 | William Paley - Church of England - 1837 - 474 pages
...as a rule of life, labours under the two following defects : — I. Human laws omit many duties, as not objects of compulsion ; such as piety to God,...their nature must be voluntary, are left out of the statute-book, as lying beyond the reach of its operation and authority. II. Human laws permit, or,... | |
 | William Paley - Theology - 1838 - 976 pages
...as a rule of life, labours under the two following defects : — I. Pluman laws omit many duties, as not objects of compulsion ; such as piety to God,...injuries, education of children, gratitude to benefactors f. The law never speaks but to command, nor commands but where it can compel ; consequently those duties,... | |
 | Marcus Tullius Cicero - 1850 - 364 pages
...after Terence) fishmongers, butchers, cooks, pastry-cooks, and fishermen ; to whom we shall add, if you it can compel ; consequently those duties, which by...their nature must be voluntary, are left out of the statute-book, as lying beyond the reach of its operation and authority. 2. Human laws permit, or, which... | |
 | William Paley - Theology - 1850 - 628 pages
...considered as a rule ot life, labours under the two following defects ; I. Human laws omit many duties, as not objects of compulsion ; such as piety to God, bounty to the poor, forgiveness ot injuries, education of children, gratitude to benefactors. The law never speaks but to command,... | |
 | William Paley - 1851 - 766 pages
...the two following defects : I. Human laws omit many duties, as not objects of compiiUion ; such an torn away from parents, wives, children, from their...board than what is provided for brutes. This is the se statutebonk, as lying beyond the reach of its operation and authority. II. Human laws permit, or, which... | |
 | Thomas Coward - 1851 - 198 pages
...nothing, for the doing or omitting of which the law can punish them. J. 1. Human laws omit many duties, as not objects of compulsion ; such as piety to God,...injuries, education of children, gratitude to benefactors. For the law never speaks but to command, nor commands but where it can compel; consequently those duties,... | |
 | Alexander Bain - 1852 - 304 pages
...considered as a rule of life, labours under the two following defects:— I. Human laws omit many duties, as not objects of compulsion '—such as piety to God,...their nature must be voluntary, are left out of the Statute-book, as lying beyond the reach of its operation and authority. II. Human laws permit—or,... | |
 | Marcus Tullius Cicero - Ethics - 1855 - 374 pages
...profession mean. For a workshop can contain nothing befitting a gentleman. Least of all are those trades such as piety to God, bounty to the poor, forgiveness...their nature must be voluntary, are left out of the statute-book, as lying beyond the reach of its operation and authority. 2. Human laws permit, or, which... | |
 | Marcus Tullius Cicero - 1855 - 376 pages
...profession mean. For a workshop can contain nothing befitting a gentleman. Least of all are those trades such as piety to God, bounty to the poor, forgiveness...their nature must be voluntary, are left out of the statute-book, as lying beyond the reach of its operation and authority. 2. Human laws permit, or, which... | |
 | Marcus Tullius Cicero - Ethics - 1856 - 430 pages
...us a rule of life, labours under the two following defects : — l. Human laws omit many duties, as not objects of compulsion ; such as piety to God,...never speaks but to command, nor commands but where great and superhuman endowments. But as to the whole system of the Cynics; we are absolutely to reject... | |
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Human laws omit many duties, as not objects of compulsion ; such as piety to God, bounty to the poor, forgiveness of injuries, education of children, gratitude to benefactors. The law never speaks but to command, nor commands but where it can compel... 
