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Pleas.s of Friendship dependent on Sense. Whether the pleasures of Friendship depend
upon the pleasures of sense will appear
upon considering the topics of discourse
which can come upon the between
friends.
These are either 1st what are called
in common speech their pleasures:
pleasures confessedly avowedly of sense — eating
drinking Music Love, &c.
or 2dly their Studies
or 3dly their advancement in life:
Now what is meant by their advancement in life is is
the requisition of either riches or honours.
What are riches valuable for? their
producing procuring purchasing the instruments of pleasure.
What are honours valuable for? their producing
respect: & by that means Good
The greatest part bulk of mankind have no
studies. The greatest part bulk of mankind
have no prospects of advancement in life.
they live from day to day without hopes of distinction honours they live
undistinguished: without hopes of accumulating
riches they live from day to day
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