 | Joseph Butler - 1804 - 462 trang
...should ever fce, as it is impdSslbte there ever should be, any inconsistence between them." And again, "Though virtue or moral rectitude does indeed consist...ourselves this or any other pursuit, till we are convinced dkat it will be for our happiness, or at least not contrary to it *." Besides the general system of... | |
 | Joseph Butler - 1813 - 790 trang
...these last, too, as expressing the fitness of actions, are real as truth itself. Let it be allowed, though virtue or moral rectitude does indeed consist...and pursuit of what is right and good, as such; yet, that when we sit down in a cool hour, we can neither justify to ourselves this or any other pursuit,... | |
 | Joseph Butler, Samuel Hallifax - 1819 - 256 trang
...should ever be, as it is impossible there ever should be, any inconsistence between them." And again, "Though virtue or moral rectitude does indeed consist...sit down in a cool hour, we can neither justify to ourselvs this or any other pursuit, till we are convinced that it will be for our happiness, or at... | |
 | Joseph Butler - 1820 - 264 trang
...should ever be, as it is impossible there ever should be, any inconsistence between them." And again, "Though virtue or moral rectitude does indeed consist...sit down in a cool hour, we can neither justify to ourselvs this or any other pursuit, till we are convinced that it will be for our happiness, or at... | |
 | Joseph Butler - 1824 - 484 trang
...ever be, as it is impossible there ever should " be, any Inconsistence between them." And again, " Though Virtue or moral Rectitude " does indeed consist...can neither " justify to ourselves this or any other pur" suit, till we are convinced that it will be " for our Happiness, or at least not contrary " to... | |
 | Joseph Butler - 1827 - 376 trang
...these last, too, as expressing the fitness of actions, are real as truth itself. Let it be allowed, though virtue or moral rectitude does indeed consist...and pursuit of what is right and good, as such : yet that, when we sit down in a cool hour, we can neither justify to ourselves this or any other pursuit,... | |
 | Richard Cattermole - 1834 - 414 trang
...palpable error of making our own happiness the supreme motive to virtue. These are his words : — " Though virtue, or moral rectitude, does indeed consist...ourselves this or any other pursuit, till we are convinced it will be for our happiness, or, at least, not contrary to it." His language here shows how uncertain... | |
 | Joseph Butler - 1834 - 408 trang
...palpable error of making our own happiness the supreme motive to virtue. These are his words : — " Though virtue, or moral rectitude, does indeed consist...ourselves this or any other pursuit, till we are convinced it will be for our happiness, or, at least, not contrary to it." His language here shows how uncertain... | |
 | George Croly - 1834 - 666 trang
...at the period when the individual, ceasing to be under the care of others, has arrived at manhood. 1 Virtue, or moral rectitude, does indeed consist in affection to, and pursuit of, what is right and good.—Butler, Analogy. Among the nations of the ancient world, the test was chiefly the exhibition... | |
 | Joseph Butler (bp. of Durham.) - 1838 - 616 trang
...these last, too, as expressing the fitness of actions, are real as truth itself. Let it be allowed, though virtue or moral rectitude does indeed consist...and pursuit of what is right and good, as such: yet that, when we sit down in a cool hour, we can neither justify to ourselves this or any other pursuit,... | |
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Let it be allowed, though virtue or moral rectitude does indeed consist in affection to and pursuit of what is right and good, as such ; yet, that when we sit down in a cool hour, we can neither justify to ourselves this or any other pursuit, till we... 
