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... passions and the exaggerated assumptions concerning man's rationality which they attributed to the Stoics can be seen in numerous places in their writings.21 The passions , they insisted with Aristotle , are neither good nor evil in ...
... passions and the exaggerated assumptions concerning man's rationality which they attributed to the Stoics can be seen in numerous places in their writings.21 The passions , they insisted with Aristotle , are neither good nor evil in ...
Page 72
... passions out of humane Nature . ... The Design ... is , First , impossible ; Secondly , it would be preju- dicial thereunto , were it feisible ; for these when duly regulated , become the subject matter of moral Vertue , and also add ...
... passions out of humane Nature . ... The Design ... is , First , impossible ; Secondly , it would be preju- dicial thereunto , were it feisible ; for these when duly regulated , become the subject matter of moral Vertue , and also add ...
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... passions , their actions could have neither merit nor demerit . " Booth , to be sure , despises Mande- ville's perverse account of the passions , and believes heartily in benevolence ; but he says of his friend Colonel James : " The ...
... passions , their actions could have neither merit nor demerit . " Booth , to be sure , despises Mande- ville's perverse account of the passions , and believes heartily in benevolence ; but he says of his friend Colonel James : " The ...
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The Beggars Opera | 14 |
The Authenticity of Anna Sewards Published Correspondence | 50 |
The Nature of Dr Johnsons Rationalism 888 | 88 |
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