Essays on the origin of society, etc / Interspersed with illustrations from the Greek and Galic languages.

  • James Grant of Corrimony
Date:
1785
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Credit: Essays on the origin of society, etc / Interspersed with illustrations from the Greek and Galic languages. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    as incompatible with the elevation and dignity of {tation which the human {pecies are obferved to hold among all fublunary beings, to be affi- milated to the beafts of the field, herding toge- ther, cohabiting promifcuoufly, feeding in com- mon upon the flefh of other animals, or upon fruits, roots, and herbs, without any regular notion of religion, government, arts, or property. “ MISERET atque etiam pudet eftimantem, “ quam fit frivola animalium nobiliflimi origo *.” Ir is, however, no lefs unwife than unphilofo- phical, to give way to fo painful a feeling upon the fubject of the original ftate of Man's exift- ence, whether he is confidered in his indivi- dual or aggregate capacity. All things are the work of the Supreme Author of the Univerfe: from the energy of his power every being derives his exiftence. * Plin. Nat, Hift. lib. vii. cap. 7.
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