Christian PoliticsLongman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1806 - 445 pages |
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Page 25
... appear to be the following : I. II . PERSONAL LIBERTY . PERSONAL SECURITY . III . PRIVATE PROPERTY . IV . PUBLIC DECORUM . Of these several objects I shall treat in order , and endeavour to ascertain how far they fall within the compass ...
... appear to be the following : I. II . PERSONAL LIBERTY . PERSONAL SECURITY . III . PRIVATE PROPERTY . IV . PUBLIC DECORUM . Of these several objects I shall treat in order , and endeavour to ascertain how far they fall within the compass ...
Page 28
... appear , that in every civil society , whatever be its form and con- struction , this power of loco - motion in the majority of its members must necessarily be confined within narrow limits . Persons whose support depends on sedentary ...
... appear , that in every civil society , whatever be its form and con- struction , this power of loco - motion in the majority of its members must necessarily be confined within narrow limits . Persons whose support depends on sedentary ...
Page 35
... appears , that both our life , our health , and character , ( which we have ranked under the head of personal security ) are blessings , after all the precautions that can be taken , of a very precarious nature ; that in every stage of ...
... appears , that both our life , our health , and character , ( which we have ranked under the head of personal security ) are blessings , after all the precautions that can be taken , of a very precarious nature ; that in every stage of ...
Page 58
... appear , how much the virtue and happiness of society is connected with the exercise of a free and expansive , yet solid understanding ; or , in other words , with a just liberty of thinking ; a liberty that should carefully be ...
... appear , how much the virtue and happiness of society is connected with the exercise of a free and expansive , yet solid understanding ; or , in other words , with a just liberty of thinking ; a liberty that should carefully be ...
Page 59
... appear , if we consider it as a species of moral discipline , first in respect to the Will ; and secondly , to the Passions . Notwithstanding some preceding strictures • upon this subject , it is one of so SECT . III . ] to Virtue and ...
... appear , if we consider it as a species of moral discipline , first in respect to the Will ; and secondly , to the Passions . Notwithstanding some preceding strictures • upon this subject , it is one of so SECT . III . ] to Virtue and ...
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