 | William Paley - 1811 - Broj stranica: 540
...habitual virtue. By the definition of virtue, placed at the beginning of this chapter, 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, in fact, a man shall perform many an act of virtue, without having either... | |
 | John Mason Good - 1819 - Broj stranica: 788
...equally distributed. 2d. Vice has no advantage over virtue with respect to this world's happiness. Virtue " Is the doing good to mankind, in obedience...God, and for the sake of everlasting " happiness." BIe 7. It may be divided into duties towards God, towards others, and towards ourselves. General observations.... | |
 | Nathanael Emmons - 1813 - Broj stranica: 550
...relating to it has been pretty well agreed upon, and it is generally understood to include thus much: TJie doing good to mankind in obedience to the will of God, and for the sake of everlasting happiness. Obedience to God is the principle, the good of mankind the matter, our own happiness the end, of all... | |
 | John Mason Good - 1813 - Broj stranica: 830
...equally distributed. 2d. Vice has no advantage over virtue with respect to this world's happiness. . " Is the doing good to mankind, in obedience to " the will of Uod, and for the take of eveilaating " happiness." BIe 7. It may be divided into duties towards God,... | |
 | William Shepherd, Jeremiah Joyce, Lant Carpenter - 1815 - Broj stranica: 598
...Preliminary Dissertations, is peculiarly defective, yet at the same time redundant. " Virtue," he says, " is the doing good to mankind, in obedience to the...everlasting happiness. According to which definition," he continues, " the good of mankind is the subject ; the :..•// of God, the rule; everlasting happiness,... | |
 | Richard Watson - 1815 - Broj stranica: 596
...which is the greatest blessing that either of them can possess. The perfection of virtue consists in doing good to Mankind, in obedience to the will of God ; and what good can be greater than that of generating in a poor man's child, habits of piety and good manners... | |
 | J. W. Baker - 1817 - Broj stranica: 262
...society. 2. that vice has no advantage over virtue, even with respect to this world's happiness. 51. Virtue is the "doing good to mankind in obedience to the will of God, and Tor the sake of everlasting happiness." Therefore, 52. " The good of mankind" is the subject ; "the... | |
 | John Prior Estlin - 1818 - Broj stranica: 350
...writer on the whole, Dr. Paley. The definition which this last writer has given of virtue is this : " Virtue is the doing good to mankind, in obedience...rule, and everlasting happiness the motive of human virtue. To this definition of virtue, however, I should object, as not being sufficiently comprehensive.... | |
 | William Shepherd, Jeremiah Joyce, Lant Carpenter - 1822 - Broj stranica: 638
...Preliminary Dissertations, is peculiarly defective, yet at the same redundant. " Virtue," he says, " is the doing good to mankind, in obedience to the...and for the sake of everlasting happiness. According lo which definition," he continues, " the good of mankind is the subject ; the will of God, the rule... | |
 | Thomas Brown - 1822 - Broj stranica: 594
...system of Paley, therefore, to which I particularly alluded, — a system which defines virtue to be " the doing good to mankind, in obedience to the will of God, for the sake of everlasting happiness," and which makes, not the love of God, nor the love of mankind,... | |
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the doing good to mankind, in obedience to the will of God, and for the sake of everlasting happiness. 
