The Citizen of NatureW. Benbow, 1824 - 238 Seiten |
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... considering him as a simple animal ma- chine ; to these two alone are referable all the wants and wishes he would feel , if left to himself , as " Unity . " But place him in con- tact with numbers of his genus , and his exist- ence ...
... considering him as a simple animal ma- chine ; to these two alone are referable all the wants and wishes he would feel , if left to himself , as " Unity . " But place him in con- tact with numbers of his genus , and his exist- ence ...
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... consider the corollary , from our last proposition concerning know- ledge and happiness . And why are they ignorant , seeing that , as men , they possess a capability of acquiring knowledge ? Because the society which owns them as ...
... consider the corollary , from our last proposition concerning know- ledge and happiness . And why are they ignorant , seeing that , as men , they possess a capability of acquiring knowledge ? Because the society which owns them as ...
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... considering his planet as a speck in the immensity of space , a small part of a boundless whole ; has been taught to consider himself as the only object for which all things are , the favourite minion of universality . Man is certainly ...
... considering his planet as a speck in the immensity of space , a small part of a boundless whole ; has been taught to consider himself as the only object for which all things are , the favourite minion of universality . Man is certainly ...
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... consider whether your mode of life , or ours , be best and happiest . " He paused ; and the people looking at each other with smiles of confidence , a mur- mer of applause filled my ears . They threw down their weapons , and advanced to ...
... consider whether your mode of life , or ours , be best and happiest . " He paused ; and the people looking at each other with smiles of confidence , a mur- mer of applause filled my ears . They threw down their weapons , and advanced to ...
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... consider a moral obligation ? And such is the reasonable gratification of the passion of love , which was implanted for wise purposes , and which all the pretended denial and legi- slation in the world will never extirpate or even ...
... consider a moral obligation ? And such is the reasonable gratification of the passion of love , which was implanted for wise purposes , and which all the pretended denial and legi- slation in the world will never extirpate or even ...
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acquired action animal artificial assert Atheist become belief blood cause certainly chimney sweeper civil clothing common conscience consequence Deism Deist dreadful earth emotion endeavour enjoyment enquiry equality equipoise eternity evil existence eyes faculties fancy father fear feeling fool founded free agency fresh genus Gil Blas give hand happiness HARVARD COLLEGE hear heart Holborn human idea ignorance instance intellect knowledge labour laws ledge LETTER listen look luxuries marriage Maurepas mean ment mental middle men mind misery mode nation natural justice natural law Nature necessity never observe once pain Paradise Lost perhaps persons philanthropy pleasure possession present principles proof reason receive revelation sense slavery sort soul sounds speak species surface tell term thee Theocracy things thou thought tion true truth turn unnatural virtue Whigs
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Seite 160 - The man who resolutely divesting himself of habit and prejudice, of the false impressions imbibed from early childhood, resolves to know Truth, if haply she may be found, is sure to be assailed, threatened, mimicked, and insulted, with abuse the most pitiful and inane, with derision the most paltry, stupid, and futile, wholly unworthy of the exaltation to which human attainmentboasts to have arrived. 'His honesty is decried as presumption, his avowal of naked truth as sedition; his exposure of existing...
Seite 162 - Necker,'that reason suits neither you or me: Sully did not go to mass, and Sully was of the council.' ' Maurepas, in this answer, only caught at the ridicule of...