Essays, Moral, Economical and PoliticalJohn Sharpe, 1828 - 194 pages |
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Page 11
... danger by it . The inclination to goodness is imprinted deeply in the nature of man ; inso- much , that if it issue not towards men , it will take unto other living creatures ; as it is seen in the Turks , a cruel people , who ...
... danger by it . The inclination to goodness is imprinted deeply in the nature of man ; inso- much , that if it issue not towards men , it will take unto other living creatures ; as it is seen in the Turks , a cruel people , who ...
Page 12
... dangerous ; it being true in the body politic , as in the corporal , that " omnis subita immutatio est periculosa : " and though it be for the better , yet it is not without a fearful apprehension ; for he that changeth the fundamental ...
... dangerous ; it being true in the body politic , as in the corporal , that " omnis subita immutatio est periculosa : " and though it be for the better , yet it is not without a fearful apprehension ; for he that changeth the fundamental ...
Page 14
... danger is imminent and great : for the rebellions of the belly are the worst . As for discontentments , they are in the politic body like to humours in the natural , which are apt to gather a preternatural heat , and to inflame ; and ...
... danger is imminent and great : for the rebellions of the belly are the worst . As for discontentments , they are in the politic body like to humours in the natural , which are apt to gather a preternatural heat , and to inflame ; and ...
Page 15
... danger of them , there is in every state ( as we know ) two portions of subjects , the nobles and the commonalty . When one of these is discontent , the danger is not great ; for com- mon people are of slow motion , if they be not ...
... danger of them , there is in every state ( as we know ) two portions of subjects , the nobles and the commonalty . When one of these is discontent , the danger is not great ; for com- mon people are of slow motion , if they be not ...
Page 16
... danger is greater towards men . Atheism leaves a man to sense , to philosophy , to natural piety , to laws , to reputation : all which may be guides to an outward moral virtue , though religion were not ; but super- stition dismounts ...
... danger is greater towards men . Atheism leaves a man to sense , to philosophy , to natural piety , to laws , to reputation : all which may be guides to an outward moral virtue , though religion were not ; but super- stition dismounts ...
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