An Essay on the History of Civil SocietyJ.J. Tourneisen, 1789 - 424 sider |
Inni boken
Resultat 1-5 av 29
Side 38
... pursuit of this amiable inten- tion , we may hope , in fome inftances , to difarm the angry paffions of jealoufy and envy ; we may hope to instil into the breasts of private men fenti- ments of candour toward their fellow - creatures ...
... pursuit of this amiable inten- tion , we may hope , in fome inftances , to difarm the angry paffions of jealoufy and envy ; we may hope to instil into the breasts of private men fenti- ments of candour toward their fellow - creatures ...
Side 48
... pursuit or attention . The mighty ad- vantages of property and fortune , when ftript of the recommendations they derive from vanity , or the more ferious regards to independence and power , only mean a provifion that is made for animal ...
... pursuit or attention . The mighty ad- vantages of property and fortune , when ftript of the recommendations they derive from vanity , or the more ferious regards to independence and power , only mean a provifion that is made for animal ...
Side 58
... would fupplant his princi- pal enjoyment ; for an equal contempt of danger or pain , that come to ftop his pursuits of public good . " A vehement and steady affection magni- " " " fies its object , and leffens every 58 HISTORY OF.
... would fupplant his princi- pal enjoyment ; for an equal contempt of danger or pain , that come to ftop his pursuits of public good . " A vehement and steady affection magni- " " " fies its object , and leffens every 58 HISTORY OF.
Side 64
... pursuits , at least on account of their duration , deferve the greater part of our attention . When their occafions have failed , the demand is not for pleasure , but for fomething to do ; and the very complaints of a fufferer are not ...
... pursuits , at least on account of their duration , deferve the greater part of our attention . When their occafions have failed , the demand is not for pleasure , but for fomething to do ; and the very complaints of a fufferer are not ...
Side 66
... pursuit , the objects of fense make an im- portant part in the fyftem of human life . They lead us to fulfil the purposes of nature , in pre- ferving the individual , and in perpetuating the fpecies : but to rely on their ufe as a ...
... pursuit , the objects of fense make an im- portant part in the fyftem of human life . They lead us to fulfil the purposes of nature , in pre- ferving the individual , and in perpetuating the fpecies : but to rely on their ufe as a ...
Andre utgaver - Vis alle
An Essay on the History of Civil Society. By Adam Ferguson ... Adam Ferguson Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1768 |
Vanlige uttrykk og setninger
admiration againſt ages animal animofity apprehenfion arife arts becauſe beſt beſtow cafe character Charlevoix circumftances civil confequence confideration confidered confifts conftitution conqueft corruption defire difpofition diftinction diftinguiſhed domeſtic effects employed enemy equally eſtabliſhments exerciſe fafe fafety fame favage fays fcene fecure feem feldom fenfe fentiments feparate ferve fervile fhould fions firſt fituation flaves fociety fome fometimes force fortune fource fovereign fpecies fpirit ftate ftill fubfiftence fubject fuch fuffer fufficient fuperior fuppofed furniſh fyftem greateſt happineſs hiftory himſelf honour human increaſe inftances intereft itſelf juſtice leaſt lefs mafter mankind manners meaſure ment mind moft monarchy moſt muft muſt nations nature neceffary numbers obferved object occafions oppofition pacific citizen paffions party perfonal pleaſure poffeffed poffeffion political prefent prefervation principle profeffions progrefs purfuits purpoſe raiſed reafon refpect Roman rude ſcene Sparta ſtate ſtation talents thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe tion underſtanding uſe virtue wealth whofe
Populære avsnitt
Side 38 - But it is vain to expect that we can give to the multitude of a people a sense of union among themselves, without admitting hostility to those who oppose them. Could we at once, in the case of any nation, extinguish the emulation which is excited from abroad, we should probably break or weaken the bands of society at home, and close...
Side 125 - This distinction must create a material difference of character, and may furnish two separate heads under which to consider the history of mankind in their rudest state; that of the savage, who is not yet acquainted with property; and that of the barbarian, to whom it is, although not ascertained by laws, a principal object of care and desire.
Side 389 - Heroes are much the fame, the point's agreed, From Macedonia's madman to the Swede...
Side 13 - If we admit that man is susceptible of improvement, and has in himself a principle of progression, and a desire of perfection, it appears improper to say, that he has quitted the state of his nature, when he has begun to proceed ; or that he finds a station for which he was not intended, while, like other animals, he only follows the disposition, and employs the powers that nature has given.
Side 276 - Those establishments arose from successive improvements that were made, without any sense of their general effect; and they bring human affairs to a state of complication, which the greatest reach of capacity with which human nature was ever adorned, could not have projected; nor even when the whole is carried into execution, can it be comprehended in its full extent.
Side 20 - ... animal life, and who are least mindful of rendering that life an object worthy of care. It will be difficult, however, to tell why a good understanding, a resolute and generous mind, should not, by every man in his senses, be reckoned as much parts of himself as either his stomach or his palate, and much more than his estate or his dress. The epicure who consults his physician...
Side 123 - What should distinguish a German or a Briton, in the habits of his mind or his body, in his manners or apprehensions, from an American, who, like him, with his bow and his dart, is left to traverse the forest; and in a like severe or variable climate, is obliged to subsist by the chase?
Side 278 - ... cultivated, while that of the inferior workman lies waste. The statesman may have a wide comprehension of human affairs, while the tools he employs are ignorant of the system in which they are themselves combined. The general officer may be a great proficient in the knowledge of war, while the soldier is confined to a few motions of the hand and the foot. The former may have gained, what the latter has lost...
Side 116 - ... transmitted, and in every generation receive a different form. They are made to bear the stamp of the times through which they have passed in the form of tradition, not of the ages to which their pretended descriptions relate.
Side 60 - ... precincts of a court, where we may learn to smile without being pleased, to caress without affection, to wound with the secret weapons of envy and jealousy, and to rest our personal importance on circumstances which we cannot always with honour command? No: but in a situation where the great sentiments of the heart are awakened; where the characters of men, not their situations and fortunes, are...