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are not a multitude, tho' he had spoken of a
multitude but the paragraph before, he had spoken told us of a multitude there was of them, and that indefinite:⊞ ⊞ For he now finds
that it but the whole of it
of and is but
one precept: In short that the but but form:
an they are not abstracted and that this one he perceives to be the foundation of itself. He then
seems to have discovered that the articles a "precept" is composed
of are "demonstrations" and "conclusions"; and also that
the precepts of the Law are not "abstract": not knowing
what "abstract" means: he seems to have meant
by it unintelligible: but if this be the⊞ ⊞ his meaning, I doubt
he is under a mistake:
for they seem perfectly
and that and (the case,) they
are perfectly "abstract", at least as he has given them.
He seems now too to view Upon this occasion also he also also seems once more to be veering pretty strongly towards
his old notion that "every thing is as it should be".
For "the Law of Nature" ... is reducible" he says, "to one ... precept"
pursue your happiness": and that a precept which ever
has been and ever will be most unquestionably obey'd. In one thing we Meantime he seems disposed
himself ; and that is in quarrelling to quarrel, but I can't tell why
with "the fitness and unfitness of things": while
this old associate the "rule of right" is in high
honour favour with him. This I think is hardly fair: Jargon against jargon. I cannot
see why one of them is not as good as another.(a)

NOTE

(a) His philosophy fought in the itself
I cannot see why I matter would not have
by taking of that of Philosopher Square in Fielding's
Tom Jones, was not thus capricious. Philosopher Square, it stands upon record paid equal homage to them
both.

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