The Principles of Moral and Political PhilosophyJohn West, 1801 - 492 páginas |
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Página ix
... thing more than ornament they can make no claim . To propose them as serious arguments ; gravely to attempt to estab- lifh or fortify a moral duty by the testimony of a Greek or Ro- man poet , is to trifle with the attention of the ...
... thing more than ornament they can make no claim . To propose them as serious arguments ; gravely to attempt to estab- lifh or fortify a moral duty by the testimony of a Greek or Ro- man poet , is to trifle with the attention of the ...
Página x
... thing , or fubject of property . " " The fuppofed property of the mafter in the flave , therefore , is matter of ufurpation , not of right . " It may be poffible to deduce from thefe few adages fuch a the- ory of the primitive rights of ...
... thing , or fubject of property . " " The fuppofed property of the mafter in the flave , therefore , is matter of ufurpation , not of right . " It may be poffible to deduce from thefe few adages fuch a the- ory of the primitive rights of ...
Página xii
... thing that I think to be prin- cipally wanting in former treatises ; and perhaps the chief advan- tage which will be found in mine . I have examined no doubts , I have difcuffed no obfcurities , I have encountered no errors , I have ...
... thing that I think to be prin- cipally wanting in former treatises ; and perhaps the chief advan- tage which will be found in mine . I have examined no doubts , I have difcuffed no obfcurities , I have encountered no errors , I have ...
Página xvii
... Thing • · III . The Queftion , Why am I obliged to keep my Word ? refumed IV . The Will of God V. The Divine Benevolence VI . Utility VII . The Neceffity of General Rules VIII.The Confideration of General Confequences pursued IX . Of ...
... Thing • · III . The Queftion , Why am I obliged to keep my Word ? refumed IV . The Will of God V. The Divine Benevolence VI . Utility VII . The Neceffity of General Rules VIII.The Confideration of General Confequences pursued IX . Of ...
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... thing ; namely , That Science which teaches men their duty , and the reafons of it . The ufe of fuch a ftudy depends upon this , that , without it , the rules of life , by which men are ordi- narily governed , oftentimes mislead them ...
... thing ; namely , That Science which teaches men their duty , and the reafons of it . The ufe of fuch a ftudy depends upon this , that , without it , the rules of life , by which men are ordi- narily governed , oftentimes mislead them ...
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Página 326 - ... he is a minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the sword in vain: for he is the minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil. Wherefore ye must needs be subject, not only for wrath- but also for conscience
Página 326 - For he is the minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid ; for he beareth not the sword in vain : for he is the minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil.
Página 173 - Therefore, when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do, in the synagogues, and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
Página 267 - And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint...
Página 296 - I say unto you, Swear not at all : neither by heaven ; for it is God's throne : nor by the earth ; for it is his footstool...
Página 54 - His lord answered and said unto him, Thou wicked and slothful servant, thou knewest that I reap where I sowed not, and gather where I have not strawed : thou oughtest therefore to have put my money to the exchangers, and then at my coming I should have received mine own with usury.
Página 187 - Now therefore there is utterly a fault among you, because ye go to law one with another. Why do ye not rather take wrong? why do ye not rather suffer yourselves to be defrauded ? 8 Nay, ye do wrong, and defraud, and that your brethren.
Página 266 - Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, thy servants, to whom thou swarest by thine own self, and saidst unto them, I will multiply your seed as the stars of heaven, and all this land that I have spoken of will I give unto your seed, and they shall inherit it for ever. And the LORD repented of the evil which he thought to do unto his people.
Página 326 - Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the LORD'S sake; whether it be to the king, as supreme; or unto governors, as unto them that are sent by him, for the punishment of evildoers, and for the praise of them that do well, For so is the will of GOD, that with welldoing ye may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men: as free, and not using your liberty for a cloak of maliciousness ; but as the servants of GOD.
Página 144 - And the oath of allegiance, as administered for upwards of six hundred years, contained a promise " to be true and faithful to the king and his heirs, and truth and faith to bear of life and limb and terrene honour, and not to know or hear of any ill or damage intended him, without defending him therefrom.