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Institutes Of Moral Philosophy (1769)
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Theory consists in referring particular operations to the principles, or general laws, under which they are comprehended; or in referring particular effects to the causes from which they proceed.
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Good authors, too, who once knew better words Now only use four-letter words Writing prose — Anything goes.
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June 20, 1723
Died:
February 22, 1816
(aged 92)
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