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An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding, fol. 158

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  1. Moral Kelations.
  2. o that Rule. It vould be in vain for one intelligene BeinE, 10 set a
  3. Rule to the ACrions of anocher, it hehad ic noc in his Porver, to reward
  4. and punistr the compliance with, or deriation trom his Rule, by
  5. Lome Crood and Pvil, that is not the natural produet and conlequence
  6. osthe Action ic selt. For that beins a natural Convenience, or TnConve
  7. nience, ould operate oF it selFrichout a Lar. This, iF Imistatie nor, is
  8. the true nature oF aII Law, properly (0 called.
  9. 5. 7. The Laus chat Men generally reser their Actions to, to judge ot
  10. their Rectitude, or Obliquier, scem to me to bethese threc. 1. ThC
  11. Divine LaW. 2. TheCivil LaW. 3. The philosophicat T. aWV, iF I may 50
  12. CalIT. By the Relation they bear tothe tirA ot chele, we judse rrhecher
  13. our Actions are Sins, or Duries; by the second, Whecher chey beCriminal,
  14. or Innocene; and by the chird, Whecher ther by Virtues or Vices.
  15. 5. 8. First, Thac COD has sivena Lar to Mankind, P chint, there
  16. is no body (o brutisti as to deny. He has a Ristt todo ic, ne are hus
  17. Creatures: FIc has Croodnels and Wildom to direet our Actions to that
  18. erhich is best: and he has Porver to entorce by Remard and Punistiments,
  19. oF intinite eight and duration, in another Lile: tor no body can talceus
  20. Out OF his hands. By comparino chemtothis LaW, ic is, that nien judoe
  21. of the most considerable Moral 600d Or F vit oF their ActiOnS; that is.
  22. Whetheras Duties, or Sins, ther are like to procure them happinels, ormi
  23. sery, trom thehands ot the ALMIOHTY.
  24. 5. 9. TheCivil CaWr, the Rule set by the Commonwealel, to the ACti
  25. ons olthose who velons toir, is another Rule, to which Men reter cheir
  26. Actions, to judse whether thes De criminal, or no. This Law no body
  27. overlools: the Revards and Puniiments chat entorce it, beins readu at
  28. trand and suitable to ehe Porver that makres ic, wtrieh is the Force oF the
  29. Commonmealch, which is ensagedro protect the Lires, Liberries, and
  30. Poltersions, Otthose who live accordins to its LaWS, and haS pOreE 1O
  31. calle aras Tite, Liberty, orCoods, trom lim who dilobers: Wrhich is che
  32. punistment of Ofences committed against this LaW.
  33. 5. F0. Thirali, The chird, Which P CaII the philosophicat Lav, not becaule
  34. Philosophers makre it, but because thes have most bulied chemlelres to en
  35. quire alter it, and talk about it, is the L. aW oF Verrue, and Pice; Wrhick thougH
  36. it be more talked ot, possibly, than cither of the ocher, yet hor it comes to
  37. De ectablised with such Authorit as it has, to distinguittr and denominate
  38. Fhe ACtions ofMen; and whatare the true measuresot it, perhaps, is ROc
  39. (o generally takennotice ol. To comprehend chis ariote, re must consi-
  40. der, that Menuniting into Politick Socieries, thoucli ther have resigned
  41. ux torhe Publick che disposino of aII their torce; (0 that ther cannot em-
  42. ploy it acainst any sello-Cicizen, any tarther than the LaW or their Coun.
  43. ery directs: vet thes retain Cill the Porrer of Thinkins wellor ill; appro-
  44. vins or disapprovins the Actions ofthole thes live amonolt, and converse
  45. Wich. IFtheretore we examine it riphe, we Mall And, that the measure ot
  46. evhiat is everywrhere called and elteemed Verrue and Vice, is this appro-
  47. bation or distitre, praise or blame, wrtrich, by a secret and tacit Consent,
  48. establisres it self in the severat Societies, Tribes, and Clubs ot Men in the
  49. Worid: Wwherebr several Actions come to find Credit or Dilgrace a-
  50. monsst them, accordins tothe sudement, Maxims, or Factions ot thac
  51. PlacC.
  52. D. TF. That this is the common measure o etne anaraC, WIII aPPLaL
  53. to anr one, vho considers, that thovoh chat passes for Vice in one Coun.
  54. ery, Wrhich is counted a Vertue in another, vet everr-Wrhere Vertue and
  55. Praise, Vice and Blame, SO LOBCthe. Vertuie is erery. ihiere chat mhiet
  56. BC

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An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding, fol. 158. Machine transcription, not an edition: Leibniz Legible (model FoNDUE-GD_v2_ft_Leibniz, run 74). https://leibnizlegible.com/page/778263916:0174?run=74