Theory of Morals: An Inquiry Concerning the Law of Moral Distinctions and the Variations and Contradictions of Ethical Codes |
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... Desire of Superiority essential to extraordinary Virtue . Self - respect , Emulation , Shame , Love of Reputation , Love of Fame , Love of Glory , 34. Pleasures of Virtue and Pains of Vice . Self - applause , Remorse , 35. Reproach owes ...
... Desire of Superiority essential to extraordinary Virtue . Self - respect , Emulation , Shame , Love of Reputation , Love of Fame , Love of Glory , 34. Pleasures of Virtue and Pains of Vice . Self - applause , Remorse , 35. Reproach owes ...
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... desire to promote the pleasure of others— a characteristic which we have pointed out as essen- tial to virtuous actions - is to suppose what is in- compatible with human nature . Investigation , however , will show that this con ...
... desire to promote the pleasure of others— a characteristic which we have pointed out as essen- tial to virtuous actions - is to suppose what is in- compatible with human nature . Investigation , however , will show that this con ...
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... desires ; a sort of pains which frequently rise to the very highest pitch of which human nature is capa- ble ; for it is to be observed , that both pleasures and pains have a certain limit , beyond which they can- not be carried without ...
... desires ; a sort of pains which frequently rise to the very highest pitch of which human nature is capa- ble ; for it is to be observed , that both pleasures and pains have a certain limit , beyond which they can- not be carried without ...
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... desire , is not the immediate motive . * " Nil admirari propè res est una , Numici , Solaque , quæ possit facere et servare beatum , " etc. Horat . Epist . I. VI . v . 1 , 2 . + Hobbes was well aware of the futility of this scholastic ...
... desire , is not the immediate motive . * " Nil admirari propè res est una , Numici , Solaque , quæ possit facere et servare beatum , " etc. Horat . Epist . I. VI . v . 1 , 2 . + Hobbes was well aware of the futility of this scholastic ...
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... desires grow- ing out of that sensibility , are confounded together , under the epithet of Appetites ; the sensibility to some others is called Sentiment , or , when arous- ed and active , Passion . Various modifications and ...
... desires grow- ing out of that sensibility , are confounded together , under the epithet of Appetites ; the sensibility to some others is called Sentiment , or , when arous- ed and active , Passion . Various modifications and ...
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