. Strahan and T. Cadell, London; and for William Creech, Edinburgh, 1788 |
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... fhould be the best understood ; because e- very man has daily opportunities to study it , in his own paffions and in his own ac- tions . But human nature , an interesting fubject , is feldom left to the investigation of philofophy ...
... fhould be the best understood ; because e- very man has daily opportunities to study it , in his own paffions and in his own ac- tions . But human nature , an interesting fubject , is feldom left to the investigation of philofophy ...
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... fhould be confined to his relations , his * Virtue fignifies that difpofition of mind which gives the afcendant to moral principles . Vice fig- nifies that difpofition of mind which gives little or no afcendant to moral principles ...
... fhould be confined to his relations , his * Virtue fignifies that difpofition of mind which gives the afcendant to moral principles . Vice fig- nifies that difpofition of mind which gives little or no afcendant to moral principles ...
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... fhould be the moft cogent of all that belong to our na- ture . Other principles may folicit , allure , or terrify ; but the principle of duty af- fumes authority , commands , and infists VOL . IV . Ꮐ to 1 to be obey'd , without giving ...
... fhould be the moft cogent of all that belong to our na- ture . Other principles may folicit , allure , or terrify ; but the principle of duty af- fumes authority , commands , and infists VOL . IV . Ꮐ to 1 to be obey'd , without giving ...
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... fhould not re- ftrain a man from profecuting his con- cerns , which may often be of confequence to him ; provided that he act with due precaution . He proceeds accordingly with a fafe confcience , and is not afraid of be- ing blamed ...
... fhould not re- ftrain a man from profecuting his con- cerns , which may often be of confequence to him ; provided that he act with due precaution . He proceeds accordingly with a fafe confcience , and is not afraid of be- ing blamed ...
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... fhould renounce the fociety of men , and affociate with more harmless animals . Thirdly , The true moral fyftem , that which is difplay'd above , is not only bet- ter fuited to the nature of man and to his limited capacity , but ...
... fhould renounce the fociety of men , and affociate with more harmless animals . Thirdly , The true moral fyftem , that which is difplay'd above , is not only bet- ter fuited to the nature of man and to his limited capacity , but ...
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