...wary Politicians j and the nearer we fearch into human Nature, the more we (hall be convinced, that the Moral Virtues are the Political Offspring which Flattery begot upon Pride. There is no Man of what Capacity or Penetration foever, that is wholly Proof againfl the Witchcraft...

...are to obtain it, fo much the wifer is the agent to be efteemed. ALC. — This feems to be true. * The moral virtues are the political offspring, which...flattery begot upon pride. Fable of the Bees, part the Grit p. 37. EUPH. — Can a rational agent propofe a more excellent end than happinefs ? ALC. —...

...wary politicians; and the nearer we feaich into human .nature, the more we fhull be convinced, that the moral virtues are the political offspring which flattery begot upon pride. There is no man, of what capacity or penetration foever, that is wholly proof againil the witchcraft...

...those appetites which they had in common with brutes, &c. This you take to be a sufficient proof that the moral virtues are the political offspring which flattery begot upon pride. I can go no further till I present you with a fine speculation of an abstract thinker upon the origin...

...a level with a chest of drawers. Hobbes to self-love. Mandeville to love of praise : he said that " The moral virtues are the political offspring which flattery begot upon pride." l)r. Clarke to the fitness of things. Paley to the hope of eternal reward. Stewart, Brown, Hutcheson,...

...on a level with a chest of drawers. Hobbes to self-love. Mandeville to love of praise : he said that "the moral virtues are the political offspring which flattery begot upon pride." Dr Clarke to the fitness of things. Paley to the hope of eternal reward. Stewart, Brown, Hutcheson,...

...learned politeness. 3. Pride, Vanity, Honour. Pride is of great consequence in Mandeville's system. ' The moral virtues are the political offspring which flattery begot upon pride.' Han is naturally innocent, timid, and stupid; destitute of strong passions or appetites, he would remain...

...learned politeness. 3. Pride, Vanity, Honour. Pride is of great consequence in Mandeville's system. ' The moral virtues are the political offspring which flattery begot upon pride.' Man is naturally innocent, timid, and stupid ; destitute of strong passions or appetites, he would...

...learned politeness. 3. Pride, Vanity, Honour. Pride is of great consequence in Mandeville's system. ' The moral virtues are the political offspring which flattery begot upon pride/ Man is naturally innocent, timid, and stupid ; destitute of strong passions or appetites, he would...

...of other vile persons by advocating the new maxims. The doctrine is summed up in the aphorism that ' the moral virtues are the political offspring which flattery begot upon pride.' This preposterous caricature of modern utilitarianism is precisely analogous to the ordinary Deist...