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" With respect to animal diet, let it be considered, that taking away the lives of animals, in order to convert them into food, does great violence to the principles of benevolence and compassion. This appears from the frequent hard-heartedness and cruelty... "
Observations on man, his frame, his duty and his expectations. To which are ... - Page 228
by David Hartley - 1810
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Observations on Man, His Frame, His Duty, and His Expectations, Volume 2

David Hartley - 1801 - 480 pages
...poflible from the divine life. This third rule coincides remarkably with both the firft and fecond. The ill effects of fermented liquors, when indulged...let it be confidered, that taking away the lives of anir^als, in order to convert them into food, does great violence to the principles of benevolence...
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Memoirs of the Life of Gilbert Wakefield, Volume 2

Gilbert Wakefield - 1804 - 572 pages
...work. Upon the whole, he concludes that the use of animal food is permitted, yet he freely allows " that taking away the lives of animals, in order to...great violence to the principles of benevolence and compassion." See " Rule of Life," prop. 52, in Obs. on Man," 1st ed. ii. 222. SIR THOMAS MORE in his...
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Observations on Man, His Frame, His Duty, and His Expectations

David Hartley - 1834 - 650 pages
...possible from the divine life. This third rule coincides remarkably with both the first and second. The ill effects of fermented liquors, when indulged...flavours are a principal temptation to an immoderate use of them. Fourthly, With respect to animal diet, let it be considered, that taking away the lives...
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Observations on Man, His Frame, His Duty, and His Expectations

David Hartley - 1834 - 646 pages
...temptation to an immoderate use of them. Fourthly, With respect to animal diet, let it be considered, that taking away the lives of animals, in order to...great violence to the principles of benevolence and compassion. This appears from the frequent hard-heartedness and cruelty found amongst those persons...
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Bulletin of the American Academy of Medicine, Volume 1

American Academy of Medicine - 1895 - 752 pages
...language in discussing the use of animal food : '• With respect to animal diet, let it be considered, that taking away the lives of animals, in order to...great violence to the principles of benevolence and compassion. This appears from the frequent hard-heartedness and cruelty found among those persons,...
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The Heretic's Feast: A History of Vegetarianism

Colin Spencer - 1996 - 420 pages
...he the only one to voice such opinions. David Hartley, the English physician and philosopher, said that 'Taking away the lives of animals in order to convert them into food' did 'great violence to the principles of benevolence and compassion'. 'This appears,' he added, 'from...
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Ethical Vegetarianism: From Pythagoras to Peter Singer

Kerry S. Walters, Lisa Portmess - 1999 - 304 pages
...inducement to "piety, benevolence, and the moral sense." With respect to animal diet, let it be considered, that taking away the lives of animals, in order to...great violence to the principles of benevolence and compassion. This appears from the frequent hard-heartedness and cruelty found amongst those persons,...
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Awe for the Tiger, Love for the Lamb: A Chronicle of Sensibility to Animals

Rod Preece - 2002 - 436 pages
...highlighted implications for our consumption of animals. With respect to animal Diet, let it be considered, that taking away the Lives of Animals in order to...great Violence to the Principles of Benevolence and Compassion. This appears from the frequent Hard-heartedness and Cruelty found among those Persons whose...
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