The Source, the Strength, and the True Spirit of Laws: In which the Errors of M. de Montesquieu, and Some Other Eminent Writers, are Occasionally Considered, to which are Added, Essays on the Natural Origin of Political Governments |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 10
Page 11
... Sense , and to the Testimony of the most illuftri- ous and renowned Philofophers and Literati in all Ages and Nations , plainly demonftrate , that that Man therefore is not a meer Machine in regard CHAP . 2. The Source of Laws . II .
... Sense , and to the Testimony of the most illuftri- ous and renowned Philofophers and Literati in all Ages and Nations , plainly demonftrate , that that Man therefore is not a meer Machine in regard CHAP . 2. The Source of Laws . II .
Page 12
... Sense perceives the Equality of the organical Mo- tions , Senfations and Operations of the Body , as well in the whole Mass of Mankind as in the Individuals . Herein is Mechanism visibly displayed . But , at the same Time , how shall we ...
... Sense perceives the Equality of the organical Mo- tions , Senfations and Operations of the Body , as well in the whole Mass of Mankind as in the Individuals . Herein is Mechanism visibly displayed . But , at the same Time , how shall we ...
Page 35
... Sense , for Nature in Health does not require them : ' Tis Sickness , and not Nature , that wants Phyfick and Bleeding : But the greatest mis- fortune of the Patient is his want of fufficient Difcernment to know the Condition he is in ...
... Sense , for Nature in Health does not require them : ' Tis Sickness , and not Nature , that wants Phyfick and Bleeding : But the greatest mis- fortune of the Patient is his want of fufficient Difcernment to know the Condition he is in ...
Page 53
... Sense , that the Knowledge of all Ve getables and Minerals , as well as their Virtues and surprising Effects , must be originally afcribed to Experience alone . I am willing to diffemble what the Gentiles themfelves re- late of certain ...
... Sense , that the Knowledge of all Ve getables and Minerals , as well as their Virtues and surprising Effects , must be originally afcribed to Experience alone . I am willing to diffemble what the Gentiles themfelves re- late of certain ...
Page 68
... Sense to affert , that it is agreeable to the Conftitution of human Nature to be fometimes in Health , and fometimes fick ; one while wife , another Time foolish ; fometimes joyful , and fometimes mourning ; and that all this suits and ...
... Sense to affert , that it is agreeable to the Conftitution of human Nature to be fometimes in Health , and fometimes fick ; one while wife , another Time foolish ; fometimes joyful , and fometimes mourning ; and that all this suits and ...
Common terms and phrases
againſt alfo almoſt alſo anſwer antient Author Axiom Beafts becauſe Body Cafe CHAP Children cife Confequences Dæmon Defign deſtroy Diſeaſes Diſorder eafily effential elſe eſpecially eſtabliſh Evil faid fame Father feems fenfible fhall fince fincerely fingle firft firſt fome fometimes foon ftill fubfift fuch fufficient fuppofed fupreme Government greateſt Happineſs Hiftory himſelf Honour human Laws human Nature impoffible impoſed Irreligion itſelf juft juſt Juſtice laft laſt leaft leaſt lefs Legiſlator leſs Love Lycurgus Machine manifeft Mankind ment moft Monarchy Montefquiou moſt muft muſt Nations neceffary Neceffity neral never Number obferved Occafion oppofite otherwife ourſelves Paffions perfect Perfons perfuade Phyfic pleaſed Pleaſure poffible prefent Principle propofed Puniſhments Queſtion Reaſon Reflection reft Republics ſay Senfe Senſe ſhall ſhould Society ſome ſpeak Spirit of Laws Strength ſuch Syſtem thefe themſelves theſe Thing thofe thoſe thouſand tion Underſtanding univerfal unleſs Uſe Virtue Weakneſs Wiſhes World Worſhip
Popular passages
Page 73 - I was alive without the law once : but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died. 10 And the commandment which was ordained to life, I found to be unto death. 11 For sin, taking occasion by the commandment, deceived me, and by it slew me.
Page 72 - What (hall we (ay then ? Is the law fin ? God forbid ! Nay, I had not known fin, but by the law ; for I had not known luft except the law had faid, Thou (halt not covet.
Page 72 - I had not known sin, but by the law; for I had not known lust, except the law had said, "Thou shalt not covet." But sin, taking occasion by the commandment, wrought in me all manner of concupiscence. For without the law sin was dead. For I was alive without the law once, but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died.
Page 72 - Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin ; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned : (For until the law sin was in the world : but sin is not imputed when there is no law.
Page 64 - And the LORD came down in a cloud, and spake unto him, and took of the spirit that was upon him, and gave it unto the seventy elders: and it came to pass that when the spirit rested upon them, they prophesied, and did not cease.
Page 104 - This means that you must attempt the very difficult task of seeing them as they are, and not as they ought to be or as you think they are.