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Page 58
... reason was rather an embarrassment to Bolingbroke because it relied on metaphysical hypotheses about final causes the reasons for the Creation and the nature of the Creator are not fit subjects for philosophical discussion , in ...
... reason was rather an embarrassment to Bolingbroke because it relied on metaphysical hypotheses about final causes the reasons for the Creation and the nature of the Creator are not fit subjects for philosophical discussion , in ...
Page 86
... reason in the latter case , instinct in the former ; and third , though self - love , the motivating principle of ... reason because it directly instantiates the power of God and therefore is not subject to error or abuse ; standing ...
... reason in the latter case , instinct in the former ; and third , though self - love , the motivating principle of ... reason because it directly instantiates the power of God and therefore is not subject to error or abuse ; standing ...
Page 155
... reason ] , that of self- love , which is the original spring of human actions . " 15 Self - love is at first an instinct and drives men instinctively toward the sociability essential to self - preservation . At a later stage of ...
... reason ] , that of self- love , which is the original spring of human actions . " 15 Self - love is at first an instinct and drives men instinctively toward the sociability essential to self - preservation . At a later stage of ...
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