Characteristicks of Men Manners Opinions Times volume 3
Characteristicks of Men Manners Opinions Times volume 3
Anthony Ashley Cooper Shaftesbury
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In confequence of their moral Maxims, and political Eftablifhments, they can indeed ad- vance 3o6 MI SC ELLAX EOU S vance no better Notion of human Happinefs and Enjoyment, than that which is in every refpecl the moft oppofite to Liberty. Tis to them doubtlefs that we owe the Opprobriouf- nefs and Abufe of thofe naturally honed Ap- pellations of Free- Livers, Free-Thinkers, Latiludi- narians\ or whatever other Character implies a Lar2;enefs of Mind, and generous Ufe of Un- derflanding. Fain wou...'d they confound Li- centioufnefs in Morals, with Liberty in Thought and Adion; and make the Libertine, who has the lean Maftery of himfelf, referable his direct. Oppofite. For fuch indeed is the Man of refo- lute Purpofe and immovable Adherence to Reason, againft every thing which Pajjwn, Prepoffefjion, Croft, or Fafiion can advance in favour of ought elfe. But here, it feems, the Grievance lies. 'Tis thought dangerous for us to be over-rational, or too much Mailers of our-felves, in what we draw, by juft Conclu- fions, from Reafon only.
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