 | William Paley - Ethics - 1806 - 502 pages
...affluence, and luxury. • * From these principles it follows, that the quantity of happiness in a given district, although it is possible it may be...remaining the same, is chiefly and most naturally af« fected by alteration of the numhers,: that, consequently, the decay of population is the greatest... | |
 | William Paley, William Hamilton Reid - Theology - 1810 - 350 pages
...power, affluence, and luxury. From these principles it follows, that the quantity of happiness in a given district, although it is possible it may be...most naturally affected by alteration of the numbers : that, consequently, the decay of population is the greatest evil that a state can suffer ; and the... | |
 | William Paley - Ethics - 1811 - 456 pages
...power, affluence, and luxury. From these principles it follows, that the quantity of happiness in a given district, although it is possible it may be...most naturally affected by alteration of the numbers : that, consequently, the decay of population is the greatest evil that a state can suffer ; and the... | |
 | William Paley - Theology - 1811 - 540 pages
...power, affluence, and luxury. From these principles it follows, that the quantity of happiness in a given district, although it is possible it may be...most naturally affected by alteration of the numbers : that, consequently, the decay of population is the greatest evil that a state can suffer ; and the... | |
 | William Paley - 1823 - 476 pages
...power, affluence, and luxury. From these principles it follows, that the quantity of happiness in a given district, although, it is possible it may be...of inhabitants remaining the same, is chiefly and n.ost naturally affected by alteration of the numbers: that, consequently, the decay of population... | |
 | 1824 - 288 pages
...undbr-every advantage of power, affluence, and luxury. Q. What follows from these principles ? ^A. That the decay of population is the greatest evil that a state can suffer, and the improvement of it the great object to be aimed at in all countries. The superiority of population to every other national... | |
 | William Paley - Ethics - 1824 - 516 pages
...power, affluence, and luxury. From these principles it follows, that the quantity of happiness in a given district, although it is possible it may be increased, the number of inhabitants remaining the some, is chiefly and most naturally affected bv alteration of the numbers : that, consequently, the... | |
 | William Paley - 1824 - 472 pages
...power, affluence, and luxury. From these principles it follows, that the quantity of happiness in a given district, although it is possible it may be increased, the number of inhabi' tants remaining the same, is chiefly aml most naturally affected by alteration of the numbers... | |
 | William Paley - Theology - 1825 - 502 pages
...power, affluence, and luxury. From these principles it follows, that the quantity of happiness in a given district, although it is possible it may be...most naturally affected by alteration of the numbers : that, consequently, the decay of population is the greatest evil that a state can suffer; and the... | |
 | William Paley, Edmund Paley - Bible - 1825 - 578 pages
...affluence, and luxury. From these principles it follows, that the quantity of happiness in a given distriqt, although it is possible it may be increased, the number...most naturally affected by alteration of the numbers : that, consequently, the decay of population is the greatest evil that a state can suffer ; and the... | |
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... consequently, the decay of population is the greatest evil that a state can suffer ; and the improvement of it the object which ought, in all countries, to be aimed at in preference to every other political purpose whatsoever. 
