An Essay on the History of Civil SocietyJ.J. Tourneisen, 1789 - 424 sider |
Inni boken
Resultat 1-5 av 68
Side 9
... these boundlefs re- gions of ignorance or conjecture , by a fancy which delights in creating rather than in merely retaining the forms which are prefented before it : we are the dupes of a fubtilty , which pro- mises to fupply every ...
... these boundlefs re- gions of ignorance or conjecture , by a fancy which delights in creating rather than in merely retaining the forms which are prefented before it : we are the dupes of a fubtilty , which pro- mises to fupply every ...
Side 18
... these apprehenfions , while other paffions on- ly operate occafionally , the interested find the ob- ject of their ordinary cares ; their motive to the practice of mechanic and commercial arts ; their temptation to trefpafs on the laws ...
... these apprehenfions , while other paffions on- ly operate occafionally , the interested find the ob- ject of their ordinary cares ; their motive to the practice of mechanic and commercial arts ; their temptation to trefpafs on the laws ...
Side 22
... THESE terms have their equivalents in every tongue ; they were invented by men of no refine- ment , who only meant to exprefs what they dif- tinctly perceived , or ftrongly felt . And if a man of fpeculation fhould prove , that we are ...
... THESE terms have their equivalents in every tongue ; they were invented by men of no refine- ment , who only meant to exprefs what they dif- tinctly perceived , or ftrongly felt . And if a man of fpeculation fhould prove , that we are ...
Side 23
... these ambiguities , it is not furprifing we are ftill unable to deter- mine , whether intereft is the only motive of human action , and the standard by which to diftinguifh our good from our ill . So much is faid in this place , not ...
... these ambiguities , it is not furprifing we are ftill unable to deter- mine , whether intereft is the only motive of human action , and the standard by which to diftinguifh our good from our ill . So much is faid in this place , not ...
Side 35
... THESE obfervations feem to arraign our fpecies , and to give an unfavourable picture of mankind ; and yet the particulars we have mentioned are con fiftent with the most amiable qualities of our na- and often furnish a scene for the ...
... THESE obfervations feem to arraign our fpecies , and to give an unfavourable picture of mankind ; and yet the particulars we have mentioned are con fiftent with the most amiable qualities of our na- and often furnish a scene for the ...
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...