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It finds out imaginary beings prescribing imaginary laws ; and then , it raises
imaginary terrors to support a belief in the beings , and an obedience to the laws .
Many things have been said , and very well undoubtedly , on the subjection in ...
It finds out imaginary beings prescribing imaginary laws ; and then , it raises
imaginary terrors to support a belief in the beings , and an obedience to the laws .
Many things have been said , and very well undoubtedly , on the subjection in ...
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And as nature has formed no bond of union to rhold them together , he supplied
this defect by laws . This is political society . And hence the sources of what are
usually called states , civil societies , or governments ; into some form of which ...
And as nature has formed no bond of union to rhold them together , he supplied
this defect by laws . This is political society . And hence the sources of what are
usually called states , civil societies , or governments ; into some form of which ...
Page 9
Civil government borrows a strength from ecclesiastical ; ) and artificial laws
receive a sanction from artificial revelations . The ideas of religion and
government are closely connected ; and whilst we receive government as a thing
necessary ...
Civil government borrows a strength from ecclesiastical ; ) and artificial laws
receive a sanction from artificial revelations . The ideas of religion and
government are closely connected ; and whilst we receive government as a thing
necessary ...
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How far mere nature would have carried us , we may judge by the example of
those animals , who still follow her laws , and even of those to whom she has
given dispositions more fierce , and arms more terrible , than ever she intended
we ...
How far mere nature would have carried us , we may judge by the example of
those animals , who still follow her laws , and even of those to whom she has
given dispositions more fierce , and arms more terrible , than ever she intended
we ...
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... common nature , and subject to the same law . There is something so averse
from our own nature in these artificial political distinctions , that we need no other
trumpet to kindle us to war and destruction . But there is something so benign and
...
... common nature , and subject to the same law . There is something so averse
from our own nature in these artificial political distinctions , that we need no other
trumpet to kindle us to war and destruction . But there is something so benign and
...
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| Title | The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke: Vindication of Natural Society. Essay on the sublime and the beautiful Bohn's British classics Volume 1 of The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Edmund Burke |
| Author | Edmund Burke |
| Publisher | Henry G. Bohn, 1854 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 21 Mar 2008 |
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