 Man may mistake the objects of his pursuit; he may misapply his industry, and misplace his improvements. If under a sense of such possible errors, he would find a standard by which to judge of his own proceedings, and arrive at the best state of his nature,...  An Essay on the History of Civil Society - Side 14av Adam Ferguson - 1768 - 430 siderUten tilgangsbegrensning - Om denne boken
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...which to judge of his own proceedings, and arrive at the bed flate of his nature, he cannot find ic perhaps in the practice of any individual, or of any...capable. He will find, on the fcrutiny, that the proper ftare of his nature, taken in this fenfe, is not a condition from which mankind are for ever removed,... | |
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