The Works of William Paley ...: Comprising the Additional Volume of Sermons First Published in 1825, with a Memoir of His Life, Volume 3Hilliard and Brown, 1830 |
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... passion , after the reason of it has ceased , is nothing more , say they , than what happens in other cases ; especially ... passions and expressions are once connected , which * From instances of popular tumults , seditions , factions ...
... passion , after the reason of it has ceased , is nothing more , say they , than what happens in other cases ; especially ... passions and expressions are once connected , which * From instances of popular tumults , seditions , factions ...
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... passion , which seeks its gratification immediately and expressly in giv- ing pain , is disagreeable to the benevolent will and counsels of the Creator . Other passions and pleasures may , and often do , produce pain to some one ; but ...
... passion , which seeks its gratification immediately and expressly in giv- ing pain , is disagreeable to the benevolent will and counsels of the Creator . Other passions and pleasures may , and often do , produce pain to some one ; but ...
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... passions at a cheaper price ; and they will undertake any thing , rather than not gratify them . The reader will ... passion it has been truly said , that irregularity has no limits ; that one excess draws on another ; that the most easy ...
... passions at a cheaper price ; and they will undertake any thing , rather than not gratify them . The reader will ... passion it has been truly said , that irregularity has no limits ; that one excess draws on another ; that the most easy ...
Contents
PRELIMINARY CONSIDERATIONS CHAP I Definition and Use of the Science II The Law of Honour III The Law of the Land IV The Scriptures | 1 |
The Moral Sense | 5 |
Human Happiness | 11 |
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