The Fable of the Bees; Or, Private Vices, Public Benefits: With, An Essay on Charity and Charity-schools; and A Search Into the Nature of Society, Volumen 1J. Tolson, 1728 |
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... Reason , that in the wild State of Nature those Creatures are fittest to live peaceably to- gether in great Numbers , that discover the leaft of Understanding , and have the fewest Appe- tites to gratify ; and consequently no Species of ...
... Reason , that in the wild State of Nature those Creatures are fittest to live peaceably to- gether in great Numbers , that discover the leaft of Understanding , and have the fewest Appe- tites to gratify ; and consequently no Species of ...
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... Reason their most violent Incli- nations ; and making a continual War with themselves , to promote the Peace of others , aim'd at no less than the Publick Welfare and the Conquest of their own Paffion . Fortior eft qui fe quam qui ...
... Reason their most violent Incli- nations ; and making a continual War with themselves , to promote the Peace of others , aim'd at no less than the Publick Welfare and the Conquest of their own Paffion . Fortior eft qui fe quam qui ...
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... Reason none are moreCompaffionate than Women and Children , It must be own'd , that of all our Weaknesses it is the most amiable , and bears the greatest Resemblance to Virtue ; nay , without a con- siderable mixture of it the Society ...
... Reason none are moreCompaffionate than Women and Children , It must be own'd , that of all our Weaknesses it is the most amiable , and bears the greatest Resemblance to Virtue ; nay , without a con- siderable mixture of it the Society ...
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... Reason in Man was of equal weight with his Pride , he could never be pleas'd with Praifes , which he is confcious he don't deferve . L By Honour , in its proper and genuine • Signification , we mean nothing else but the good Opinion of ...
... Reason in Man was of equal weight with his Pride , he could never be pleas'd with Praifes , which he is confcious he don't deferve . L By Honour , in its proper and genuine • Signification , we mean nothing else but the good Opinion of ...
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... , is de- monftrable from the plain and different Effects , that in fpite of our Reason are produced in us as foon as we are affected with either . When When a Man is overwhelm'd with Shame , he observes 56 Remark ( C. )
... , is de- monftrable from the plain and different Effects , that in fpite of our Reason are produced in us as foon as we are affected with either . When When a Man is overwhelm'd with Shame , he observes 56 Remark ( C. )
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againſt almoſt anſwer Appetites Aſſiſtance Averſion becauſe beſt body Buſineſs call'd Catiline Cauſe Charity-Schools Children Circumſtances Cloaths confiderable conſequently Coſt Country courſe Creatures Cuſtom defire demonſtrate Deſign diſcover elſe employ'd encreaſe endeavour Envy eſpecially Eſteem faid fame Faſhion Fear felf firſt fome foon forc'd Frugality fuch fuffer himſelf Honour Horſes Houſes Induſtry Intereſt Labour laſt leaſt leſs likewife live loſe Love Luxury Maſters Miſchief Money moſt muſt Nation Nature Neceffity neceſſary neſs never Numbers obſerve occafion Paffion Paſſion Perſon Pity pleaſe Pleaſure Poor poſſible Praiſes preſent preſerve Pride Publick raiſe Reaſon refuſe Religion Reſolution reſt ſaid ſame ſave ſay ſecond ſee ſeem ſeen ſelf ſelves Senſe ſerve ſet ſeveral ſhall ſhe ſhew ſhould ſmall Society ſome ſomething ſpare ſpeak ſpend ſtand ſtill ſtrong ſuch themſelves ther theſe thing thoſe thought thouſand Trade underſtand Univerſities unleſs uſe vaſt Vice Virtue whilst whoſe wiſh World
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Página 37 - ... the nearer we search into human nature, the more we shall be convinced, that the moral virtues are the political offspring which flattery begot upon pride.
Página 162 - Hay; after that he falls upon the Beef with a voracious Appetite, and crams himself up to his Throat. Is it not provoking to hear John cry every Day that Pudding is all his Delight, and that he don't value the Beef of a Farthing?
Página 28 - The chief thing therefore, which lawgivers and other wise men, that have laboured for the establishment of society, have endeavoured, has been to make the people they were to govern believe, that it was more beneficial for every body to conquer than indulge his appetites, and much better to mind the public than what seemed his private interest.
Página 200 - Maxims are observ'd, must always be throng'd and can never want People, as long as there is any in the World. Would you have them Bold and Warlike, turn to Military Discipline, make good use of their Fear, and flatter their Vanity with Art and Assiduity: But would you moreover render them an opulent, knowing and polite Nation, teach 'em Commerce with Foreign Countries, and if possible get into the Sea, which to compass spare no Labour nor Industry, and let no...
Página 406 - ... what we call evil in this world, moral as well as natural, is the grand principle that makes us sociable creatures, the solid basis, the life and support of all trades and employments without exception: that there we must look for the true origin of all arts and sciences, and that the moment evil ceases, the society must be spoiled, if not totally dissolved.
Página 30 - To introduce moreover an emulation amongst men, they divided the whole species into two classes, vastly differing from one another. The one consisted of abject, low-minded people, that always hunting after immediate enjoyment, were wholly incapable of self-denial, and without regard to the good of others, had no higher aim than their private advantage...
Página 34 - It being the interest then of the very worst of them, more than any, to preach up public-spiritedness, that they might reap the fruits of the labour and self-denial of others...
Página 357 - In the East formerly sisters married brothers, and it was meritorious for a man to marry his mother. Such alliances are abominable; but it is certain that, whatever horror we conceive at the thoughts of them, there is nothing in Nature repugnant against them but what is built upon mode and custom.
Página 34 - VICE if in that action there could be observed the least prospect that it might either be injurious to any of the society, or ever render himself less serviceable to others; and to give the name of VIRTUE to every performance by which man, contrary to the impulse of nature, should endeavour the benefit of others, or the conquest of his own passions out of a rational ambition of being good.