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An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals

PART II
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Between these, there is a relation of CONTARIETY.

Does the crime consist in that relation?
But suppose a person bore me ill-will or did me ill-offices; and I, in return, were indifferent towards him, or did him good offices.

Here is the same relation of CONTRARIETY; and yet my conduct is often highly laudable.

Twist and turn this matter as much as you will, you can never rest the morality on relation; but must have recourse to the decisions of sentiment.
When it is affirmed that two and three are equal to the half of ten, this relation of equality I understand perfectly.

I conceive, that if ten be divided into two parts, of which one has as many units as the other; and if any of these parts be compared to two added to three, it will contain as many units as that compound number.


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