Shelley's Prose: Or, The Trumpet of a Prophecy |
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... principles are clearly and vigorously set forth . He maintained that there are ( in the Platonic sense ) no absolute and immutable principles of conduct , and with Locke , God- win , and Hume that moral standards are derived solely from ...
... principles are clearly and vigorously set forth . He maintained that there are ( in the Platonic sense ) no absolute and immutable principles of conduct , and with Locke , God- win , and Hume that moral standards are derived solely from ...
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... principles , chance , reason , or education may have con- ducted you that the endeavors of the truly virtuous necessarily converge to one point , though it be hidden from them what point that is ; they all labor for one end , and that ...
... principles , chance , reason , or education may have con- ducted you that the endeavors of the truly virtuous necessarily converge to one point , though it be hidden from them what point that is ; they all labor for one end , and that ...
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... principle that that which produces pleasure is good and that which produces pain is bad . We must be guided by the principles of benevolence and justice , and these in turn must be directed by those principles of the human mind ...
... principle that that which produces pleasure is good and that which produces pain is bad . We must be guided by the principles of benevolence and justice , and these in turn must be directed by those principles of the human mind ...
Contents
ESSAYS | 28 |
PROPOSALS FOR AN ASSOCIATION | 169 |
A VINDICATION | 181 |
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