History of English Thought in the Eighteenth Century, Volumen2Smith, Elder, 1876 |
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... prove , then , that morality was not arbitrary and variable seemed to him to be the same thing as proving that it belonged to those eternal and immutable relations , and not to the sphere of observation , where the accidental and the ...
... prove , then , that morality was not arbitrary and variable seemed to him to be the same thing as proving that it belonged to those eternal and immutable relations , and not to the sphere of observation , where the accidental and the ...
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... proved by inference from some self - evident axioms . A denial of it would , there- fore , involve a contradiction . But the proposition ' thou shalt not kill ' is a threat , not a statement of a truth ; and Clarke's attempt to bring it ...
... proved by inference from some self - evident axioms . A denial of it would , there- fore , involve a contradiction . But the proposition ' thou shalt not kill ' is a threat , not a statement of a truth ; and Clarke's attempt to bring it ...
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... prove that morality was not a mere fashion ; and with him and his followers the phrase ' eternal and immutable ' becomes a kind of catchword . Yet , after all , it was obvious 1 ' Religion of Nature , ' p . 52 . to remark that a ...
... prove that morality was not a mere fashion ; and with him and his followers the phrase ' eternal and immutable ' becomes a kind of catchword . Yet , after all , it was obvious 1 ' Religion of Nature , ' p . 52 . to remark that a ...
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... proved the wickedness of murder in all times and places . Yet Clarke interprets his phrases in such a way as to make them equivalent to the truism , and to leave the other proposition untouched . The nature and relations , the ...
... proved the wickedness of murder in all times and places . Yet Clarke interprets his phrases in such a way as to make them equivalent to the truism , and to leave the other proposition untouched . The nature and relations , the ...
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... prove them , was sufficiently proved by the barrenness of Reid's philosophy . In ethical ques- tions the same weakness appears in another form . The intellectual cowardice which refuses to ask fundamental questions is naturally ...
... prove them , was sufficiently proved by the barrenness of Reid's philosophy . In ethical ques- tions the same weakness appears in another form . The intellectual cowardice which refuses to ask fundamental questions is naturally ...
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Página 28 - From harmony, from heavenly harmony This universal frame began : From harmony to harmony Through all the compass of the notes it ran, The diapason closing full in Man.
Página 189 - ... from his loins), a man capable of placing in review, after having brought together, from the east, the west, the north, and the south, from the coarseness of the rudest barbarism to the most refined and subtle civilization, all the schemes of government which had ever prevailed amongst mankind...
Página 87 - Tis not contrary to reason to prefer the destruction of the whole world to the scratching of my finger.
Página 88 - Reason is, and ought only to be, the slave of the passions, and can never pretend to any other office than to serve and obey them.
Página 190 - I authorize and give up my right of governing myself, to this man, or to this assembly of men, on this condition, that thou give up thy right to him, and authorize all his actions in like manner.
Página 137 - The state of Nature has a law of Nature to govern it, which obliges everyone, and reason, which is that law, teaches all mankind who will but consult it, that being all equal and independent, no one ought to harm another in his life, health, liberty or possessions...
Página 149 - I take to be a voluntary society of men, joining themselves together of their own accord, in order to the public worshipping of God, in such a manner as they judge acceptable to him, and effectual to the salvation of their souls.
Página 299 - I shall therefore venture to acknowledge, that, not only as a man, but as a British subject, I pray for the flourishing commerce of Germany, Spain, Italy, and even France itself. I am at least certain that Great Britain, and all those nations, would flourish more, did their sovereigns and ministers adopt such enlarged and benevolent sentiments towards each other.
Página 226 - I may assume, that the awful Author of our Being is the Author of our place in the order of existence; and that having disposed and marshalled us by a divine tactic, not according to our will, but according to His...
Página 248 - The nature of man is intricate; the objects of society are of the greatest possible complexity ; and therefore no simple disposition or direction of power can be suitable either to man's nature, or to the quality of his affairs.