Theory of Morals: An Inquiry Concerning the Law of Moral Distinctions and the Variations and Contradictions of Ethical Codes |
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... reasons , has been very partially employed , and , in consequence , with very small results , upon the yet nobler and more important Science of Man . The daily increas- ing interest with which that science is regarded , and the great ...
... reasons , has been very partially employed , and , in consequence , with very small results , upon the yet nobler and more important Science of Man . The daily increas- ing interest with which that science is regarded , and the great ...
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... Reasons of the superior Rank assigned to Emotions of Benevolence , • · 64. Plausibility thence resulting to the Selfish Theory , 3444 45 45 46 45 47 47 65. Reason why many benevolent Men adopted that Theory , 48 66. Service they have ...
... Reasons of the superior Rank assigned to Emotions of Benevolence , • · 64. Plausibility thence resulting to the Selfish Theory , 3444 45 45 46 45 47 47 65. Reason why many benevolent Men adopted that Theory , 48 66. Service they have ...
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... Reason why Men incline to an unfavorable Opinion of the Moral Character of others , 134 6. That Reason not operative with Respect to the Dead , or those highly exalted above us , 135 7. Apparent Inconsistencies thence resulting , 135 ...
... Reason why Men incline to an unfavorable Opinion of the Moral Character of others , 134 6. That Reason not operative with Respect to the Dead , or those highly exalted above us , 135 7. Apparent Inconsistencies thence resulting , 135 ...
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... Reasons why Death is considered so great an Evil , 4. Light in which Homicide is regarded by some Mystic 137 138 138 Codes , · 5. Paradoxes thence resulting , 6. Forensic View of Homicide . Self - defence , 7. Homicide to save one's own ...
... Reasons why Death is considered so great an Evil , 4. Light in which Homicide is regarded by some Mystic 137 138 138 Codes , · 5. Paradoxes thence resulting , 6. Forensic View of Homicide . Self - defence , 7. Homicide to save one's own ...
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... Reason why Violations of Property are esteemed immoral , 159 3. Cases to which these Reasons do not apply , 160 4. Mystic Doctrines as to the Rights of Property , 160 5. Influence of the Distribution of Property on Respect for the ...
... Reason why Violations of Property are esteemed immoral , 159 3. Cases to which these Reasons do not apply , 160 4. Mystic Doctrines as to the Rights of Property , 160 5. Influence of the Distribution of Property on Respect for the ...
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Page 94 - If thou hast nature in thee, bear it not ; Let not the royal bed of Denmark be A couch for luxury and damned incest.
Page 34 - She, while her lover pants upon her breast, Can mark the figures on an Indian chest ; And when she sees her friend in...
Page 93 - To be no more. Sad cure! for who would lose, Though full of pain, this intellectual being, Those thoughts that wander through eternity, To perish rather, swallowed up and lost In the wide womb of uncreated Night, Devoid of sense and motion?
Page 93 - To sleep ! perchance to dream; ay, there 's the rub; For in that sleep of death what dreams may come, When we have shuffled off this mortal coil, Must give us pause. There 's the respect, That makes calamity of so long life...
Page 156 - Love, free as air, at sight of human ties, Spreads his light wings, and in a moment flies, Let wealth, let honour, wait the wedded dame, August her deed, and sacred be her fame; Before true passion all those views remove, Fame, wealth, and honour!
Page 141 - Hail wedded Love, mysterious law, true source Of human offspring, sole propriety In Paradise of all things common else. By thee adulterous lust was driven from men Among the bestial herds to range; by thee, Founded in reason, loyal, just, and pure, Relations dear, and all the charities Of father, son, and brother first were known.
Page 67 - Others apart sat on a hill retired, In thoughts more elevate, and reasoned high Of Providence, Foreknowledge, Will, and Fate— Fixed fate, free will, foreknowledge absolute— And found no end, in wandering mazes lost.
Page 15 - As was her sister; whether dread did dwell Or anguish in her hart, is hard to tell : Upon her arme a silver anchor lay, Whereon she leaned ever, as befell: And ever up to heaven, as she did pray, Her stedfast eyes were bent, ne swarved other way.
Page 155 - Whatever hypocrites austerely talk Of purity, and place, and innocence, Defaming as impure what God declares Pure, and commands to some, leaves free to all. Our Maker bids increase ; who bids abstain But our Destroyer, foe to God and Man?