Sketches of the History of Man, Volume 4A. Strahan and T. Cadell, London; and for William Creech, Edinburgh, 1788 |
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... benevolence , 48 5. Laws refpecting rewards and punish- ments , 52 6. Laws refpecting reparation , 66 7. Final caufes of the foregoing laws of nature , 78 respect to morality , Appendix , 8. Liberty and neceffity confidered with Upon ...
... benevolence , 48 5. Laws refpecting rewards and punish- ments , 52 6. Laws refpecting reparation , 66 7. Final caufes of the foregoing laws of nature , 78 respect to morality , Appendix , 8. Liberty and neceffity confidered with Upon ...
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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 felfilhness * . We " Many moralifts enter fo deeply into one pas- " 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 felfilhness * . We " Many moralifts enter fo deeply into one pas- " 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 reftraint comes firft in view , that which bars us from harming harming the innocent ; and to it corre- fponds a 32 B. III . SCIENCE S.
... benevolence is not a duty . This general sketch will prepare us for particulars . The duty of reftraint comes firft in view , that which bars us from harming harming the innocent ; and to it corre- fponds a 32 B. III . SCIENCE S.
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... Benevolence among o- ther blood - relations , is alfo a duty ; but not fo indifpenfable , being proportioned to the inferior degree of relation . Gratitude is a duty directed to our be- nefactors . But tho ' gratitude is strictly a duty ...
... Benevolence among o- ther blood - relations , is alfo a duty ; but not fo indifpenfable , being proportioned to the inferior degree of relation . Gratitude is a duty directed to our be- nefactors . But tho ' gratitude is strictly a duty ...
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