T 3.3.6.5
SBN 620 · cited directly by 1 paper
Most of the inventions of men are subject to change. They depend upon humour and caprice. They have a vogue for a time, and then sink into oblivion. It may, perhaps, be apprehended, that if justice were allow'd to be a human invention, it must be plac'd on the same footing. But the cases are widely different. The interest, on which justice is founded, is the greatest imaginable, and extends to all times and places. It cannot possibly be serv'd by any other invention. It is obvious, and discovers itself on the very first formation of society. All these causes render the rules of justice stedfast and immutable; at least, as immutable as human nature. And if they were founded on original instincts, cou'd they have any greater stability?
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| Winkler 2000 focused | (T 620) T 3.3.6 (3 paragraphs) Citation pattern | …ssage emphasized by Baier, speaks of the virtuous mind's ability to "bear its own survey" (T 620). And Shaftesbury de… |