An Enquiry Into the Principles of Human Happiness and Human Duty, Vol. 1 of 2 ~ Paperback ~ George Ramsay
Excerpt from An Enquiry Into the Principles of Human Happiness and Human Duty, Vol. 1 of 2: In Two Books The General Introduction prefixed to the present Work seems to render a Preface unnecessary; but there is one point to which I wish to allude. Should any one object to the number of poetical quotations which occur in some of these pages, particularly in the Section on Love, I would refer him to a passage in Sir James Mackintosh's Dissertation on the progress of Ethical Philosophy. I have only to add, that almost all the poetical quotations here found are short, and of the kind recommended by Sir James in the following words: "There are two very different sorts of passages of poetry to be found in works on philosophy, which are as far asunder from each other in value as in matter." About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.