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It is afact, that the laws, principles or desires of man's nature, tend towards external manifestations of them selves or acts, and all of them, too, to excessive action. Each of them therefore, as for example, love, may be re garded in a twofold point of view; first, as to the affection itself, and next, as to its external manifestation, or the act. The affection itself may be right or wrong, may be proper or reasonable, or improper or immoderate. N ow if reason possessed its rightful power of restraint over our affections, it would eradicate the wrong affec tion, and moderate the immoderate; and no act manifest ing a wrong or immoderate affection, would be done. Reason does, undoubtedly, in some degree subserve the purpose of restraining our passions. It is the only power that can restrain them, when they do not manifest themselves in acts. And so far as it does operate at all, either over our affections or our acts, it Operates as a check or restraint. It is plain, that in a perfect state, where reason exercised its full, rightful authority over our passions, that man would need no other government. Armies, and courts, and their coadjutory evils, would be useless. Human passions would be kept within their proper bounds, and all the laws of man's nature would move together in harmonious unity.
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Paperback. Condition: New. Print on Demand. This book argues that the primary purpose of a government is to act as an instrument subsidiary to the reason of society, aiding in the control of human actions that individuals and public opinion cannot control. The author contends that a perfect government would exist only as an agent for the reason of society and would restrain the people no more than reason approves. Through historical examples, this work posits that a government's acquisition of powers beyond those needed for preservation and general well-being will inevitably lead to its perversion and abuse, harming the people it was meant to protect. The author concludes that only by removing the unnecessary powers granted to governments can we truly preserve our freedoms and ensure that our governments remain subservient to the reason and will of the people they serve. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item. Seller Inventory # 9780260835659_0
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