Out of Stock
Overview
Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: for, as it is impossible he should oyeiiook any of his creatures, so we may be confident that he regards with an eye of mercy, those who endeavour to recommend themselves to his notice, and, in an unfeigned humility of heart, think themselves unworthy that he should be mindful of them. Addison. CHAPTER IV. ARGUMENTATIVE PIECES. -h? SECTION I. Happiness is founded in Rectitude of Conduct. ALL men pursue good, and would be happy, if they knew how: not happy for minutjes, and miserable forhoui-s; but happy, if possible, through every part of their existence1. Either, therefore, there is a good of this steady, durable kind, or there is not. If not, then all good must be transient, and uncertain; and if so, an object of the lowest value, which can little deserve our attention or inquiry. 2 But if there be a better good, such a good as we are Becking, like every other thing, it must be derived from some cause; arid thatcause must either be external, internal, or mixed; in as much-as, except these three, there is no other possible. Now a steady, durable good, cannot be derived from an external cause; since all derived from externals must fluctuate as they fluctuate. 3 By the same rule, it cannot be derived from a mixture of the two;- because the part which is external will propor- tionably destroy ita essence. What then remains but the canee internal?the very cause which we have supposed, wlren we place the sovereign good in mind in rectitu.de of conduct. Harris. SECTION II. Virtue and Piety Man's Highest Interest. I FIND myself existing upon a little spot, surrounded every way by an immense, unknown expansion.?Where am I ? What sort of place do I inhabit? Is it exactly accomodated in every instance to my convenience? Is there no excess of cold, ...
| ISBN-13 | 9780217949088 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10 | 0217949088 |
| Weight | 0.81 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.56 In |
| List Price | $19.99 |
| Format | Paperback |
|---|---|
| Pages | 246 pages |
| Publisher | |
| Published On | 2009-08-01 |
View All Offers
Sort by:
Price
