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- A man who has cured himself of all ridiculous prepossessions, and is fully, sincerely, and steadily convinced, from experience as well as philosophy, that the… Accidental
- In our reasonings concerning matter of fact, there are all imaginable degrees of assurance, from the highest certainty to the lowest species of moral evidence.… All
- Does a man of sense run after every silly tale of hobgoblins or fairies, and canvass particularly the evidence? I never knew anyone, that examined… Anyone
- It is... a just political maxim, that every man must be supposed a knave. Every Man
- The richest genius, like the most fertile soil, when uncultivated, shoots up into the rankest weeds. Fertile
- Which is more likely: that the whole natural order is suspended, or that a jewish minx should tell a lie? Jewish
- A miracle is a violation of the laws of nature; and as a firm and unalterable experience has established these laws, the proof against a… Any
- Heaven and hell suppose two distinct species of men, the good and the bad. But the greatest part of mankind float betwixt vice and virtue. Bad
- No quality of human nature is more remarkable, both in itself and in its consequences, than that propensity we have to sympathize with others, and… Both
- A man posing for a painting. Empathy
- The minds of men are mirrors to one another, not only because they reflect each other's emotions, but also because those rays of passions, sentiments… Decay
- In this sullen apathy neither true wisdom nor true happiness can be found. Apathy
- But there still prevails, even in nations well acquainted with commerce, a strong jealousy with regard to the balance of trade, and a fear, that… Abandon
- What is easy and obvious is never valued; and even what is in itself difficult, if we come to knowledge of it without difficulty, and… Difficult
- From the apparent usefulness of the social virtues, it has readily been inferred by sceptics, both ancient and modern, that all moral distinctions arise from… Afterwards
- .. the voice of nature and experience seems plainly to oppose the selfish theory. Ethics
- It is still open for me, as well as you, to regulate my behavior, by my experience of past events. Behavior
- There has been a controversy started of late, much better worth examination, concerning the general foundation of Morals; whether they be derived from Reason, or… All
- Truth is disputable; not taste: what exists in the nature of things is the standard of our judgement; what each man feels within himself is… Action
- These arguments on each side (and many more might be produced) are so plausible, that I am apt to suspect, they may, the one as… All
- .. that which renders morality an active principle and constitutes virtue our happiness, and vice our misery: it is probable, I say, that this final… Active
- But in many orders of beauty, particularly those of the finer arts, it is requisite to employ much reasoning, in order to feel the proper… Argument
- We may observe that, in displaying the praises of any humane, beneficent man, there is one circumstance which never fails to be amply insisted on,… Amply
- In all determinations of morality, this circumstance of public utility is ever principally in view; and wherever disputes arise, either in philosophy or common life,… Adjust
- He sees such a desperate rapaciousness prevail; such a disregard to equity, such contempt of order, such stupid blindness to future consequences, as must immediately… Blindness
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