The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 1C. and J. Rivington, 1826 - Great Britain |
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... that if we were to examine the divine fabricks by our ideas of reason and fitness , and to use the same method of attack by which some men have assaulted revealed religion , religion , we might with as good colour , and 6 PREFACE .
... that if we were to examine the divine fabricks by our ideas of reason and fitness , and to use the same method of attack by which some men have assaulted revealed religion , religion , we might with as good colour , and 6 PREFACE .
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... Fitness not the cause of Beauty VII . The real Effects of Fitness VIII . The Recapitulation • 203 • 205 210 212 • 220 · 222 • 227 230 IX . X. XI . Perfection not the cause of Beauty How far the idea of Beauty may be ap- plied to the ...
... Fitness not the cause of Beauty VII . The real Effects of Fitness VIII . The Recapitulation • 203 • 205 210 212 • 220 · 222 • 227 230 IX . X. XI . Perfection not the cause of Beauty How far the idea of Beauty may be ap- plied to the ...
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... fitness which some measures have to answer some particular ends of conveniency . Our business therefore is to enquire , whether the parts of those objects , which are found beautiful in the vegetable or animal king- doms , are ...
... fitness which some measures have to answer some particular ends of conveniency . Our business therefore is to enquire , whether the parts of those objects , which are found beautiful in the vegetable or animal king- doms , are ...
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... fitness and aptitude . For which reason , in the next section , I shall con- sider the effects of custom in the figure of animals ; and afterwards the idea of fitness : since if propor tion does not operate by a natural power attending ...
... fitness and aptitude . For which reason , in the next section , I shall con- sider the effects of custom in the figure of animals ; and afterwards the idea of fitness : since if propor tion does not operate by a natural power attending ...
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... FITNESS NOT THE CAUSE OF BEAUTY . IT is said that the idea of utility , or of a part's being well adapted to answer its end , is the cause of beauty , or indeed beauty itself . If it were not for this opinion , it had been impossible ...
... FITNESS NOT THE CAUSE OF BEAUTY . IT is said that the idea of utility , or of a part's being well adapted to answer its end , is the cause of beauty , or indeed beauty itself . If it were not for this opinion , it had been impossible ...
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