Christian PoliticsLongman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1806 - 445 pages |
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Page xiv
... - ories ; and to regulate his Expectations by what is obvious and practicable in the present State of human Nature , and the existing Circumstances of public Affairs 263 Sect . II . - To distinguish real political Evils [ xiv ] Page.
... - ories ; and to regulate his Expectations by what is obvious and practicable in the present State of human Nature , and the existing Circumstances of public Affairs 263 Sect . II . - To distinguish real political Evils [ xiv ] Page.
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... natural powers and moral dispositions . Some who have formed flattering ideas of their own species , are forward to ... nature is perpetually thwarting , and oftentimes de- feating , the end of the best institutions . On the contrary ...
... natural powers and moral dispositions . Some who have formed flattering ideas of their own species , are forward to ... nature is perpetually thwarting , and oftentimes de- feating , the end of the best institutions . On the contrary ...
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... nature . A few general strictures on man may therefore not unfitly introduce the follow- ing discourse . 1. Man , at his entrance into the world , is little superior to a mere animal . His pains and his pleasures are confined to his ...
... nature . A few general strictures on man may therefore not unfitly introduce the follow- ing discourse . 1. Man , at his entrance into the world , is little superior to a mere animal . His pains and his pleasures are confined to his ...
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... nature inflames the imagination , and is inflamed by it to the highest degree , the love of pleasure commonly works with im- petuous violence ; nor does its rage always terminate at this period ; it continues fre- quently through 6 ...
... nature inflames the imagination , and is inflamed by it to the highest degree , the love of pleasure commonly works with im- petuous violence ; nor does its rage always terminate at this period ; it continues fre- quently through 6 ...
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... its just dominion over the propen- sities of animal nature . Instead of this , even after a long training in the schools of philosophers , and the further instruction of experience , it 8 [ PART I. General Sketch of Man .
... its just dominion over the propen- sities of animal nature . Instead of this , even after a long training in the schools of philosophers , and the further instruction of experience , it 8 [ PART I. General Sketch of Man .
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