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... Happiness , 345 SECTION II . - Of Happiness . Systems of the Grecian Schools on the Subject , 348 SECTION III . - Additional Remarks on Happiness , 376 I. - Influence of the Temper on Happiness , II . - Influence of the Imagination on ...
... Happiness , 345 SECTION II . - Of Happiness . Systems of the Grecian Schools on the Subject , 348 SECTION III . - Additional Remarks on Happiness , 376 I. - Influence of the Temper on Happiness , II . - Influence of the Imagination on ...
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... happiness " of any being , he still proceeds on the same ' hypothesis of one sole and single Deity . " - " As " Epicurus here speaks singularly , " ( says Cud- worth ) " so the trouble of this theocracy could not “ be thought so very ...
... happiness " of any being , he still proceeds on the same ' hypothesis of one sole and single Deity . " - " As " Epicurus here speaks singularly , " ( says Cud- worth ) " so the trouble of this theocracy could not “ be thought so very ...
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... happiness and improvement both of the individual and of so- ciety . This is their final cause , or the end for which we may presume they were destined by our Maker . But in such cases it seldom happens , that , while man is obeying the ...
... happiness and improvement both of the individual and of so- ciety . This is their final cause , or the end for which we may presume they were destined by our Maker . But in such cases it seldom happens , that , while man is obeying the ...
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... happiness and perfection of the whole system . But the contrary supposition would be equally possible , that there is nothing absolutely good in the universe , and that the com- munication of suffering is the ultimate end of the laws by ...
... happiness and perfection of the whole system . But the contrary supposition would be equally possible , that there is nothing absolutely good in the universe , and that the com- munication of suffering is the ultimate end of the laws by ...
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... happiness and the misery which the world exhibits . The question concerning the origin of evil has , from the earliest times , employed the ingenuity of speculative men ; and various theories have been proposed to solve the difficulty ...
... happiness and the misery which the world exhibits . The question concerning the origin of evil has , from the earliest times , employed the ingenuity of speculative men ; and various theories have been proposed to solve the difficulty ...
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