Self-love then does not constitute THIS or THAT to be our interest or good; but, our interest or good being constituted by nature and supposed, self-love only puts us upon obtaining and securing it.

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The principle we call self-love never seeks anything external for the sake of the thing,...

The principle we call self-love never seeks anything external for the sake of the thing,...

Every man is to be considered in two capacities, the private and public; as designed...

Every man is to be considered in two capacities, the private and public; as designed...

For as we have many members in one body, and all members have not the...

For as we have many members in one body, and all members have not the...

Thus self-love as one part of human nature, and the several particular principles as the...

Thus self-love as one part of human nature, and the several particular principles as the...

The Epistles in the New Testament have all of them a particular reference to the...

The Epistles in the New Testament have all of them a particular reference to the...

The sum of the whole is plainly this: The nature of man considered in his...

The sum of the whole is plainly this: The nature of man considered in his...

However, without considering this connection, there is no doubt but that more good than evil,...

However, without considering this connection, there is no doubt but that more good than evil,...

The tongue may be employed about, and made to serve all the purposes of vice,...

The tongue may be employed about, and made to serve all the purposes of vice,...

Thus there is no doubt the eye was intended for us to see with.

Thus there is no doubt the eye was intended for us to see with.

The private interest of the individual would not be sufficiently provided for by reasonable and...

The private interest of the individual would not be sufficiently provided for by reasonable and...

Happiness does not consist in self-love.

Happiness does not consist in self-love.

Compassion is a call, a demand of nature, to relieve the unhappy as hunger is...

Compassion is a call, a demand of nature, to relieve the unhappy as hunger is...

But to us, probability is the very guide of life.

But to us, probability is the very guide of life.

The final causes, then, of compassion are to prevent and to relieve misery.

The final causes, then, of compassion are to prevent and to relieve misery.

Man may act according to that principle or inclination which for the present happens to...

Man may act according to that principle or inclination which for the present happens to...

There is a much more exact correspondence between the natural and moral world than we...

There is a much more exact correspondence between the natural and moral world than we...

This was the man, this Balaam, I say, was the man, who desired to die...

This was the man, this Balaam, I say, was the man, who desired to die...

Consequently it will often happen there will be a desire of particular objects, in cases...

Consequently it will often happen there will be a desire of particular objects, in cases...

People might love themselves with the most entire and unbounded affection, and yet be extremely...

People might love themselves with the most entire and unbounded affection, and yet be extremely...

Pain and sorrow and misery have a right to our assistance: compassion puts us in...

Pain and sorrow and misery have a right to our assistance: compassion puts us in...