The sum of the whole is plainly this: The nature of man considered in his single capacity, and with respect only to the present world, is adapted and leads him to attain the greatest happiness he can for himself in…

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Self-love then does not constitute THIS or THAT to be our interest or good; but,...

Self-love then does not constitute THIS or THAT to be our interest or good; but,...

Happiness or satisfaction consists only in the enjoyment of those objects which are by nature...

Happiness or satisfaction consists only in the enjoyment of those objects which are by nature...

Love of our neighbour, then, has just the same respect to, is no more distant...

Love of our neighbour, then, has just the same respect to, is no more distant...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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 object of self-love is expressed in the term self; and every appetite of sense,...

The object of self-love is expressed in the term self; and every appetite of sense,...

Both our senses and our passions are a supply to the imperfection of our nature;...

Both our senses and our passions are a supply to the imperfection of our nature;...

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...

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

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

Things and actions are what they are, and the consequences of them will be what...

Things and actions are what they are, and the consequences of them will be what...

Every man hath a general desire of his own happiness; and likewise a variety of...

Every man hath a general desire of his own happiness; and likewise a variety of...

Remember likewise there are persons who love fewer words, an inoffensive sort of people, and...

Remember likewise there are persons who love fewer words, an inoffensive sort of people, and...

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...

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...

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...