From one piece A Vindication of the Rights of Men (2nd ed., 1790) 5 beliefs, in the piece's order there
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The passions are necessary helpers of reasonTheir words
The passions are necessary auxiliaries of reason: a present impulse pushes us forward, and when we discover that the game did not deserve the chace, we find that we have gone over much ground, and not only gained many new ideas, but a habit of thinking.
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The only security of property that nature authorizes and reason sanctions is, the right a man has to enjoy the acquisitions which his talents and industry have acquired; and to bequeath them to whom he chooses.
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Property, I do not scruple to aver it, should be fluctuating, which would be the case, if it were more equally divided amongst all the children of a family; else it is an everlasting rampart, in consequence of a barbarous feudal institution, that enables the elder son to overpower talents and depress virtue.
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English liberty has been reduced to the security of property, a selfish principle to which nobler ones are sacrificedTheir words
Security of property! Behold, in a few words, the definition of English liberty. And to this selfish principle every nobler one is sacrificed.
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The civilization which has taken place in Europe has been very partial, and, like every custom that an arbitrary point of honour has established, refines the manners at the expence of morals, by making sentiments and opinions current in conversation that have no root in the heart, or weight in the cooler resolves of the mind.