Essays and Treatises on Several Subjects ...: An enquiry concerning human understanding. An enquiry concerning the principles of morals. The natural history of religionA. Millar, 1764 |
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abfolute affection againſt alfo almoſt alſo antient arife arts authority beauty becauſe befides cafe caufes cauſes CICERO circumftances commerce common compariſon confequence confiderable conftitution cuftoms defire DEMOSTHENES DIODORUS SICULUS eafily eloquence eſtabliſhed eſteemed fame fays fecurity feems fenate fenfe fenfible fentiments fhall fhould fince firft firſt fituation flaves fociety fome foon fovereign fpecies fpirit ftate ftill fubject fuch fufficient fuperior fuppofed fupport fure GAUL genius greateſt happineſs hiftory himſelf houſe human impoffible increaſe induſtry inftance intereft itſelf labour laws leaſt lefs liberty magiftrates mankind meaſure mind moft monarchy moſt muft muſt nation nature neceffary neceffity never obferve orators paffion perfons philofophers pleaſe pleaſure PLUTARCH poffeffed POLYBIUS prefent preferve prince principles purpoſe raiſed reaſon refined repreſented requifite ROMAN ſciences ſeems ſhall ſmall ſome ſpecies ſtate ſtill STRABO ſuch ſuppoſed tafte taſte thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe tion univerfal uſe
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Page 234 - I am apt to suspect the negroes and in general all the other species of men (for there are four or five different kinds) to be naturally inferior to the whites. There never was a civilized nation of any other complexion than white, nor even any individual eminent either in action or speculation.
Page 311 - MONEY is not, properly speaking, one of the subjects of commerce ; but only the instrument which men have agreed upon to facilitate the exchange of one commodity for another.
Page 270 - It is sufficient for our present purpose if we have proved that the taste of all individuals is not upon an equal footing, and that some men in general, however difficult to be particularly pitched upon, will be acknowledged by universal sentiment to have a preference above others.
Page 260 - In each creature there is a sound and a defective state; and the former alone can be supposed to afford us a true standard of taste and sentiment.
Page 315 - Accordingly we find, that, in every kingdom, into which money begins to flow in greater abundance than formerly, everything takes a new face : labour and industry gain life ; the merchant becomes more enterprising, the manufacturer more diligent and skilful, and even the farmer follows his plough with greater alacrity and attention.
Page 272 - But notwithstanding all our endeavours to fix a standard of taste, and reconcile the discordant apprehensions of men, there still remain two sources of variation, which are not sufficient indeed to confound all the boundaries of beauty and deformity, but will often serve to produce a difference in the degrees of our approbation or blame. The one is the different humours of particular men; the other, the particular manners and opinions of our age and country.
Page 269 - ... of his admiration. Where he lies under the influence of prejudice, all his natural sentiments are perverted. Where good sense is wanting, he is not qualified to discern the beauties of design and reasoning, which are the highest and most excellent.
Page 95 - In the second place, it has always been found, that the virtuous are far from being indifferent to praise ; and therefore they have been represented as a set of vainglorious men, who had nothing in view but the applauses of others.
Page 300 - The spirit of the age affects all the arts; and the minds of men being once roused from their lethargy, and put into a fermentation, turn themselves on all sides, and carry improvements into every art and science.
Page 257 - Beauty is no quality in things themselves: It exists merely in the mind which contemplates them; and each mind perceives a different beauty.