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... ment of these ends desirable . Our active propen- sities , therefore , are the motives which induce us to exert our intellectual powers ; and our intellec- tual powers are the instruments by which we at- tain the ends recommended to us ...
... ment of these ends desirable . Our active propen- sities , therefore , are the motives which induce us to exert our intellectual powers ; and our intellec- tual powers are the instruments by which we at- tain the ends recommended to us ...
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... ment for observation and experiment is lost , and we are obliged to search for our facts in an imper- fect recollection of what was viewed , even in the first instance , through the most troubled and de- ceitful of all media . Something ...
... ment for observation and experiment is lost , and we are obliged to search for our facts in an imper- fect recollection of what was viewed , even in the first instance , through the most troubled and de- ceitful of all media . Something ...
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... ment of a particular object . The most remarkable active principles belonging to this class are , 1. The Desire of Knowledge , or the principle of Curiosity . * 2. The Desire of Society . I have already remarked , ( see note p . 12 ...
... ment of a particular object . The most remarkable active principles belonging to this class are , 1. The Desire of Knowledge , or the principle of Curiosity . * 2. The Desire of Society . I have already remarked , ( see note p . 12 ...
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... ment , with the view of inculcating implicit and passive obedi- ence to the civil magistrate . In Buchanan's elegant and phi- losophical Dialogue De Jure Regni apud Scotos , the question is particularly discussed between the two ...
... ment , with the view of inculcating implicit and passive obedi- ence to the civil magistrate . In Buchanan's elegant and phi- losophical Dialogue De Jure Regni apud Scotos , the question is particularly discussed between the two ...
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... ment of any object of natural desire is itself desired on account of its subservience to this end , and frequently comes in process of time to be regarded as valuable in itself , independent of this subser- vience . It is thus ( as was ...
... ment of any object of natural desire is itself desired on account of its subservience to this end , and frequently comes in process of time to be regarded as valuable in itself , independent of this subser- vience . It is thus ( as was ...
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