Essays: Moral, Political, and Literary, Band 1Longmans, Green, 1889 - 24 Seiten |
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... happiness I have in a great mea- sure come at just now . I live like a king , pretty much by myself , neither full of action nor perturbation , -molles somnos . This state , however , I can foresee is not to be relied on . My peace of ...
... happiness I have in a great mea- sure come at just now . I live like a king , pretty much by myself , neither full of action nor perturbation , -molles somnos . This state , however , I can foresee is not to be relied on . My peace of ...
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... happiness , without regarding human nature , upon which every moral conclusion must depend . This , therefore , I resolved to make my principal study , and the source from which I would derive every truth in criticism as well as ...
... happiness , without regarding human nature , upon which every moral conclusion must depend . This , therefore , I resolved to make my principal study , and the source from which I would derive every truth in criticism as well as ...
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... happiness , or for virtue ? for this life , or for the next ? for himself , or for his Maker ? Your definition of natural depends upon solving these ques- tions , which are endless , and quite wide of my purpose . have never called ...
... happiness , or for virtue ? for this life , or for the next ? for himself , or for his Maker ? Your definition of natural depends upon solving these ques- tions , which are endless , and quite wide of my purpose . have never called ...
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... happiness . Great pleasures are much less frequent than great pains ; so that a sensible temper must meet with fewer trials in the former way than in the latter . Not to mention , that men of such lively passions are apt to be ...
... happiness . Great pleasures are much less frequent than great pains ; so that a sensible temper must meet with fewer trials in the former way than in the latter . Not to mention , that men of such lively passions are apt to be ...
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... happiness entirely independent of every thing external . That degree of per- fection is impossible to be attained : But every wise man will endeavour to place his happiness on such objects chiefly as depend upon himself : and that is ...
... happiness entirely independent of every thing external . That degree of per- fection is impossible to be attained : But every wise man will endeavour to place his happiness on such objects chiefly as depend upon himself : and that is ...
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absolute monarchy Adam Smith added in Edition advantage affection agreeable ancient appears arts ATHENIANS ATHENS authority beauty causes character CICERO civil commerce common commonly David Hume DEMOSTHENES DIODORUS SICULUS Editions H eloquence encrease Essays esteemed factions favourable former friends GAUL genius give greater GREECE GREEKS happiness honour human nature Hume Hume's industry influence interest ITALY jealousy kind labour latter laws liberty magistrates mankind manner marriage maxim ment mind mixed government modern monarchy moral nation neighbouring never object observe opinion orators particular party passion perhaps person philosophers pleasure PLUTARCH political POLYBIUS polygamy possessed present pretend prince principles racter reason refined regard religion render republic ROMAN ROME says sciences seems senate sensible sentiments slaves society species spirit STRABO superstition supposed taste temper thing THUCYDIDES tion Treatise violent virtue WHIG whole writers XENOPHON
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Seite 118 - Political writers have established it as a maxim, that in contriving any system of government, and fixing the several checks and controls of the constitution, every man ought to be supposed a knave, and to have no other end, in all his actions, than private interest.
Seite 2 - Never literary attempt was more unfortunate than my Treatise of Human Nature. It fell dead-born from the press, without reaching such distinction, as even to excite a murmur among the zealots.
Seite 5 - I was assailed by one cry of reproach, disapprobation, and even detestation: English, Scotch, and Irish; Whig and Tory; churchman and sectary, freethinker and religionist; patriot and courtier united in their rage against the man, who had presumed to shed a generous tear for the fate of Charles I, and the Earl of Strafford...
Seite 266 - All sentiment is right, because sentiment has a reference to nothing beyond itself, and is always real wherever a man is conscious of it. But all determinations of the understanding are not right, because they have a reference to something beyond themselves, to wit, real matter of fact, and are not always conformable to that standard.
Seite 185 - To balance a large state or society (says he) whether monarchical or republican, on general laws, is a work of so great difficulty that no human genius, however comprehensive, is able by the mere dint of reason and reflection to effect it. The judgments of many must unite in the work: EXPERIENCE must guide their labour: TIME must bring it to perfection: And the FEELING of inconveniences must correct the mistakes which they inevitably fall into, in their first trials and experiments.
Seite 2 - My studious disposition, my sobriety, and my industry, gave my family a notion that the law was a proper profession for me;. but I found an insurmountable aversion to every thing but the pursuits of philosophy and general learning; and while they fancied I was poring upon Voet and Vinnius, Cicero and Virgil were the authors which I was secretly devouring.
Seite 3 - In 1745, I received a letter from the Marquis of Annandale, inviting me to come and live with him in England; I found also that the friends and family of that young nobleman were desirous of putting him under my care and direction, for the state of his mind and health required it. I lived with him a twelvemonth. My appointments during that time made a considerable accession to my small fortune.
Seite 444 - ... savages: Each exertion of authority in the chieftain must have been particular, and called forth by the present exigencies of the case: The sensible utility, resulting from his interposition, made these exertions become daily more frequent; and their frequency gradually produced an habitual, and, if you please to call it so, a voluntary, and therefore precarious, acquiescence in the people.
Seite 2 - I went over to France, with a view of prosecuting my studies in a country retreat; and I there laid that plan of life, which I have steadily and successfully pursued. I resolved to make a very rigid frugality supply my deficiency of fortune, to maintain unimpaired my independency, and to regard every object as contemptible, except the improvement of my talents in literature.
Seite 8 - My company was not unacceptable to the young and careless, as well as to the studious and literary ; and as I took a particular pleasure in the company of modest women, I had no reason to be displeased with the reception I met with from them.