 Actions are, by their very nature, temporary and perishing ; and where they proceed not from some cause in the character and disposition of the person who performed them, they can neither redound to his honour, if good ; nor infamy, if evil.  Essays and Treatises on Several Subjects - Page 101by David Hume - 1809Full view - About this book
 | James M. Petrik - History - 2000 - 204 pages
...philosopher David Hume has put this point far more eloquently than I have. Actions are, by their very nature, temporary and perishing; and where they proceed...nor infamy, if evil. The actions themselves may be blamable; they may be contrary to all the rules of morality and religion: But the person is not answerable... | |
 | Adam Potkay - Happiness - 2000 - 276 pages
...passion, it is only by their relation to the person, or connexion with him. Actions are, by their very nature, temporary and perishing; and where they proceed...redound to his honour, if good; nor infamy, if evil. . . . According to the principle, therefore, which denies necessity, and consequently causes, a man... | |
 | David Hume - Philosophy - 2000 - 460 pages
...'tis only by their relation to the person, or connexion with him. -TTT- Actions are, by their very nature, temporary and perishing; and where they proceed not from some / cause X in the characters and disposition of the person, who perform'd them, they infix not themselves upon... | |
 | Various - Philosophy - 2002 - 596 pages
...passion, it is only by their relation to the person, or connection with him. Actions are, by their very nature, temporary and perishing; and where they proceed...who performed them, they can neither redound to his honor if good, nor infamy if evil. The actions themselves may be blamable; they may be contrary to... | |
 | Jens Timmermann - Philosophy - 2003 - 244 pages
...passion, it is only by their relation to the person, or connexion with him. Actions are, by their very nature, temporary and perishing; and where they proceed...redound to his honour, if good; nor infamy, if evil.« (Enquiries 76, 8.98). Weit davon entfernt, Zurechnung und Moral entgegenzustehen, ist für Hume die... | |
 | Samuel Gregg - Philosophy - 2003 - 148 pages
...authors appear to have accepted, consciously or otherwise, Hume's claim that "Actions are by their very nature temporary and perishing; and where they proceed...disposition of the person who performed them, they infix not themselves upon him, and can neither redound to his honor, if good, nor infamy, if evil."51... | |
 | George Sher - Philosophy - 2005 - 160 pages
...blandishments of a world without blame. TWO WHEN GOOD PEOPLE DO BAD THINGS Actions are by their very nature temporary and perishing; and where they proceed not from some cause in the characters and disposition of the person, who perform'd them, they infix not themselves upon him, and... | |
 | Stephen Buckle - Philosophy - 2007 - 223 pages
...passion, it is only by their relation to the person, or connexion with him. Actions are, by their very nature, temporary and perishing; and where they proceed...of the person who performed them, they can neither redound23 to his honour, if good; nor infamy, if evil. The actions themselves may be blameable; they... | |
 | Jonathan Eric Adler, Catherine Z. Elgin - Philosophy - 2007 - 897 pages
...with him. Actions are, by their very nature, temporary and perishing, and where they do not proceed from some cause in the character and disposition of...who performed them, they can neither redound to his honor if good, nor infamy if evil. The actions themselves may be blamable; they may be contrary to... | |
 | Sophia Vasalou - Social Science - 2008 - 272 pages
...as it provides an unusually sharp foil for the discussion that follows: Actions are, by their very nature, temporary and perishing; and where they proceed...from some cause in the character and disposition of person who performed them, they can neither redound to his honour, if good; nor infamy, if evil. The... | |
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