An Enquiry Into the Morals of the AncientsA. Bettesworth & C. Hitch, 1737 |
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Page 44
... Paffions have an Influence ? And this may be taken Notice of , both as to publick and private Life , and amongst all Ranks and Degrees of Men . The fame may be faid , as to my other Chapters ; for the Deficiency of moft Men , in the ...
... Paffions have an Influence ? And this may be taken Notice of , both as to publick and private Life , and amongst all Ranks and Degrees of Men . The fame may be faid , as to my other Chapters ; for the Deficiency of moft Men , in the ...
Page 48
... Paffions of Mankind were deify'd , as was practifed amongst all the Ancient Heathens ; a People who could erect Temples , and facrifice to War , under the Name of Mars ; to Luft , under the Names of Venus , Priapus and Cupid ; to ...
... Paffions of Mankind were deify'd , as was practifed amongst all the Ancient Heathens ; a People who could erect Temples , and facrifice to War , under the Name of Mars ; to Luft , under the Names of Venus , Priapus and Cupid ; to ...
Page 86
... Paffions of the People , their flagrant Vices , have al- ways been the Caufe of their Uneafinefs or Oppreffion . Peo- ple may grumble for ever against their Governors , in what is called a free Country , and make loud Complaints that ...
... Paffions of the People , their flagrant Vices , have al- ways been the Caufe of their Uneafinefs or Oppreffion . Peo- ple may grumble for ever against their Governors , in what is called a free Country , and make loud Complaints that ...
Page 87
... Paffions and Appetites of all kinds bear too great a Sway , there could be no Oppreffion , because the Means would be wanting . Befides , it generally happens ( except in fome very particular Cafes which are plain and undeniable ) that ...
... Paffions and Appetites of all kinds bear too great a Sway , there could be no Oppreffion , because the Means would be wanting . Befides , it generally happens ( except in fome very particular Cafes which are plain and undeniable ) that ...
Page 88
... Paffions or the Injustice of others oblige them to it . This is generally known and complain- ed of ; and yet fuch are the Paffions of Mankind , that rather than not fatisfy them , they will fubmit to this ruinous Oppreffion ; and fo ...
... Paffions or the Injustice of others oblige them to it . This is generally known and complain- ed of ; and yet fuch are the Paffions of Mankind , that rather than not fatisfy them , they will fubmit to this ruinous Oppreffion ; and fo ...
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