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... benevolence , 48 5. Laws refpecting rewards and punish- ments , 6. Laws refpecting reparation , 7. Final caufes of the foregoing laws of nature , 8. Liberty and neceffity confidered with respect to morality , Appendix , Upon chance and ...
... benevolence , 48 5. Laws refpecting rewards and punish- ments , 6. Laws refpecting reparation , 7. Final caufes of the foregoing laws of nature , 8. Liberty and neceffity confidered with respect to morality , Appendix , Upon chance and ...
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... benevolent being , and that every man ought to direct his conduct for the good of all , without regarding himself but as one of the number ( a ) . Thofe of a cold temperament and contracted mind , hold him to be an animal entirely ...
... benevolent being , and that every man ought to direct his conduct for the good of all , without regarding himself but as one of the number ( a ) . Thofe of a cold temperament and contracted mind , hold him to be an animal entirely ...
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... benevolence , is no lefs contradictory to experience ; * Whatever wiredrawn arguments may be urged for the felfish fyftem , as if benevolence were but re- fined selfishness , the emptinefs of fuch arguments will clearly appear when ...
... benevolence , is no lefs contradictory to experience ; * Whatever wiredrawn arguments may be urged for the felfish fyftem , as if benevolence were but re- fined selfishness , the emptinefs of fuch arguments will clearly appear when ...
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... benevolence would be more hurtful to fociety , than e- ven abfolute felfishness * . We " Many moralifts enter fo deeply into one paf- " fion or bias of human nature , that , to use the " painter's phrafe , they quite overcharge it ...
... benevolence would be more hurtful to fociety , than e- ven abfolute felfishness * . We " Many moralifts enter fo deeply into one paf- " fion or bias of human nature , that , to use the " painter's phrafe , they quite overcharge it ...
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... benevolence is not a duty . This general sketch will prepare us for particulars . The duty of restraint comes first in view , that which bars us from harming harming the innocent ; and to it corre- fponds a 32 B. III . SCIENCES .
... benevolence is not a duty . This general sketch will prepare us for particulars . The duty of restraint comes first in view , that which bars us from harming harming the innocent ; and to it corre- fponds a 32 B. III . SCIENCES .
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Page 404 - Is not this the fast that I have chosen? to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke ? Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him ; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh?
Page 26 - ... and what we ought to do and what we ought not to do, whoever came into the world without having an innate idea of them?
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Page 346 - At the end of all this ceremonial a number of unmarried ladies appeared, who, with particular solemnity, lifted the meat off the, table, and conveyed it into the queen's inner and more private chamber, where, after she had chosen for herself, the rest goes to the ladies of the court.
Page 430 - Let us therefore follow after the things which make for peace, and things wherewith one may edify another.
Page 345 - A gentleman entered the room bearing a rod, and along with him another, who had a table-cloth, which, after they had both kneeled three times with the utmost veneration, he spread upon the table, and after kneeling again they both retired. Then came two others, one with the rod again, the other with a...
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Page 404 - I have chofen, to loofe the bands of wickednefs, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppreffed go free, and that ye break every yoke ? Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor, that are caft out, to thy houfe ; when thou feeft the naked that thou cover him, Revealed Religion. 31 him, and that thou hide not thyfelf from thine own flefh...