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Essays on Freethinking and Plainspeaking - Page 250
by Leslie Stephen - 1873 - 362 pages
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The Fable of the Bees; Or, Private Vices, Public Benefits: With ..., Volume 1

Bernard Mandeville - 1728 - 524 pages
...real Virtues he is capable of acquiring by Reafon and Self-Denial, are the Foundation of Society; but that what we call Evil in this World, Moral as well as Natural, is the grand Principle that makes us fociable Creatures, the folid Bafis, the Life and Support of all Trades and Employments without Exception...
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The Fable of the Bees : Or, Private Vices, Publick Benefits: With an Essay ...

Bernard Mandeville - 1806 - 570 pages
...real virtues he is capable of acqiring by reafon and felf-denial, are the foundation of fociety ; but that what we call evil in this world, moral as well as natural, is the ?''and principle that makes us fociable creatures, the folid bafts, the life and fupport of all trades...
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Versuch einer wissenschaftlichen Darstellung der ..., Volume 2, Part 1

Johann Eduard Erdmann - 1840 - 460 pages
...real virtues he is capable of acquiring by reason and self-denial are the foundation of society, but that what we call evil in this world, moral as well...grand principle that makes us sociable creatures. Ibid. 428. Charity is that virtue by which part of that sincere love we'have for ourselves is transferred...
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Fraser's Magazine, Volume 7

1873 - 808 pages
...to show an apprehension of the principle at least equally clear. Mandeville, in fact, is not a mero dealer in absurdities. He has overlaid a very sound...that makes us sociable creatures ; the solid basis, tho life and support of all trades and employments without exception ; that there we must look for...
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History of English Thought in the Eighteenth Century, Volume 2

Leslie Stephen - 1876 - 494 pages
...himself, he can represent his audacities as purely ironical. He confesses that he has used the words, ' What we call evil in this world, moral as well as natural, is the grand principle that makes us social creatures, the solid basis, the light and support of all trades without exception.' 1 The phrase,...
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Jahrbuch für Gesetzgebung, Verwaltung und Volkswirtschaft im ..., Volume 14

1890 - 1414 pages
...©pifureiamuä bie ¡Jbec bca Jort^ that he ever would have become that sociable Creature he ie now. I 395. What we call Evil in this world , Moral as well as Natural .... there we must look for the true Origin of all Arts and Sciences, and that the moment Evil ceases,...
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Schmollers Jahrbuch für Gesetzgebung, Verwaltung und Volkswirtschaft, Volume 14

1890 - 1382 pages
...Spifureiêmua bie ^öee beâ ^ that he ever would liave become that sociable Creature he is now. I 395. What we call Evil in this world , Moral as well as Natural .... there we must look for the true Origin of all Arts and Sciences, and that the moment Evil ceases,...
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A Guide-book to the Poetic and Dramatic Works of Robert Browning

George Willis Cooke - 1891 - 484 pages
...most operose manufacturies is, right or wrong, the greatest benefit to society." He said again : " What we call evil in this world, moral as well as natural, is the grand principle that makes us social creatures, the solid basis, the light and support of all trades without exception." It was the...
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Horae Sabbaticae, Volume 2

Sir James Fitzjames Stephen - 1892 - 448 pages
...he is capable of acquiring by reason of self-denial, are the foundation of society ; but that which we call evil in this world, moral as well as natural,...of all trades and employments without exception.' The second part of TJie Fable of tlie Bees is thrown into the form of dialogues, in which the doctrines...
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The Works of George Berkeley, D.D., Bishop of Cloyne, Volume 2

George Berkeley - 1898 - 588 pages
...times, and our sect hath the glory of it. Cri. It is possible some men of fine understanding might " moral as well as natural, is the grand principle that makes us social creatures, the solid basis, the light and support of all trades without exception." Teaching...
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