The Elements of Moral Philosophy ...R. and J. Dodsley, 1754 - 312 psl. |
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... juft Reasonings deduced from thence . Natural Natural . Philofophy inveftigates the Pro- perties and Operations of Body or Matter . Moral Philofophy Moral . contemplates Human Nature , its Moral Powers and Connections , and from thefe ...
... juft Reasonings deduced from thence . Natural Natural . Philofophy inveftigates the Pro- perties and Operations of Body or Matter . Moral Philofophy Moral . contemplates Human Nature , its Moral Powers and Connections , and from thefe ...
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... Juft , or pronounced the Contrary . For to that Experience , and to that Know- ledge , and to these alone , the Designer ap- peals . This is the first Step then to discover the Duty and Deftination of Man , the hav- ing analyzed the ...
... Juft , or pronounced the Contrary . For to that Experience , and to that Know- ledge , and to these alone , the Designer ap- peals . This is the first Step then to discover the Duty and Deftination of Man , the hav- ing analyzed the ...
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... juft Action . If it want the Force requifite for the obtaining its End , we call it defective ; if it has too much , fo as to be carried beyond it , we fay it is over- charged ; and in either Cafe it is imperfect , and ill - contrived ...
... juft Action . If it want the Force requifite for the obtaining its End , we call it defective ; if it has too much , fo as to be carried beyond it , we fay it is over- charged ; and in either Cafe it is imperfect , and ill - contrived ...
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... juft Tone of Nature . Thus Vanity , or an exceffive Passion for Ap- plaufe , betrays into fuch Meanneffes and fuch little Arts of Popularity , as makes us forfeit the Honour we fo anxiously court . On the other hand , a total Indif ...
... juft Tone of Nature . Thus Vanity , or an exceffive Passion for Ap- plaufe , betrays into fuch Meanneffes and fuch little Arts of Popularity , as makes us forfeit the Honour we fo anxiously court . On the other hand , a total Indif ...
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... juft Proportion and Har- mony of its feveral Powers ; therefore , " the VIRTUE of a Creature endow'd " with fuch Affections as Man , muft con- " fift in obferving , or acting agreeably to " their natural Pitch and Tenour . " . Let this ...
... juft Proportion and Har- mony of its feveral Powers ; therefore , " the VIRTUE of a Creature endow'd " with fuch Affections as Man , muft con- " fift in obferving , or acting agreeably to " their natural Pitch and Tenour . " . Let this ...
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Action Affections againſt agreeable approve arife Beauty becauſe beft beſt Buſineſs Cafe Cauſe Character cifes Circumftances Conduct Confcience Confequences confidered confifts Conftitution Connection Courſe Creature DAVID FORDYCE Defign Defires Deity Difpofitions diftinct Divine Duties Efteem Enjoyment eſpecially Exercife fame fections fecure feel feems felf felves fenfible ferve feveral fhall fhould fions firſt fome fore formed Friendſhip ftrong fubject fuch fuppofe fure greateſt guife Happineſs higheſt himſelf Honour human Ideas Intereft itſelf juft juſt kind Laws leaſt lefs Love Mankind Meaſure ment Mifery Mind moft Moral Obligation moſt muft muſt Nature neceffary nefs obferve Objects Oeconomy one's oppofite Order ourſelves Parents Perfection perfonal Pleaſure pofition Power prefent Principles Private Paffions Proportion purſue Purſuit racter raiſe Reaſon refined refpective reft refult rience Senfe Senſe Social Society Syftem Tafte Temper thefe themſelves theſe Things thofe thoſe tion ture underſtand univerfal uſeful Virtue virtuous Wants Wiſdom
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