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... advantage over him as the strong has over the weak in a state of nature ? But we will not place the state of nature , which is the reign of God , in competition with political society , which is the absurd usurpation of man . In a state ...
... advantage over him as the strong has over the weak in a state of nature ? But we will not place the state of nature , which is the reign of God , in competition with political society , which is the absurd usurpation of man . In a state ...
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... advantage . Let us now view the other species of the rich , those who devote their time and fortunes to idleness and pleasure . How much happier are they ? The pleasures which are agreeable to nature are within the reach of all , and ...
... advantage . Let us now view the other species of the rich , those who devote their time and fortunes to idleness and pleasure . How much happier are they ? The pleasures which are agreeable to nature are within the reach of all , and ...
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... advantage of the candid liberty of my friends ; and if by these means I have been better enabled to discover the im- perfections of the work , the indulgence it has received , im- perfect as it was , furnished me with a new motive to ...
... advantage of the candid liberty of my friends ; and if by these means I have been better enabled to discover the im- perfections of the work , the indulgence it has received , im- perfect as it was , furnished me with a new motive to ...
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... advantages . Mr. Locke very justly and finely observes of wit , that it is chiefly conversant in tracing resemblances : he remarks , at the same time , that the business of judgment is rather in finding differences . It may perhaps ...
... advantages . Mr. Locke very justly and finely observes of wit , that it is chiefly conversant in tracing resemblances : he remarks , at the same time , that the business of judgment is rather in finding differences . It may perhaps ...
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... advantage in point of polish . Here is indeed the great difference between tastes , when men come to compare the excess or diminution of things which are judged by degree and not by measure . Nor is it easy , when such a difference ...
... advantage in point of polish . Here is indeed the great difference between tastes , when men come to compare the excess or diminution of things which are judged by degree and not by measure . Nor is it easy , when such a difference ...
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