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The objective nature of virtue is one thing . The subjective nature of the human mind , by which virtue is felt and recognised , is another . It is not from the former , any more than from the eternal truths of geometry , that we can ...
The objective nature of virtue is one thing . The subjective nature of the human mind , by which virtue is felt and recognised , is another . It is not from the former , any more than from the eternal truths of geometry , that we can ...
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Our present argument is grounded , neither on the rectitude of virtue , nor on its utility in the grosser and more palpable sense of that term - but on the immediate sweetness of it . It is the office of conscience to tell us of its ...
Our present argument is grounded , neither on the rectitude of virtue , nor on its utility in the grosser and more palpable sense of that term - but on the immediate sweetness of it . It is the office of conscience to tell us of its ...
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Virtue is not only seen to be right — it is felt to be delicious . There is happiness in the very wish to make others happy . There is a heart's ease , or a heart's enjoyment , even in the first purposes of kindness , as well as in its ...
Virtue is not only seen to be right — it is felt to be delicious . There is happiness in the very wish to make others happy . There is a heart's ease , or a heart's enjoyment , even in the first purposes of kindness , as well as in its ...
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PRELIMINARY VIEWS | 17 |
Of the Metaphysics which have been resorted | 99 |
on the side of Theism | 121 |
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