The Book of the New Moral World; Containing the Rational System of Society, Founded on Demonstrable Facts, Developing the Constitution and Laws of Hum - Tapa blanda

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1840 edition. Excerpt: ... xviii Chap. VII. The Constitution and Laws of Human Nature explained. Section I.--" Human Nature is a compound of animal propensities, intellectual faculties, and moral feelings," ------ 14 Section II.--" These propensities, faculties, and qualities are united in different proportions in every individual," ------ 15 Section III.--" This diversity constitutes the original difference between one individual and another," 16 Section IV.--" These elements of his nature and their proportions, are made by a power unknown to the individual, and consequently, without his consent," 17 Section V.--" Each individual comes into existence within certain external circumstances which act upon his peculiar original organization during the early period of his life, and by impressing their general character upon him, form his local, national, and general character," ----- 18 Section VI "The influence of these external circumstances is modified in a particular manner by the peculiar organization of each individual, and thus the distinctive character of each is formed through life," 19 Section VII.--" No infant has the power of de- ciding at what period of time, or in what part of the world he shall come into existence--of what parents he shall be born, in what religion he shall be trained, what manners, customs, or habits shall be given to him, or by what other external circumstances he shall be surrounded from birth to death," - - 20 Section VIII "Each individual is so organized, that, when young, he may be made to receive either true ideas derived from a knowledge of facts, or false notions derived from the imagination, and in opposition to facts," ------ 22 Section IX.--" Each individual is so organized, that he must necessarily become irrational when he...

Robert Owen is an aviation historian and the Official Historian of the No. 617 Squadron Association. A Trustee of both this Association and the Barnes Wallis Memorial Trust, he has contributed to numerous publications and television documentaries, including authorship of the book Henry Maudslay Dam Buster. He is currently a postgraduate research student with the University of Huddersfield Arms and Armour Research Group.