 This too is certain, that the admiration and love of order, harmony, and *° proportion, in whatever kind, is naturally improving to the temper, advantageous to social affection, and highly assistant to virtue, which is itself no other than the love of...  Questions in Political Economy, Politics, Morals, Metaphysics, Polite ... - Page 338by Samuel Bailey - 1823 - 400 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Anthony Ashley Cooper Earl of Shaftesbury - 1714 - 454 pages
...Virtue ; which is it-felf no other I [than the Love of Order and Beauty in Society. In the meaneft Subjects of the World, the Appearance of Order gains upon the Mind, and draws the Affedtion towards it. But if the Order of the World it-felf appears juft and beautiful ; the Admiration... | |
 | Anthony Ashley Cooper Earl of Shaftesbury - 1723 - 456 pages
...to the Temper, advantageous to focial Affection, and highly a£ «ftant to Virtue ; which is it-felf no other than the Love of Order and Beauty in Society. In the meaneft Subjects of the World, the Appearance of Order gains upon the Mind, and draws the AfTedion... | |
 | Anthony Ashley Cooper Earl of Shaftesbury - 1727 - 454 pages
...to Virtue ; which is it-felf no other than the Love of Order and Beauty in Society. In the meaneft Subjects of the World, the Appearance of Order gains...Affection towards it. But if the Order of the World it-felf appears juft and beautiful ; the Admiration and Efteem of Order muft run higher, and the elegant... | |
 | Anthony Ashley Cooper Earl of Shaftesbury - 1732 - 450 pages
...>vhich is it-felf no pther than the Love pf Order and Beauty in SOT ciety. In the meaneft Subjectis of the World, the Appearance of Order gains upon the Mind, and draws the Affection towards it. Bu* if the Qrfor of the Wqrld itrfglf appears juft and beautiful ; the Adjjiiratjlpn and Efteem of... | |
 | Robert Blakey - 1833 - 402 pages
...The admiration," says Shaftesbury, " and love of order, harmony, and proportion, in whatever kind, is naturally improving to the temper, advantageous...affection, and highly assistant to virtue ; which is in itself no other than the love of order and beauty in society. In the meanest subjects of the world,... | |
 | Francis Jacox - 1870 - 550 pages
...their stations leap." Shaftesbury contends that the admiration and love of order, in whatever kind, is " naturally improving to the temper, advantageous to social affection, and highly assistant to virtue—which is itself no other than the love of order and beauty in society." In the meanest subjects... | |
 | Francis Jacox - 1870 - 432 pages
...their stations leap." Shaftesbury contends that the admiration and love of order, in whatever kind, is " naturally improving to the temper, advantageous to social affection, and highly assistant to virtue—which is itself no other than the love of order and beauty in society." In the meanest subjects... | |
 | Francis Jacox - 1871 - 416 pages
...their stations leap." Shaftesbury contends that the admiration and love of order, in whatever kind, is "naturally improving to the temper, advantageous...in society." In the meanest subjects of the world, he goes on to say, the appearance of order gains upon the mind, and draws the affections towards it.... | |
 | 1885 - 696 pages
...the same sentiments: "The admiration and love of order, harmony, and proportion, in whatever kind, is naturally improving to the temper, advantageous...social affection, and highly assistant to virtue." In contemplating the moral aspect of our question, — the Beautiful as an element in morality, —... | |
 | Edmund Gosse - 1889 - 462 pages
...held that " harmony and proportion, in whatever kind," and therefore in less essential matters, " are highly assistant to virtue, which is itself no other than the love of order and beauty in society." He was ready to declare, with . Keats, that " Beauty is Truth, Truth Beauty ; this is all we know/^... | |
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