 | 1833 - 424 σελίδες
...mankind, in obedience to the will of God, and for the sake of everlasting happiness.' According to this definition, 'the good of mankind ' is the subject...everlasting happiness,' the motive, of human virtue." VOL. XIII. NS VOL. VIII. NO. II. 25 from the command of another ' " ; a definition which calls for... | |
 | John Gorham Palfrey, Francis Jenks - 1833 - 422 σελίδες
...by a violent motive, resulting * Paley, in his Moral Philosophy, Book I. Chap. vii. says : "Virtue is ' the doing good to mankind, in obedience to the...for the sake of everlasting happiness.' According to this definition, 'the good of mankind ' is the subject ; the ' will of God,' the rule; and ' everlasting... | |
 | Johann Gaspar Spurzheim - 1833 - 390 σελίδες
...Even Dr. Paley is an adherent of the selfish system under a modified form. He makes virtue consist in the doing good to mankind in obedience to the will...for the sake of everlasting happiness. According to him the will of God is our rule, but private happiness our motive. On the other hand, Cudworth, Dr.... | |
 | Johann Gaspar Spurzheim - 1833 - 430 σελίδες
...Even Dr. Paley is an adherent of the selfish system under a modified form. He makes virtue consist in the doing good to mankind in obedience to the will...for the sake of everlasting happiness. According to him the will of God is our rule, but private happiness our motive. On the other hand, Cudworth, Dr.... | |
 | 1833 - 636 σελίδες
...of virtue alone is an unanswerable illustration of the debasing vulgarity of his code — ' Virtue is the doing good to mankind, in obedience to the...of God, and for the sake of everlasting happiness.' So that any one act of good to man in obedience to God, if it arise from any motive but a desire of... | |
 | John Abercrombie - 1833 - 264 σελίδες
...acknowledged to be liable to considerable objections. He commences with the proposition that virtue is doing good to mankind, in obedience to the will of God, and for the sake of everlasting happiness. The good of mankind, therefore, is the subject — the will of God, the rule — and everlasting happiness,... | |
 | 1833 - 260 σελίδες
...acknowledged to be liable to considerable objections. He commences with the proposition that virtue is doing good to mankind, ' in obedience to the will of God, and for the sake of everlasting happiness. The good of- mankind, therefore, is the subject — the will of God, the rule — and everlasting happiness,... | |
 | Robert Blakey - 1833 - 378 σελίδες
...temperance, preservation of life, care of health, &c. " By the above definition of virtue, it appears that the good of mankind is the subject, the will of God the rule, and everlasting happiness the motive and end of all virtue. Yet a man shall perform many an act of virtue, without having either the good... | |
 | John Abercrombie - 1833 - 268 σελίδες
...acknowledged to be liable to considerable objections. He commences with the proposition that virtue is doing good to mankind, in obedience to the will of God, and for the sake of everlastmg happiness. The good of mankind, therefore, is the subject— the will of God, the rule —... | |
 | Mrs. Lincoln Phelps - 1833 - 320 σελίδες
...different kind, and cannot be rendered thus positive. Dr. Paley asserts that 'virtue is the doing good, in obedience to the will of God, and for the sake of everlasting happiness.' Now if he could have proved this by a train of reasoning founded upon a self-evident proposition, no... | |
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the doing good to mankind, in obedience to the •' will of God, and for the sake of everlasting happiness. 
