Guest news@posting.org Posted January 24, 2008 Posted January 24, 2008 only be had in another. We render different duties to different merits; the duty of love to the pleasant; the duty of fear to the strong; duty of belief to the learned. We must render these duties; it is unjust to refuse them, and unjust to ask others. And so it is false and tyrannical to say, "He is not strong, therefore I will not esteem him; he is not able, therefore I will not fear him." 333. Have you never seen people who, in order to complain of the little fuss you make about them, parade before you the example of great men who esteem them? In answer I reply to them, "Show me the merit whereby you have charmed these persons, and I also will esteem you." 334. The reason of effects.--Lust and force are the source of all our actions; lust causes voluntary actions, force involuntary ones. 335. The reason of effects.--It is, then, true to say that all the world is under a delusion; for, although the opinions of the people are sound, they are not so as conceived by them, since they think the truth to be where it is not. Truth is indeed in their opinions, but not at the point where they imagine it Quote
Guest Alan-Seattle Posted June 27, 2008 Posted June 27, 2008 What is this sort of stuff doing in a tech support forum? -- Alan "news@posting.org" wrote: <span style="color:blue"> > only be had in another. We > render different duties to different merits; the duty of love to the > pleasant; the duty of fear to the strong; duty of belief to the learned. > > We must render these duties; it is unjust to refuse them, and unjust to ask > others. And so it is false and tyrannical to say, "He is not strong, > therefore I will not esteem him; he is not able, therefore I will not fear > him." > > 333. Have you never seen people who, in order to complain of the little fuss > you make about them, parade before you the example of great men who esteem > them? In answer I reply to them, "Show me the merit whereby you have charmed > these persons, and I also will esteem you." > > 334. The reason of effects.--Lust and force are the source of all our > actions; lust causes voluntary actions, force involuntary ones. > > 335. The reason of effects.--It is, then, true to say that all the world is > under a delusion; for, although the opinions of the people are sound, they > are not so as conceived by them, since they think the truth to be where it > is not. Truth is indeed in their opinions, but not at the point where they > imagine it > > > </span> Quote
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