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A discourse upon the nature and faculties of man, in several essays: With some considerations upon the occurrences of humane life.Of the goods of fortune.

A discourse upon the nature and faculties of man, in several essays: With some considerations... From the internal perfections and endowments of the mind, we pass on to discourse of the external gifts and favours of fortune; which, though they are infinitely inferior to the former, as to real worth and dignity, nevertheless in the opinion of men they have the precedence, and are courted at a higher rate. The gifts of fortune are such, which as for the most part they are not within reach of human virtue to obtain, so neither is it in the compass of human power to preserve them; being generally such as these: birth, riches, great places and offices, friends, reputation, and fame. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved) http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

A discourse upon the nature and faculties of man, in several essays: With some considerations upon the occurrences of humane life.Of the goods of fortune.

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Publisher
Jacob Tonson
Copyright
Copyright © 1697 American Psychological Association
Pages
193 –194
DOI
10.1037/13890-022
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From the internal perfections and endowments of the mind, we pass on to discourse of the external gifts and favours of fortune; which, though they are infinitely inferior to the former, as to real worth and dignity, nevertheless in the opinion of men they have the precedence, and are courted at a higher rate. The gifts of fortune are such, which as for the most part they are not within reach of human virtue to obtain, so neither is it in the compass of human power to preserve them; being generally such as these: birth, riches, great places and offices, friends, reputation, and fame. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved)

Published: May 7, 2012

Keywords: fortune; virtue; birth; riches; offices; friends; reputation; fame

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