 But whatsoever is the object of any man's appetite or desire, that is it which he for his part calleth good: and the object of his hate and aversion, evil . and of his contempt, vile and inconsiderable. For these words of good, evil, and contemptible,...  The History of Moral Science - Page 59by Robert Blakey - 1833Full view - About this book
 | Philosophy - 1978 - 938 pages
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 | 1887 - 610 pages
...of his contempt, vile and inconsiderable. For these words of good, evil, and contemptible are ever used with relation to the person that useth them :...taken from the nature of the objects themselves.' The solution of the moral problem is so astounding in its simplicity that it almost takes away one's... | |
 | Methodist Church - 1879 - 822 pages
...pupil, may well declare that there is no good or evil, except in relation to the person affected ; " there being nothing simply and absolutely so; nor...of the objects themselves, but from the person of man, where there is no commonwealth, or, in the commonwealth, from the person that representeth it,... | |
 | Thomas Hobbes - Philosophy, English - 1839 - 766 pages
...contempt, vile and inconsiderable. Evil. For these words of good, evil, and contemptible, are ever used with relation to the person that useth them :...commonwealth, from the person that representeth it ; or from an arbitrator or judge, whom men disagreeing shall by consent set up, and make his sentence the... | |
 | Thomas Hobbes - Philosophy - 1839 - 744 pages
...his contempt, vile and inconsiderable, EYU. For these words of good, evil, and contemptible, are ever used with relation to the person that useth them :...commonwealth ; or, in a commonwealth, from the person that represeuteth it ; or from an arbitrator or judge, whom men disagreeing shall by consent set up, and... | |
 | Henry Hallam - Europe - 1839 - 718 pages
...words of good, evil and contemptible are CHAP ever used with relation to the person using them ; 1_ there being nothing simply and absolutely so ; nor...commonwealth, or in a commonwealth from the person that represents us, or from an arbitrator or judge, whom men disagreeing shall by consent set up, and make... | |
 | Thomas Hobbes - Philosophy, English - 1839 - 766 pages
...his contempt, vile and inconsiderable. EvU. For these words of good, evil, and contemptible, are ever used with relation to the person that useth them : there being nothing simply and absolutely a so ; nor any common rule of good and evil, to be taken from the nature of the objects themselves... | |
 | Henry Hallam - Europe - 1839 - 810 pages
...inconsiderable. For these words of good, evil and contemptible are ever used with relation to the person using them ; there being nothing simply and absolutely so; nor any common rule of good and («)Lev.c.9. (i) Id. Lev. c. 11. (*) Hum. Nat. c. 7. (rf) Hum. Nat. c. 8. evil, to be taken from the... | |
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