The Philosophical Dictionary Or the Opinions of Modern Philosophers On Metaphy
The Philosophical Dictionary Or the Opinions of Modern Philosophers On Metaphy
F Franz Swediaur
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They would then have perceived, that time muft neceflarily produce in the phyfical and moral world revolutions that change tKe face of empires ; that in the great cataftrophes of kingdoms the people always ex- perience great changes ; that die fame actions may fucceffivelv become ufeful and prejudicial, and confequently by turns aflume the name of virtuous and vicious : for by the word virtue can only be underflood a defire of the general hap- pinefs, and the object of virtue is the public well...- fare, and the actions it enjoins are the means it makes ufe of to accomplifh that end : and there- fore the idea of virtue is not arbitrary ; but in dif- ferent ages and countries all men, at leaft thofe who live in fociety, ought to form the fame idea of it': and, in fhort, if the people reprefent it under diffefent forms, it is becaufe they take for virtue the various means they employ to accom- plifli the end. However ftupid we fappofe mankind, it is certain, that, enlightened by their own intereft, they have not without motives adopted the ridiculous cuftoms w r e find among fome of them : the fantafticalnefs of thefe cuf- toms proceeds then from the diverfity of the in- VOL.
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