...equal beam, That poises all above; " and from the attributes of God, his infinite wisdom, goodness, and power, concluded that nothing could possibly be...reasonings. I grew convinced that truth, sincerity, and integrity in dealings between man and man were of the utmost importance to the felicity of life ; and...

...equal beam, That poises all above;" and from the attributes of God, his infinite wisdom, goodness, and power, concluded that nothing could possibly be...reasonings. I grew convinced that truth, sincerity, and integrity in dealings between man and man were of the utmost importance to the felicity of life; and...

...equal beam, That poises all above ; " and from the attributes of God, his infinite wisdom, goodness and power, concluded that nothing could possibly be...were empty distinctions, no such things existing, appear'd now not so clever a performance as I once thought it ; and I doubted whether some error had...

...equal beam That poises all above; "* and from the attributes of God, his infinite wisdom, goodness, and power, concluded that nothing could possibly be...reasonings. I grew convinced that truth, sincerity, and integrity in dealings between man and man were of the utmost importance to the felicity of life ; and...

...that nothing could possibly be wrong in the world, and that vice and virtue were empty 20distinctions, no such things existing, appeared now not so clever...followed, as is common in metaphysical reasonings. 25 I grew convinced that truth, sincerity and integrity in dealings between man and man were of the...

...beam, That poisos all above," and which from the attributes of God, his infinite wisdom, goodness, and power, concluded that nothing could possibly be...itself unperceived into my argument so as to infect ail that followed, as is common in metaphysical reasonings. I grew convinced that truth, sincerity,...

...equal beam, That poises all above;1 and from the attributes of God, his infinite wisdom, goodness, ' The occasion of its composition has earlier been mentioned. It was printed in 1725. 94 95 I grew...

...this view somewhat and he tells us that his pamphlet "appeared now not so clever a performance as 1 once thought it; and I doubted whether some error...not insinuated itself unperceived into my argument. . . ."20 Franklin was brought up a Presbyterian, but according to his own confession he seldom attended...

...as to the attri3°4 3°S butes of God and the existence of evil, which landed him in the conclusion that nothing .could possibly be wrong in the world,...and that vice and virtue were empty distinctions. These views he published at the mature age of nineteen, but became disgusted with them almost immediately,...

...virtue and happiness. He summarized the argument of the first part of the Dissertation in the statement that "nothing could possibly be wrong in the world...were empty distinctions, no such things existing. . . ." This implies that anything called virtuous action, resting as it does on "empty distinctions,"...