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is the out of action. Dr. Beattie's common sense is a pretension of
the same character since he would reckon no common sense a fit standard
which differed from his own. Dr Price's understanding would rebel against
the understanding of the man that set up a Code of morals opposed to his own was guided in a different career of morals from unlike that
he was embarked in; – & so the whole round of arrogance may be seen.
Reason – right reason – nature – & nature's Law – Natural justice –
natural right – natural equity – good order – truth – all are but the
dogmas of men who insist on implicit obedience to their decrees.
And indeed Nothing can be more flattering to the indolent, the disingenuous, the
domineering spirit which lurks more or less in all men than a pretence
for uniting in one's own person the characters of Advocate and Judge.
Socrates had his Dæmon. (p.265-9.)
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