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The Ruins; Or, Meditation on the Revolutions of Empires and the Law of Nature

Chapter 5 OF INDIVIDUAL VIRTUES.

Word Count: 556    |    Released on: 01/12/2017

the individ

prising sobriety and chastity; thirdly, courage, or strength of body and mind; fourthly, activity, that is to say, love

law of nature pr

le him to discern clearly and accurately all the objects with which he is conversant, and hence by an enlightened man is meant a learned and well-informed man. With science and instruction a man never wants for resourc

he vice contr

is ign

law of nature

causes nor effects, commits every instant errors most pernicious to himself and to others; he resembles a

there between an ign

ness and the blind man who pretends to sight; silliness is the re

ance and sil

mankind: more than three thousand years ago the wisest of men said

s the rea

ruction, and because men, born ignorant and indolent, find i

s there between a le

nows, and the wi

t is p

eizes on and creates opportunities favorable to him: he thereby provides for his present and future safety in a certain and secure manner, whereas the imprudent man, who calculates n

are the poor of spirit," does it

ves, it adds the prudent cunning of serpents. By simplicity of mind

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The Ruins; Or, Meditation on the Revolutions of Empires and the Law of Nature
The Ruins; Or, Meditation on the Revolutions of Empires and the Law of Nature
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1 Chapter 1 OF THE LAW OF NATURE.2 Chapter 2 CHARACTERS OF THE LAW OF NATURE.3 Chapter 3 PRINCIPLES OF THE LAW OF NATURE RELATING TO MAN.4 Chapter 4 BASIS OF MORALITY; OF GOOD, OF EVIL, OF SIN, OF CRIME, OF VICE AND OF VIRTUE.5 Chapter 5 OF INDIVIDUAL VIRTUES.6 Chapter 6 ON TEMPERANCE.7 Chapter 7 ON CONTINENCE.8 Chapter 8 ON COURAGE AND ACTIVITY.9 Chapter 9 ON DOMESTIC VIRTUES.10 Chapter 10 THE SOCIAL VIRTUES; JUSTICE.11 Chapter 11 DEVELOPMENT OF THE SOCIAL VIRTUES.