The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 1C. and J. Rivington, 1826 - Great Britain |
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... ARTIFICIAL SOCIETY . IN A LETTER TO LORD **** , BY A LATE NOBLE WRITER . 1756 . VOL . I. B PREFACE . B EFORE the philosophical works of Lord Bo- A Vindication of Natural Society: or, View of the Miseries and Evils arising to Mankind ...
... ARTIFICIAL SOCIETY . IN A LETTER TO LORD **** , BY A LATE NOBLE WRITER . 1756 . VOL . I. B PREFACE . B EFORE the philosophical works of Lord Bo- A Vindication of Natural Society: or, View of the Miseries and Evils arising to Mankind ...
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... wants but little . It every day invents some new artificial rule to guide that nature which , if left to itself , were the best and surest guide . It finds out. were * Had his Lordship lived to our days , to 10 A VINDICATION OF.
... wants but little . It every day invents some new artificial rule to guide that nature which , if left to itself , were the best and surest guide . It finds out. were * Had his Lordship lived to our days , to 10 A VINDICATION OF.
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... artificial regulations . It is by a conformity to this method we owe the discovery of the few truths we know , and the little liberty and ra- tional happiness we enjoy . We have something fairer play than a reasoner could have expected ...
... artificial regulations . It is by a conformity to this method we owe the discovery of the few truths we know , and the little liberty and ra- tional happiness we enjoy . We have something fairer play than a reasoner could have expected ...
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... artificial laws receive a sanction from artificial revelations . The ideas of religion and government are closely connected ; and whilst we receive government as a thing necessary , or even useful to our well - being , we shall in spite ...
... artificial laws receive a sanction from artificial revelations . The ideas of religion and government are closely connected ; and whilst we receive government as a thing necessary , or even useful to our well - being , we shall in spite ...
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... artificial division of mankind , into separate societies , is a perpetual source in itself of hatred and dissension among them . The names which distinguish them are enough to blow up hatred and rage . Exa- mine history ; consult ...
... artificial division of mankind , into separate societies , is a perpetual source in itself of hatred and dissension among them . The names which distinguish them are enough to blow up hatred and rage . Exa- mine history ; consult ...
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