 | George Horne - 1786 - 380 pages
...generations. P. 18. P. 1 8. " He only ceafcs to do LET. " good ; which, if it is an injury, is vI. " of the loweft kind." To ceafe to do good is not fo...notwithftanding. We were fent into the world to do good ; and we fhould do it to the end. The portion of the " unprofitable fervant" is not to be envied. P. 1 8. "... | |
 | David Hume - 1799 - 142 pages
...breach.of our duty to our neighbour and to fociety. A .man who retires from life does no harm to fociety : He only ceafes to do good ; which , if it is an injury , is of the loweft kind. — All our obligations to do good to fociety feem to imply fomething reciprocal. I receive the benefits... | |
 | 1803 - 466 pages
...harm, and may continue to do fo, to the years of many generations. P. 18. " He only ceafes todo good j which, if it is an injury, is of the loweft kind."...the " unprofitable fervant" is not to be envied. P. 18. " But when I withdraw myfelf altogether from fociety, can I be bound any longer ?" It is not polîible... | |
 | George Horne, William Jones - 1818 - 566 pages
...irremediable harm, and may continue to do so, to the years of many generations. Page 18. " He only ceases to do good; which, if " it is an injury, is of the lowest kind." To cease to do good is not so criminal as to do harm ; but it is criminal, notwithstanding.... | |
 | George Horne (bp. of Norwich.) - 1818 - 574 pages
...irremediable harm, and may continue to do so, to the years of many generations. Page 18. "He only ceases to do good; which, if " it is an injury, is of the lowest kind." To cease to do good is not so criminal as to do harm ; but it is criminal, notwithstanding.... | |
 | David Hume - 1826 - 628 pages
...our neighbour and to society. • A man who retires from life does no harm to society: He only ceases to do good; which, if it is an injury, is of the lowest kind. — All our obligations to do good to society seem to imply something reciprocal. I receive... | |
 | Margot Tallmer - 1984 - 388 pages
...claim, too, arguing instead that "A man who retires from life does no harm to society; he only ceases to do good; which, if it is an injury, is of the lowest kind." Hume's argument seems even stronger in the case of suicide on grounds of old age when... | |
 | James T. Clemons - 1989 - 172 pages
...ourselves." He concludes that a person who retires from life does no harm to society — but only ceases to do good, which, if it is an injury, is of the lowest kind. Hume insists correctly that not a single line of scripture prohibits suicide. Instead... | |
 | George Howe Colt - 1992 - 580 pages
...society, Hume maintained that "a man who retires from life does no harm to society: he only ceases to do good; which, if it is an injury, is of the lowest kind." Furthermore, like Montesquieu, Hume believed that citizenship is a two-way responsibility;... | |
 | David Hume, Richard H. Popkin - 1998 - 158 pages
...our neighbour and to society. A man, who retires from life, does no harm to society: He only ceases to do good; which, if it is an injury, is of the lowest kind. All our obligations to do good to society seem to imply something reciprocal. I receive... | |
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A man who retires from life does no harm to society: He only ceases to do good; which, if it is an injury, is of the lowest kind. 
