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<head><del>B.1. <gap/> CRIMES in general | <head><del>B.1. <gap/> CRIMES in general Ch. 1 <add>1</add> Of the several tasks performable &c.</del></head> | ||
<p>The word | <p>The word Offence<del>s</del> carries a reference to some Law<lb/> | ||
whereby the act so denominated is supposed to<lb/> | whereby the act so denominated is supposed to<lb/> | ||
be forbidden under a penalty.</p> | be forbidden under a penalty. <note>It is plain therefore that every act whatever may be an offence.</note></p> | ||
<p>The word Crime <add>where it <del>means</del> refers to any thing more than the writer's own feelings or opinion</add> carries a reference to the<lb/> | |||
general disapprobation <del><add>or of the speaker writing</add></del> of the Society <note>By the Society in this case is most commonly meant that Political State i:e: portion of Society, being usually that of which he is a member, which the writer keeps principally in view during his discourse, or it may mean Mankind at large: <del>it</del> i:e: the majority of Political States which of these two meanings it be, <del>must</del> <add>is generally</add> determinable only by the context: it is very often the case, that the distinction has not <gap/> to the writer himself: the Idea of his own particular Society, swallowing up, as it is apt, that of every other.</note>supposed<lb/> | |||
to be <sic>bestowd</sic> on the act in question, which disapprobation is further supposed to exist in an<lb/> | |||
intense degree</p> | |||
B.1. CRIMES in general Ch. 1 1 Of the several tasks performable &c.
The word Offences carries a reference to some Law
whereby the act so denominated is supposed to
be forbidden under a penalty. It is plain therefore that every act whatever may be an offence.
The word Crime where it means refers to any thing more than the writer's own feelings or opinion carries a reference to the
general disapprobation or of the speaker writing of the Society By the Society in this case is most commonly meant that Political State i:e: portion of Society, being usually that of which he is a member, which the writer keeps principally in view during his discourse, or it may mean Mankind at large: it i:e: the majority of Political States which of these two meanings it be, must is generally determinable only by the context: it is very often the case, that the distinction has not to the writer himself: the Idea of his own particular Society, swallowing up, as it is apt, that of every other.supposed
to be bestowd on the act in question, which disapprobation is further supposed to exist in an
intense degree
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introduction. crimes. offences sins &c |
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