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T 3.3.4.6

SBN 610 · cited directly by 0 papers, reached by 2 more through page or section ranges

When it is ask'd, whether a quick or a slow apprehension be most valuable? whether one, that at first view penetrates into a subject, but can perform nothing upon study; or a contrary character, which must work out every thing by dint of application? whether a clear head, or a copious invention? whether a profound genius, or a sure judgment? in short, what character, or peculiar understanding, is more excellent than another? 'Tis evident we can answer none of these questions, without considering which of those qualities capacitates a man best for the world, and carries him farthest in any of his undertakings.

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Garral 2007(T 606-614)
T 3.3.3.8 to T 3.3.5.2 (19 paragraphs)
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…alent and virtue elicit more or less the same sympathetic moral feelings in the spectator (T 606-614); second, that there…
Greco 2015T 3.3.4-5
T 3.3.4.1 to T 3.3.5.6 (21 paragraphs)
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…n Book 3 of the Treatise and in the Enquiry concerning the Principles of Morals (see esp. T 3.3.4-5; EPM 6-8), one clea…