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... virtue . It evidently contains within itself elements adapted to infinite improvement , in any state in which we may ... virtue or in vice , so long as we exist . 4. And as , on the one hand , we can have no concep- tion of the amount of ...
... virtue . It evidently contains within itself elements adapted to infinite improvement , in any state in which we may ... virtue or in vice , so long as we exist . 4. And as , on the one hand , we can have no concep- tion of the amount of ...
Pagina 94
... virtue . The latter is manifestly the most important object of our being , even in so far as our own happiness is concerned ; for , by the practice of virtue , without respect to our own temporal happiness , we secure our moral ...
... virtue . The latter is manifestly the most important object of our being , even in so far as our own happiness is concerned ; for , by the practice of virtue , without respect to our own temporal happiness , we secure our moral ...
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... virtue , additional , generically different from those of natural religion , and of infinitely greater power . 1. The motives to virtue , from consequences in this world , are strengthened by a clearer development of the indissoluble ...
... virtue , additional , generically different from those of natural religion , and of infinitely greater power . 1. The motives to virtue , from consequences in this world , are strengthened by a clearer development of the indissoluble ...
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