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Page 117
... Mankind from natural to civil Society . These were the Invention and Improve- ment of Arts . For while Mankind lived in a mere State of Nature , unconscious of the Arts of Life , there was no need of any other Government than the ...
... Mankind from natural to civil Society . These were the Invention and Improve- ment of Arts . For while Mankind lived in a mere State of Nature , unconscious of the Arts of Life , there was no need of any other Government than the ...
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... Mankind are of themselves too apt to believe ; for they glory in their brutal Ignorance , because they think it will screen them from Juftice ; and hate Knowledge and Understanding , as their greatest Enemies , because thereby they ...
... Mankind are of themselves too apt to believe ; for they glory in their brutal Ignorance , because they think it will screen them from Juftice ; and hate Knowledge and Understanding , as their greatest Enemies , because thereby they ...
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... Mankind : Some place the Blifs in Action , fome in Eafe , Thefe call it Pleafure , and Contentment thefe : " Who thus define it , fay they more or less Than this , that Happiness is Happiness . Ep . iv . 1. 19 . Yes , they fay a great ...
... Mankind : Some place the Blifs in Action , fome in Eafe , Thefe call it Pleafure , and Contentment thefe : " Who thus define it , fay they more or less Than this , that Happiness is Happiness . Ep . iv . 1. 19 . Yes , they fay a great ...
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