Biographical Memoirs, of Adam Smith, LL. D., of William Robertson, D. D. and of Thomas Reid, D. D.: Read Before the Royal Society of Edinburgh. Now Collected Into One Volume, with Some Additional NotesG. Ramsay, 1811 - 532 стор. |
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... established : But in the former science , the prac- tical rules are obvious to the capacities of all mankind ; the theoretical principles form one of the most difficult subjects of discussion that have ever exercised the ingenuity of ...
... established : But in the former science , the prac- tical rules are obvious to the capacities of all mankind ; the theoretical principles form one of the most difficult subjects of discussion that have ever exercised the ingenuity of ...
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... established rules , than to wonder at the bolder flights of an undisciplined imagination ) was increased to a great degree , when he saw the beauties that had struck him in the closet , heightened by the utmost per- fection of ...
... established rules , than to wonder at the bolder flights of an undisciplined imagination ) was increased to a great degree , when he saw the beauties that had struck him in the closet , heightened by the utmost per- fection of ...
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... established institutions , or to inflame the passions of the multitude . The improvements they re- commend are to be effected by means too gradual and slow in their operation , to warm the imaginations of any but of the speculative few ...
... established institutions , or to inflame the passions of the multitude . The improvements they re- commend are to be effected by means too gradual and slow in their operation , to warm the imaginations of any but of the speculative few ...
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... established 66 powers and privileges even of individuals , and still more " of the great orders and societies into which the state is di- " vided . Though he should consider some of them as in some measure abusive , he will content ...
... established 66 powers and privileges even of individuals , and still more " of the great orders and societies into which the state is di- " vided . Though he should consider some of them as in some measure abusive , he will content ...
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... establish the " best system of laws , he will endeavour to establish the best " that the people can bear . ” These cautions with respect to the practical application of general principles were peculiarly necessary from the Author of ...
... establish the " best system of laws , he will endeavour to establish the best " that the people can bear . ” These cautions with respect to the practical application of general principles were peculiarly necessary from the Author of ...
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Сторінка 432 - There is no question of importance whose decision is not comprised in the science of man; and there is none which can be decided with any certainty before we become acquainted with that science.
Сторінка 82 - Little else is requisite to carry a state to the " highest degree of opulence from the lowest barbarism, but " peace, easy taxes, and a tolerable administration of justice ; " all the rest being brought about by the natural course of
Сторінка 425 - The intense view of these manifold contradictions and imperfections in human reason has so wrought upon me, and heated my brain, that I am ready to reject all belief and reasoning, and can look upon no opinion even as more probable or likely than another.
Сторінка 75 - When he cannot establish the right, he will not disdain to ameliorate the wrong; but like Solon, when he cannot establish the best system of laws, he will endeavour to establish the best that the people can bear.
Сторінка 63 - ... a theory of the general principles which ought to run through, and be the foundation of, the laws of all nations.
Сторінка 82 - ... peace, easy taxes, and a tolerable administration of justice ; all the rest being brought about by the natural course of things. All governments which thwart this natural course, which force things into another channel, or which endeavour to arrest the progress of society at a particular point, are unnatural, and to support themselves are obliged to be oppressive and tyrannical.
Сторінка 257 - TULLOCH. Rational Theology and Christian Philosophy in England in the Seventeenth Century. By JOHN TULLOCH, DD, Principal of St Mary's College in the University of St Andrews ; and one of her Majesty's Chaplains in Ordinary in Scotland. Second Edition. 2 vols. 8vo, 16s. Modern Theories in Philosophy and Religion. 8vo, 15s. Luther, and other Leaders of the Reformation.
Сторінка 432 - Here, then, is the only expedient from which we can hope for success in our philosophical researches ; to leave the tedious, lingering method, which we have hitherto followed ; and, instead of taking, now and then, a castle or village on the frontier, to march up directly to the capital or centre of these sciences, to human nature itself; which being once masters of, we may every where else hope for an easy victory.
Сторінка 23 - When we see a stroke aimed and just ready to fall upon the leg or arm of another person, we naturally shrink and draw back our own leg or our own arm; and when it does fall, we feel it in some measure, and are hurt by it as well as the sufferer.
Сторінка 70 - It is thus that every system which endeavours, either, by extraordinary encouragements, to draw towards a particular species of industry a greater share of the capital of the society than what would naturally go to it; or, by extraordinary restraints, to force from a particular species of industry some share of the capital which would otherwise be employed in it, is in reality subversive of the great purpose which it means to promote.