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This he proceeds to do : Moral philosophy is nothing else but the science of what is good and evil in the conversation and society of mankind . Good and evil are names that signify our appetites and aversions ; which in different ...
This he proceeds to do : Moral philosophy is nothing else but the science of what is good and evil in the conversation and society of mankind . Good and evil are names that signify our appetites and aversions ; which in different ...
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good and evil . Nor is there any such thing as absolute goodness considered without relation . Whatsoever is the object of any man's appetite or desire , that it is which he for his part calleth good ; and the object of his hate and ...
good and evil . Nor is there any such thing as absolute goodness considered without relation . Whatsoever is the object of any man's appetite or desire , that it is which he for his part calleth good ; and the object of his hate and ...
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They relate to good or evil . What in the result is likely to produce evil , is politically false ; that which is productive of good politically true . The natural conservative in him has the floor by now . He cannot abide the thought ...
They relate to good or evil . What in the result is likely to produce evil , is politically false ; that which is productive of good politically true . The natural conservative in him has the floor by now . He cannot abide the thought ...
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Contents
AN INTRODUCTION | 2 |
The principles of natural theologyfrom St Thomas Aquinas | 9 |
The religious wagerfrom Blaise Pascal | 22 |
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