Essays On the Pursuit of Truth And On the Progress On Knowledge
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Reasonable men apply to every thing which they wish to move, the agent which is capable of moving it force to outward substances, argu- ments to the understanding, and blame, together with all other motives, whether moral or personal, to the will alone, "f A writer of a very different school from that of the philosopher just quoted, may be cited to show how nearly all enlightened men of the present day agree in the view of the subject here taken, whatever other doctines they may hold which are ...really in- consistent with it. " The principle, " says Dr. Wardlaw, " which leads men to judge and treat each other, not ac- cording to the intrinsic merit of their actions, but * This is too unqualified : there are moral, political, literary, and social persecutors, not to mention others, who long to destroy the happiness of such as differ with them in opinion, and often succeed. f Dissertation on Ethical Philosophy, by Sir James Mackin- tosh, 6. ESSAY ON THE PURSUIT OF TRUTH. 117 according to the accidental and involuntary coin- cidence of their opinions, is a vile principle.
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