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<p> whatsoever, and the more because we envy those who<lb/> | |||
possess the things that, we wish to have; without<lb/> | |||
doubt we should be happy, when, having left our bodies<lb/> | |||
behind us, we are free from Envy and desire: and <hi rend="underline">what</hi><lb/> | |||
we now do, sometimes when we have <sic>disburthened</sic> —<lb/> | |||
ourselves from cares, for instance, if we contemplate<lb/> | |||
or observe any thing that attracts our attention; <hi rend="underline">that</hi><lb/> | |||
we can do then much more freely, as we can employ<lb/> | |||
ourselves wholly in the Contemplation of it: for we —<lb/> | |||
have naturally a great desire of investigating the<lb/> | |||
truth of any thing; and the <sic>extremitys</sic> of the very<lb/> | |||
places, that we arrive at, will give us the greater<lb/> | |||
thirst after knowledge, the easier we proceed in<lb/> | |||
our discoveries of the celestial Bodies; for the ——<lb/> | |||
beautiful face of things, even upon earth, has ——<lb/> | |||
stimulated us to that ancient and hereditary ——<lb/> | |||
Philosophy; but they will chiefly enjoy it, who, when —<lb/> | |||
inhabitants of the Earth, and surrounded with dark=<lb/> | |||
=ness, yet were desirous of looking down upon it with<lb/> | |||
the penetration of their mind. and even if They now,<lb/> | |||
who have seen the Mouth of the Sea, and the straits<lb/> | |||
through which the ship passed which was called<lb/> | |||
Argo because chose men who were Argives being<lb/> | |||
carried in it fetched the Golden Fleece of the Ram,<lb/> | |||
th<hi rend="underline">in</hi>k they have attained any thing, or those</p> | |||
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whatsoever, and the more because we envy those who
possess the things that, we wish to have; without
doubt we should be happy, when, having left our bodies
behind us, we are free from Envy and desire: and what
we now do, sometimes when we have disburthened —
ourselves from cares, for instance, if we contemplate
or observe any thing that attracts our attention; that
we can do then much more freely, as we can employ
ourselves wholly in the Contemplation of it: for we —
have naturally a great desire of investigating the
truth of any thing; and the extremitys of the very
places, that we arrive at, will give us the greater
thirst after knowledge, the easier we proceed in
our discoveries of the celestial Bodies; for the ——
beautiful face of things, even upon earth, has ——
stimulated us to that ancient and hereditary ——
Philosophy; but they will chiefly enjoy it, who, when —
inhabitants of the Earth, and surrounded with dark=
=ness, yet were desirous of looking down upon it with
the penetration of their mind. and even if They now,
who have seen the Mouth of the Sea, and the straits
through which the ship passed which was called
Argo because chose men who were Argives being
carried in it fetched the Golden Fleece of the Ram,
think they have attained any thing, or those
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Jeremy Bentham |
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