History of English Thought in the Eighteenth Century, Volume 2 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 60
Page 15
... authority , must be recognised by a kind of intellectual in- stinct . In ethical discussions , the faculty in which this mysterious power resided was generally described as the moral sense or the conscience . To the ontologist such a ...
... authority , must be recognised by a kind of intellectual in- stinct . In ethical discussions , the faculty in which this mysterious power resided was generally described as the moral sense or the conscience . To the ontologist such a ...
Page 29
... authority , and thus in practice supersedes the necessity of an appeal to our selfish instincts . Should anyone ask me , he says , why I would avoid being nasty when nobody was present , I should think him a very nasty gentleman to ask ...
... authority , and thus in practice supersedes the necessity of an appeal to our selfish instincts . Should anyone ask me , he says , why I would avoid being nasty when nobody was present , I should think him a very nasty gentleman to ask ...
Page 35
... authorities.3 2 38. Mandeville , in fact , has overlaid a very sound and sober thesis with a number of showy paradoxes which , perhaps , 2 Ib . p . 230 . Mandeville , pp . 227 , 228 . See e.g. his remarks , at p . 58 , upon the balance ...
... authorities.3 2 38. Mandeville , in fact , has overlaid a very sound and sober thesis with a number of showy paradoxes which , perhaps , 2 Ib . p . 230 . Mandeville , pp . 227 , 228 . See e.g. his remarks , at p . 58 , upon the balance ...
Page 37
... authorities , he denies the name of virtuous to any doctrine which is prompted by natural instinct . The ' vilest women , ' he tells us , have exerted themselves in behalf of their children as violently as the best . ' And this , which ...
... authorities , he denies the name of virtuous to any doctrine which is prompted by natural instinct . The ' vilest women , ' he tells us , have exerted themselves in behalf of their children as violently as the best . ' And this , which ...
Page 48
... authority of being so . ' ' Had it strength , as it has right , ' he says of the conscience ; ' had it power , as it has manifest authority , it would absolutely govern the world . ' ' This is Butler's most characteristic doctrine . The ...
... authority of being so . ' ' Had it strength , as it has right , ' he says of the conscience ; ' had it power , as it has manifest authority , it would absolutely govern the world . ' ' This is Butler's most characteristic doctrine . The ...
Contents
173 | |
182 | |
201 | |
217 | |
225 | |
237 | |
242 | |
252 | |
49 | |
53 | |
55 | |
61 | |
63 | |
67 | |
73 | |
75 | |
79 | |
81 | |
85 | |
87 | |
92 | |
93 | |
112 | |
123 | |
129 | |
141 | |
156 | |
167 | |
265 | |
271 | |
283 | |
290 | |
301 | |
305 | |
314 | |
325 | |
340 | |
353 | |
360 | |
366 | |
372 | |
390 | |
417 | |
426 | |
456 | |
462 | |
468 | |
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
absolute abstract action Adam Smith admit appear argues argument assertion authority Balance of Trade Bangorian controversy belief Bentham Bolingbroke Burke Burke's Butler cause century character Church compact conscience constitution corruption creed Deism deist Delolme divine doctrine dogmas England English enquiry equally Essay evil existence fact fallacy force French Godwin happiness harmony Hartley Hoadly Hoadly's human nature Hume Hume's Hutcheson implies influence instincts intellectual king labour laws liberty Locke Locke's logical Mandeville mankind ment metaphysical method mind Montesquieu moral sense moralists nation pantheism passions philosophical phrase pleasure political popular principles pure question reason recognised regarded religion religious remarks represented Rousseau says seems selfish sentiment sermon Shaftesbury social social contract society speculation spirit supernatural tendency theism theology theory things thought tion Treatise true truth Tucker ultimate utilitarian virtue Wealth of Nations Whig whilst whole writers
Popular passages
Page 26 - From harmony, from heavenly harmony This universal frame began : From harmony to harmony Through all the compass of the notes it ran, The diapason closing full in Man.
Page 190 - I authorise and give up my right of governing myself to this man, or to this assembly of men, on this condition, that thou give up thy right to him, and authorize all his actions in like manner.
Page 189 - ... from his loins), a man capable of placing in review, after having brought together, from the east, the west, the north, and the south, from the coarseness of the rudest barbarism to the most refined and subtle civilization, all the schemes of government which had ever prevailed amongst mankind...
Page 87 - Tis not contrary to reason to prefer the destruction of the whole world to the scratching of my finger.
Page 88 - Reason is, and ought only to be, the slave of the passions, and can never pretend to any other office than to serve and obey them.
Page 137 - The state of Nature has a law of Nature to govern it, which obliges everyone, and reason, which is that law, teaches all mankind who will but consult it, that being all equal and independent, no one ought to harm another in his life, health, liberty or possessions...
Page 149 - I take to be a voluntary society of men, joining themselves together of their own accord, in order to the public worshipping of God, in such a manner as they judge acceptable to him, and effectual to the salvation of their souls.
Page 301 - I shall therefore venture to acknowledge, that, not only as a man, but as a British subject, I pray for the flourishing commerce of Germany, Spain, Italy, and even France itself. I am at least certain that Great Britain, and all those nations, would flourish more, did their sovereigns and ministers adopt such enlarged and benevolent sentiments towards each other.
Page 226 - I may assume, that the awful Author of our Being is the Author of our place in the order of existence; and that having disposed and marshalled us by a divine tactic, not according to our will, but according to His...
Page 373 - Offending race of human kind, By nature, reason, learning, blind ; You who, through frailty, stepp'd aside ; And you, who never fell from pride : You who in different sects were shamm'd, And come to see each other damn'd ; (So some folk told you, but they knew No more of Jove's designs than you ;) — The world's mad business now is o'er, And I resent these pranks no more. — I to such blockheads set my wit ! I damn such fools ! — -Go, go, you're bit.