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He doctrine of a moral Providence , says this author , is the dictate of revelation ,
and not the result of rational investigation . That faculty , which enables man to
trace out the Almighty by thinking , is insufficient to the discovery of a moral ...
He doctrine of a moral Providence , says this author , is the dictate of revelation ,
and not the result of rational investigation . That faculty , which enables man to
trace out the Almighty by thinking , is insufficient to the discovery of a moral ...
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On this ground rests its superiority over all human systems ; and on this ground ,
morally and politically speaking , it ... We allow , with him , that the belief of a
moral Providence , whencesoever it was derived , very generally prevailed .
On this ground rests its superiority over all human systems ; and on this ground ,
morally and politically speaking , it ... We allow , with him , that the belief of a
moral Providence , whencesoever it was derived , very generally prevailed .
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... and of every other principle moulded into the com . position of physical and
moral nature ) that it is its tendency to This ... determines us to distinguish it as
virtue ; that because the final cause of moral distinction is utility , that utility must
be its ...
... and of every other principle moulded into the com . position of physical and
moral nature ) that it is its tendency to This ... determines us to distinguish it as
virtue ; that because the final cause of moral distinction is utility , that utility must
be its ...
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Our moral sentiments , he remarks , are original principles of action . Hence we
do not merely believe an action to be of a certain description called moral or
immoral , we approve or disapprove it as such ; and this sentiment of approbation
or ...
Our moral sentiments , he remarks , are original principles of action . Hence we
do not merely believe an action to be of a certain description called moral or
immoral , we approve or disapprove it as such ; and this sentiment of approbation
or ...
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MONTHLY CATALOGUE , For JULY , 1799 . NOVELS . Charite & Polydorus , a
Romance . Translated from the French of the Abbé Barthélémy . 12mo . 25.
sewed . Dilly . Art . 13. Carite & Polydorus ; to which is prefixed a Treatise on
Morals .
MONTHLY CATALOGUE , For JULY , 1799 . NOVELS . Charite & Polydorus , a
Romance . Translated from the French of the Abbé Barthélémy . 12mo . 25.
sewed . Dilly . Art . 13. Carite & Polydorus ; to which is prefixed a Treatise on
Morals .
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