A General Treatise of Morality, Form'd Upon the Principles of Natural Reason Only: With a Preface in Answer to Two Essays Lately Published in The Fable of the Bees. ... By Richard Fiddes, ...S. Billingsley, 1724 - 596 pages |
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... fuf- tained with a juft , but easy , Dignity . For fuch Inftan- ces fhew , in the beft Light , that the Maxims of Morali- ty , which are fo reasonable , or and 1 and beautiful in the Theory , are alfo , in DEDICATION .
... fuf- tained with a juft , but easy , Dignity . For fuch Inftan- ces fhew , in the beft Light , that the Maxims of Morali- ty , which are fo reasonable , or and 1 and beautiful in the Theory , are alfo , in DEDICATION .
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... fhew that the Mind cannot operate , when in a seperate State From the Body . If Thought be only a Refult , according to the atheistical Hypothesis of the more pure , pure , fubtle , and active Parts of Matter , PREFACE Xiii.
... fhew that the Mind cannot operate , when in a seperate State From the Body . If Thought be only a Refult , according to the atheistical Hypothesis of the more pure , pure , fubtle , and active Parts of Matter , PREFACE Xiii.
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... fhew , what the human Qualities are , they should rather be borrowed from the moft perfect and improved , than from the irregular or depraved State of Mankind . And to do the Author justice , indeed , he confeffeth afterwards , " That ...
... fhew , what the human Qualities are , they should rather be borrowed from the moft perfect and improved , than from the irregular or depraved State of Mankind . And to do the Author justice , indeed , he confeffeth afterwards , " That ...
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... fhew , that no Pre- judice could be done or defigned , from any thing he had faid , to the Caufe of natural Religion . Moral Virtue , and Chriftianity confidered as a Rule of Life , are the fame Thing . We may there- fore Juppofe ...
... fhew , that no Pre- judice could be done or defigned , from any thing he had faid , to the Caufe of natural Religion . Moral Virtue , and Chriftianity confidered as a Rule of Life , are the fame Thing . We may there- fore Juppofe ...
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... fhew , that Polygamy is a Breach of the moral Law , another may be taken from the Intention of God , So far as we can make a Judgment of it , from a very fig- nal Inftance of his Providence . For if we can be under a moral Obligation on ...
... fhew , that Polygamy is a Breach of the moral Law , another may be taken from the Intention of God , So far as we can make a Judgment of it , from a very fig- nal Inftance of his Providence . For if we can be under a moral Obligation on ...
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