A Few Lectures on Natural LawJames Alexander, 1844 - 128 頁 |
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第 9 頁
... question . Hence too the necessity of the most scrupulous examination of every ques- tion of morals and of law ; for though the moral sense be true as the needle to the pole , its polarity may be disturbed and controled by what is ...
... question . Hence too the necessity of the most scrupulous examination of every ques- tion of morals and of law ; for though the moral sense be true as the needle to the pole , its polarity may be disturbed and controled by what is ...
第 15 頁
... question whether the social principle is selfish or disinterested . " The question with respect to the social or the solitary nature of man seems to me to amount to this , whether man has any disinterested principles which lead him to ...
... question whether the social principle is selfish or disinterested . " The question with respect to the social or the solitary nature of man seems to me to amount to this , whether man has any disinterested principles which lead him to ...
第 27 頁
... question which has given rise to the animated discussions between the writers on ethics on the two systems of philoso- phy , the social and the selfish : The advocates of the latter tracing all actions as well as all duty to the selfish ...
... question which has given rise to the animated discussions between the writers on ethics on the two systems of philoso- phy , the social and the selfish : The advocates of the latter tracing all actions as well as all duty to the selfish ...
第 32 頁
... question even in the history of our frontiers . There the tie , which binds the intrepid backwoodsman to his fellow , is stronger than the tie of brotherhood . The bond of common danger is closer than the bond of common blood . And what ...
... question even in the history of our frontiers . There the tie , which binds the intrepid backwoodsman to his fellow , is stronger than the tie of brotherhood . The bond of common danger is closer than the bond of common blood . And what ...
第 50 頁
... ; and he therefore who has right , has just claim , property , immunity or privilege according to the subject mat- ter in question . Thus I have just claim to my pro- perty , and have therefore a perfect and undeniable right 50.
... ; and he therefore who has right , has just claim , property , immunity or privilege according to the subject mat- ter in question . Thus I have just claim to my pro- perty , and have therefore a perfect and undeniable right 50.
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第 20 頁 - That all men are by nature equally free and independent, and have certain inherent rights, of which, when they enter into a state of society, they cannot by any compact deprive or divest their posterity; namely, the enjoyment of life and liberty, with the means of acquiring and possessing property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety.
第 58 頁 - IF you should see a flock of pigeons in a field of corn ; and if (instead of each picking where and what it liked, taking just as much as it wanted, and no more) you should see ninety-nine of them gathering all they got, into a heap ; reserving nothing for themselves, but the chaff and the refuse ; keeping this heap for one, and that the weakest, perhaps worst...
第 78 頁 - And Samuel told all the words of the LORD unto the people that asked of him a king. And he said, This will be the manner of the king that shall reign over you: He will take your sons, and appoint them for himself, for his chariots, and to be his horsemen: and some shall run before his chariots. And he will appoint him captains over thousands, and captains over fifties, and will set them to ear his ground, and to reap his harvest, and to make his instrument of war, and instruments of his chariots.
第 58 頁 - ... worst, pigeon of the flock ; sitting round, and looking on, all the winter, whilst this one was devouring, throwing about, and wasting it; and if a pigeon, more hardy or hungry than the rest, touched a grain of the hoard, all the others instantly flying upon it, and tearing it to pieces ; if you should see this, you would see nothing more than what is every day practised and established among men.
第 63 頁 - ... so long as the established government cannot be resisted or changed without public inconveniency, it is the will of God that the established government be obeyed, and no longer. . . . This principle being admitted, the justice of every particular case of resistance is reduced to a computation of the quantity of the danger and grievance on the one side, and of the probability and expense of redressing it on the other.
第 56 頁 - Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates, and men decay : Princes and lords may flourish, or may fade ; A breath can make them, as a breath has made ;w But a bold peasantry, their country's pride, When once destroyed, can never be supplied.
第 96 頁 - If the sun be risen upon him, there shall be blood shed for him; for he should make full restitution: if he have nothing, then he shall be sold for his theft.
第 132 頁 - And therefore he is not bound, like a deputy in the united provinces, to consult with, or take the advice of, his constituents upon any particular point, unless he himself thinks it proper or prudent so to do.
第 100 頁 - Education, in the most extensive sense of the word, may comprehend every preparation that is made in our youth for the sequel of our lives ; and in this sense I use it.
第 32 頁 - ... best, which is capable of producing the greatest degree of happiness and safety, and is most effectually secured against the danger of maladministration; and...